Myths about Autism/Aspergers
As autism/Asperger’s is a hidden disability there are many myths and misconceptions. Some of these are talked about below. Myth 1:
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Teen Years: Autism and Relationships: Your First Boyfriend/Girlfriend
Being autistic/Aspie means we naturally struggle with social interaction. Although we can improve this over time, through trial and error and
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Autism – Changing Your Career or Getting a Promotion
One of the hardest challenges when your autistic/Aspie is to make a large change in your life. Small changes are tough
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Autism and Wanting to Stand out by Changing our Appearance
Many autistic/Aspies love fitting into society and would never even entertain standing out as being different. I fall into this category
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Christmas Time with Autism
Christmas is one of my favourite days of the year. I have a wife and two children so we get
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Autism and the Issues Around Buying and Wearing Clothing
Being autistic/Aspie means we struggle with making the most basic of choices. Simple decisions such as choosing what to eat for
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Autism: Intense Outbursts of Rage, Anger, Frustration and Stress over the Smallest Things
One reader recently asked me why he always gets intense outbursts of rage, anger, frustration and stress over the smallest
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Autism and Aspergers Diagnostic Test – Am I Autistic?
This autism and Aspergers test has 20 questions. The aim of this test is to see the likelihood of you
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How Autism/Aspergers and ADHD are Linked with Dyslexia
Introduction As a neurodevelopment disorder autism/Aspergers is fairly rare. In the US the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Autism: How Alcohol Affects Us and Benefits of Giving it up
Autism: How Alcohol Affects Us and Benefits of Giving it up Introduction When researching the relationship between alcohol and autism/Asperger’s,
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Real or Fake Smile Quiz
It is always hard to spot a true or fake smile. This is especially true when you’re autistic/Aspie. Give this
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Coronavirus Pandemic and the Negative and Positive Aspects for People with Autism
Introduction and Basics Things develop vastly over time with a pandemic like Coronavirus. At the time of writing, the date is
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Autism and The Difficultly of Making Simple Decisions – Part Two
Four years ago I wrote about Autism and Making Decisions. Since then it has become one of my most popular
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Famous High Functioning Autistic/Asperger’s People
Throughout history there have been many celebrities who are suspected to have high functioning autism/Asperger’s. People such as Mozart, Beethoven
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Facial Expressions Quiz
One of the biggest difficulties we face being on the autistic spectrum/asperger’s is the ability to understand how people are
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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
To live a happy and content life, we need a method to control our emotions. Without this, our emotions will
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