Blog posts that help you to understand what life is like with Asperger’s Syndrome
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 […]
Why are blind people selfish? Read More »
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
Is a promise a pie-crust? Read More »
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
But you don’t ride ducks! Read More »
Years ago there was this lovely song by Long Dancer, called: “If it was so simple”. No smart people with Asperger’s doesn’t ask themselves why they perseverate, though they may not know the name for it but may ask instead: “Why can’t I forget an upsetting comment quickly and brush it off like a fly
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Extreme Verbosity. Very wearing so why don’t you stop doing it? This is one of the most unfortunate Asperger’s traits but it’s a fact that I can talk for Britain, the world and the universe. I used to put it down to blindness since words are all I have but not to take your heart
This is a comment from a support worker who went to my friend, K and she told me about this. I can see what was meant by this but don’t necessarily think this is the case. We know now that vaccinations are not the cause of autism so what is? For one thing Asperger’s Syndrome
Everyone’s autistic now.. Read More »
I suppose this is the most painful part of the detailed examination of the aspects of Asperger’s to write about because it isn’t flattering and it doesn’t exactly portray me in a good light as saying I’m bright and above average intelligence would do. However, in the interests of the honesty I’m about to discuss
So bright and yet so blunt. Read More »
Here’s the thing. Everyone has hobbies. the dangers of “we all” and “us all” will be discussed at greater length in a separate article but let’s just accept it’s true for now. Why is it then that people can’t cope with the special interests of those with Asperger’s? Once more we return to the extreme
Special Interests – What a bore! Read More »
I couldn’t fail to know I am blind. That was not apparent at first, when I began to think things out though. I thought sight was some kind of acquired magic that I would learn to use and get possession of as I aged. Wrong!This gloriously naive view of life was fine for a while.
Autistic! Me! Surely not! Read More »