My ASD Child

Teens with Asperger’s (AS) and High Functioning Autism (HFA) bring their unique flavor to adolescence, essentially determined by the levels of three principles: avoidance, insight, and interest. In this post, we will discuss the following: Level of avoidance  Level of insight  Level of interest The grief cycle  Special considerations for parents  Tips for helping your teenager to deal with his or her disorder Click here for the full article...

Do you need some assistance in parenting your Aspergers or HFA child?  Click here  to use Mark Hutten, M.A. as your personal parent coach. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My 18 year old son has been diagnosed with aspergers, also now known as Social Pragmatic communication disorder. He also has auditory processing disorder, a math disability, and an IQ of 90. He has lately taken to arguing with me about everything, he talks over me, and will not listen.  Some of this I know is due to the fact that he is trying to find his way in life. But, I am at my wits end. Help! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Mark, Firstly I would like to congratulate you on a very thorough and comprehensive article on SPD. As a child I was diagnosed very early on with SPD, roughly aged 4-5. I am now 27, happily married and (more or less) a functioning member of society. I was scrolling amongst a plethora of SPD-related articles as my wife was curious as to the mentality and 'learning diffi