Adulthood - Aspergers101

Mentorship and Role Models are Crucial for Those with ASD

With my decades of direct support with individuals who have Autism I have noticed a few commonalities with social skills modeling and maintaining positive healthy friendships. Mentorship and role models are incredibly important for adults with ASD. There are many ways that you can make sure that this invaluable resourceContinue Reading

Using the High IQ of ASD to Foster Emotional Intelligence

By: Reese Eskridge

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As many people in the Asperger’s Community understand, aspies often have trouble dealing with emotions. The emotional intelligence of a child’s mind is not much different from an aspie’s mind. Unfortunately, without useful tools, this emotional thinking carries into adulthood and can lead to poor decision making. If an adult aspie has a low EQContinue Reading

Parenting Styles to Support Children into an Independent Adulthood

By: Jennifer Allen

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What parenting styles work for you? Are we emotionally stunting our own children? Greetings, my name is Raeme Bosquez-Greer. I am a Program Director with Southwind Fields and I am a mother of adopted children who have cognitive disabilities. The subject I will be discussing is from the perspective ofContinue Reading

The Benefit of a Meetup Group for Adults with Aspergers

By: Dema Stout

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In a previous blog, I mentioned our San Antonio Area Adults with Asperger’s Meetup. It was named before the DSM V came out, and since the members are already adults they carry the Asperger’s diagnosis. (We did talk about changing the name, but the members didn’t want to.) This group wasContinue Reading

Overcoming Isolation: One of an Aspie’s Most Terrible Realities

By: Reese Eskridge

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A life with Asperger’s in a neurotypical world is, not surprisingly, difficult. Aspies must overcome countless necessary challenges that have to do with three big categories of stimuli: environments, the brain, and relationships. Unfortunately, aspies too often face unnecessary challenges; terrible burdens on their already heavy shoulders. Any kind of imbalanceContinue Reading

What Happens to Adults with Asperger’s Syndrome? (Kids Grow Up)

By: Marcia Eckerd

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Adults with Asperger’s find that the accommodations and supports available for kids aren’t there for them. It’s increasingly recognized that children have sensory issues and supports are often made in schools to support social issues and social anxiety. Some accommodations are made for emotional reactivity and problems with becoming overwhelmed.Continue Reading

Middle School, High School, and College Through the Eyes of a Young Autistic

By: Christopher Aaron Seltzer

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Middle school. The darkest and most hideous, oppressive years a human can fathom. When the hormones are just ripe enough to make you want to take on the whole world, but maturity has not yet developed enough to realize there are things such as consequences. But me, I did not get intoContinue Reading

Pets and Asperger Syndrome

By: Jennifer Allen

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If you have a child with Aspergers who interacts well with animals, there’s no need to be surprised. People with Aspergers tend to bond more with animals than they do with people. In fact, many neurotypicals would see Aspies as animal whisperers due to how well they bond with animals.Continue Reading

12 Misconceptions about People with Autism

By: Christopher Aaron Seltzer

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I remember how years back, I had a cap with a tag on the underside that claimed, “One size fits all!” At the time, even as a child, this was puzzling. Did it have some kind of elastic property to it that wasn’t immediately obvious? Did it have a strapContinue Reading

Solitary Sons with Aspergers: Guidance from Coach Dema Stout

By: Dema Stout

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Contributing writer with Aspergers, Ken Kellam, answered questions from some of our readers. Doug and Kelly both had concerns about their adult sons with Aspergers. Now, Dema Stout–Coach and creator of an adult Aspergers Meetup in San Antonio–adds her own insight and guidance. Click here to read the full readerContinue Reading

20 Things That a Successful Adult with Aspergers Understands and Incorporates Into Daily Life

By: Reese Eskridge

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Starting from an early age, many Aspergers adults consistently feel like they have little chance of success, productivity, or joy in the real world. Negative early-life experiences that typically fall under the categories of isolation, ignorance, exclusion, or sheltering, in addition to present challenges, collectively form this delusional mental/emotional construct.Continue Reading

Born into Aspergers

By: Jennifer Allen

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I want to address the difference between “in spite of” and “because of”. One of the greatest equalizers that spans across all barriers of humanity is that we individually cannot choose when we are born and when we die. I was born a sensitive and socially honest soul into aContinue Reading

Adulthood (Page 3)

Parenting Styles to Support Children into an Independent Adulthood

What Happens to Adults with Asperger’s Syndrome? (Kids Grow Up)

Middle School, High School, and College Through the Eyes of a Young Autistic

12 Misconceptions about People with Autism

Solitary Sons with Aspergers: Guidance from Coach Dema Stout

Coping to Excelling DVD

The Autism Charm (Bracelet)