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Dealing With Your Child's Frustrations

"I would like ideas on how to deal with my Aspergers son’s frustrations. He will either dig his heels in and refuse to do what he is supposed to do, or he shuts down and then we have a time away so he can get himself together to discuss the problem. It seems he works himself up over things that are not that big a deal." Click here for the answer...

Asperger's Syndrome: Quick Facts

Asperger’s Syndrome is: a complex brain disorder that falls within the Autism spectrum a developmental condition in which people have difficulties understanding how to interact socially  a mild variation of autism; however, individuals with Asperger's Syndrome have normal intelligence and language development a neurological disorder with symptoms similar to those of “classic” autism a pervasive developmental disorder characterized by persistent impairments in social interaction, restricted development and repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, and activities an autistic spectrum disorder characterized by difficulties with social interaction, motor delays, adherence to routines, average to above-average intelligence, and preoccupation with a particular subject of interest called a syndrome because the cause is not known, but it does describes how a person thinks, feels, and acts as a human being characterized as being at the mildest and highest functioning end of the s