If I asked you what someone blind and with Asperger’s has in common with all people everywhere, regardless of disability, religious affiliation, no religion and both sexes what would you say?My guess is:“Nothing. I mean these people are helpless, burdensome, trying to be with and perhaps something in common with skilled maths students or musicians […]
It was in such a lovely environment that I used to hear this “bird” asking in a tempting but rather bird-like voice as you would expect if blind:“Would you like the present”?We had budgies at home so naturally I gave him a friendly whistle so one up for me with the Animal Rights movement but
Completing the circle Mostly in respect of bereavement you hear a lot of talk about closure and the need to obtain this. Well, closure is something we “Aspies” strive for and completing the circle is vital but what if the other person also has Asperger’s? There is a definite compulsion to write with this and
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Esther Ghey, mother of murdered child, Brianna, is calling for kindness to be more evident in children and mindfulness to be taught in schools and who doesn’t want children to be kind? The snag comes when one is dealing with children being raised by neglectful, cruel and abusive care givers. Then, their brains which are
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Why worry? Endless worrying is a major feature of Asperger’s Syndrome and huge amounts of anxiety surround everything from starting school to anticipating a party to meeting a new support worker and everything and anything in between and sudden changes in routine provoke high levels of anxiety. I can’t emphasise enough the fact that all
Acoustic Enjoyment Words: I found out the name for this phenomenon from my friend K and it is a common feature of Asperger’s. I remember being in primary school when my teacher asked me if I had a favourite word. She asked us all this question but never told us why. Whether she was looking
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WHY ARE BLIND PEOPLE SELFISH? This is a provocative title for an essay that I was asked to write as a result of a conversation I had with a professional, to the effect that blindness has psychological as well as physical consequences. He agreed with this and wanted further information so he could more easily
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Absolutely not. I’ve heard this saying lots of times: “promises are pie crusts, made to be broken”. I’m not taking this literally, thinking a promise is made out of pastry. Instead I know this means people take promises lightly and make them wantonly. Trust is built on reliability not on someone making fatuous pie crust
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The joke goes: “How do you get down from an elephant’s back?” The answer is that you don’t because you get down from a duck’s back. When the savvy blind children told me that when I was one of them out in the playground where I was not one of them, my answer to the
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