Peer-Rejection, Ridicule and Bullying: Help For Aspergers Children

Though they want to be accepted by their friends, Aspergers children tend to be very hurt and frustrated by their lack of social competency. Their inability to “connect" to others is made worse by the negative feedback that Aspergers children receive from their painful social interactions (e.g., bullying, teasing, rejection, etc.).

The worse they perform socially, the more negative feedback they get from peers, so the worse they feel and perform. Due to this consistent negative social feedback, many Aspergers children and teens feel depressed, anxious and angry, which just compounds their social difficulties by further paralyzing them in social situations.

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Anonymous said…
I find your site very informative and excellent information about ASD HFA. And your knowledge of ASD is amazing..

In Australia we dont have anything like this other than Tony Attwood who is in Queensland who mainly does conferences.

I find your information that you provide. most valuable.

I stumbled accross your site by accident.
February 12, 2012 at 7:25 AM
Anonymous said…
Your advise and encouragement is priceless.
February 12, 2012 at 12:20 PM
Anonymous said…
I am going to get your book. I have spent the last year emailing, searching, emailing, beggiing, searching, etc. You get the picture. All to get information as I want to start a social group for teens in my area. But I did not want to start it until I had information on what to address, how to set it up, plans for each and every get-together. Yes we can do crafts, yes we can do outings, but without a goal and plan for each thing and what we plan to accomplish from it, I felt it pointless.

I now have some financial backing to start this, and hopefully can use your book to plan sessions and predict outcomes and set goals. I am hoping it will be fun and rewarding for all. We are a rural area, so wil be pulling from a lot of small towns, though no shortage of students. Hopefully I can ask some questions of you if you don't mind.

For instance I was told that modeling correct behavior is fine but you should never let the kids model both correct and incorrect behavior. I am challenged by this as our kids often find humor in improper behavior and could learn a lot from it, I think. These are teens and many quite bright, I do not think modeling both proper and improper behavior will confuse them, but I do think it could help drive a lesson home and offer humor and entertainment along the way.
Thank you again, you have given me someplace to start at least.
February 13, 2012 at 7:37 AM
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