Autism: Current Gene Testing Techniques and the Future
Introduction I was diagnosed with High Functioning Autism (aka Asperger’s) four years ago. To get this diagnosis was quite traumatic for
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Autism: How Caffeine Affects Us and Benefits of Giving it up
Caffeine affects us all in different ways. Being autistic/Asperger’s does not alter this fact. Some people with autism are affected much less,
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Autism: Keeping Ourselves Clean and Following the Rules of Basic Hygiene
Autism/Asperger’s affects our lives in a great number of ways. Some are very obvious and others obscure. Keeping ourselves clean and hygienic
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Autism and Being Happy Part 3 – Achieving The Things You Want in Life
Figuring Out What You Desire Sometimes the things we want to achieve in life are easy and obvious. Other times they
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Autism and Being Happy Part 2 – How to Stop Your Negative Emotions and Memories Using NLP
In order to feel an overall sense of contentedness and happiness it is a good idea to deal with our
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Autism and Getting into Exercise: Step 1 Walking
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” Chinese proverb If you’re new to exercise, or have
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Autism and Being Happy
The whole nature of being autistic/asperger’s means we don’t fit in with the rest of the world. In a sense,
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Autism: Eating with Others and Learning Good Table Manners
For autistic/Asperger’s people, like myself, there are many issues around social eating and using the correct manners. Some of these
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Getting a Job when your Autistic
Over the next few months I’ll be writing about how to get a job when you are high functioning autistic/asperger’s.
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Step 1 – Getting a Job when your Autistic: Improving your Skills and Qualities
Why skills and qualities are needed The most important aspect of getting a paid job, by far, is the combination
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Step 2 – Getting a Job when your Autistic: Guide to Finding Work Experience
Qualifications and experience are the two things you need the most when you want to get into a paid job.
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Step 3 – Getting a Job when your Autistic: Guide to Getting the Right Qualifications
Background Information Qualifications show that you are at a certain level of ability in a specific subject. For example, in
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Step 4 – Getting a Job when your Autistic: How to write a Good Curriculum Vitae CV/Resume
What is a CV A CV is an abbreviation of Curriculum Vitae which basically means “course of (one’s) life.” In
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Step 5 – Getting a Job when your Autistic: How to Write a Good Application Form
What is an Application Form? When applying for a specific job, many places, ask you to fill out an application
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Step 6 – Getting a Job when your Autistic: How to Write a Good Cover Letter
Writing a good cover letter used to be an essential part of applying for a job. These days some employers
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Step 7 – Getting a Job when your Autistic: Preparing for an Interview and Getting the Job
Introduction When you are invited to an interview it means you are good enough, on paper, to get the job
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Sensory Issues
Having sensory issues is probably our biggest difficulty with autism/asperger’s syndrome. As I got a late diagnosis of high functioning
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Being Autistic (Asperger’s Syndrome) and Understanding Idioms or Common Phrases
In the English language there are many idioms (common phrases) that most people use every day. Some we hear often,
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Being Autistic and How to Improve your Social Skills
My Story The biggest negative I’ve always had with my autism/Asperger’s is not fitting in with other people. Throughout my
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Autism and How to Cope with Anxiety and Nervousness
Feeling anxious on a regular basis is a large part of being autistic (or having Asperger’s). There are many ways
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