My ASD Child

Not knowing what to do , or being unable to do what is appropriate, results in anxiety that leads to behavior problems. In his post, we will discuss the following: Reasons for Rigidity  Not Understanding How the World Works Frames of Reference  Preferred and Non-preferred Activities  Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors and Anxiety  Behavioral Manifestations of Anxiety  Black-and-White Thinking Mind-blindness  Questions to Ask about Your Youngster's Behavior CLICK HERE for the full article...

Aspergers (high functioning autism) is a developmental disorder falling within the autistic spectrum affecting two-way social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and a reluctance to accept change, inflexibility of thought and to have all absorbing narrow areas of interest. Individuals are usually extremely good on rote memory skills (facts, figures, dates, times etc.) many excel in math and science. There is a range of severity of symptoms within the syndrome, the very mildly affected youngster often goes undiagnosed and may just appear odd or eccentric. While Aspergers is much more common than Autism it is still a rare condition and few people, including professionals, will know about it much less have experience of it. It seems to affect more boys than girls. In general terms they find making friends difficult, not understanding the subtle clues needed to do so. They often use language in a slightly odd way and take literal meanings from what is read or heard. The