About Asperger’s, a Personal View
Minus the Sex stuff, as I write mainly about children, I really like this interpretation of Asberger’s Syndrome…written by a person with Asperger’s. Its gutsy, real, personal, gritty, and understandable. It gives me insight into how my son feels in situations and why he does things.
i can organize thoughts in my head more easily if i use a visual framework, and this i always do. anything linear it’s quite arduous to have to work out, i literally have to go in my head, “okay, for step 1, i just said step 1, step 1 means it’s the first one, so i’m gonna put my first finger out right here, and the finger is on the top so it means the first, and now i’m gonna shake my head to try to get me to remember this, step 1 is this (rush of information), and i shake my head again, and say all right, step 1 is… (say it all over again).” it’s a lot of work. i’m not making it up, that’s literally how i have to work it out in my head. instead i much rather prefer to simply write the instructions down, or be given an illustrated chart instead.
To me, this is so much like my son but completely opposite. He prefers everything linear. This, then this, then this. Ah, got it.
This article helped me get it.
August 2nd, 2007 at 1:52 am
Thank you for this link. I found her writing, her insight very enlightening, invaluable. I know what she speaks of, yet often forget.,.overlook the subtle clues. OMG, in describing her world she completely nailed my almost 10 yo’s world. Thanks.
June 25th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
you posted this quite a while ago, and i’m just responding, sorry about that.
i really appreciate the link, and i’m glad you’re taking the time to learn how to communicate with your son. it’s always awesome when one person encounters another with a different mind, and when the person whose mind is more like everyone else takes the time to pay attention to the person who’s different. that speaks a lot about the person making the effort, and it speaks good things. so kudos.