My ASD Child

  Got Questions? Join Online Parent Coaching for all the answers! Dear Mark I came across your site by accidental. But it is god send. I have a teenager with asperger and it is indeed a trying period. i find solace when I read your articles. It gives me a ray of hope. Kind Regards Mariah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Mr. Hutton, I am writing to you from Yamaguchi, Japan.  I am an 32 year old American woman living and working here in Japan.  My husband (37) and I have been married for almost nine years but separated for the last two.   We have two children together.  For the last few years I have intently been trying to figure out a solution to my marriage.  I bought your ebook several weeks ago and it has been quite helpful.  Thank you so much.  I do have some questions, however, that seem to be unique to our case. I apologize that this might me a long email, but I don't know what will and will not be relevant to you, so I am including everything. S

“Does Aspergers come and go? I have a 5 year old tentatively diagnosed with Aspergers, but while he's always special, there are weeks when it's like a switch is turned on and everything turns 'bad' - these are the times when we struggle to enjoy him as a person. His resilience becomes very low, he argues with everything we say, he refuses to play at all with others nicely ...well you know the sort of symptoms. But then after a week or so, the switch goes again and he's back to loveable with a few quirks! Is this normal?” In this post, we will look at: anxiety social limitations limitations in the ability to grasp social cues a highly rigid style of thinking limitations in generalizing from one situation to another  and much more CLICK HERE for an in-depth answer to the question above...