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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Autism Guide
Succeeding in Life with Autism
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High Functioning Autism: Computers and Playing Video Games
My History Playing Video Games Computer games had such a profound impact on my life, that one of my first
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If There was a Cure for Autism, Would you Take it?
A few evenings ago, I watched a Horizon’s program about genetic cures. It seems that in the future many of the things
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How I Feel a Year After Getting Autism/Asperger’s Diagnosis as an Adult
It has been over a year that I was officially diagnosed with high functioning autism/Asperger’s Syndrome. Over this period, I
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Autism – Being Tired all the Time and How to Increase Energy
By having high functioning autism (or Asperger’s) you will have less energy than most people when you are out in
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How to Tell Co-Workers and Friends that Your Autistic/Aspie
High functioning autism/Aspergers is a hidden disability. It often goes undiagnosed until adolescence or adulthood. This is especially true for
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Autism and Learning how to Talk to Other People
Every person with autism is different and unique. What one person with autism struggles with, another can excel at. Being
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Autism – How Volunteering Helps you to Get a Job
In this society the upsetting truth is that if you are high functioning autisic/Aspergers it is incredibly difficult to get
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Autism – Improving our Lives with Organisation, Planning and Tidiness
Reasons to Plan and Organise Due to our autism/Aspergers our lives need to be predictable. As change and unfamiliarity causes
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Autism and Getting Through the Difficult Cold Winter Time
It’s now the middle of autumn, the weather is getting colder, the days shorter and winter is on the way.
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Autism – Is it Okay to be Different?
By being high functioning autistic I am very different to most normal (neuro-typical) people. Some of these differences are my
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Autism/Aspergers: Achieving your Dreams With a Good Work Life Balance
Introduction Having a good and well paid career, that you can hopefully enjoy, gives so many benefits. Such as: providing
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Getting into Exercise and the Benefits for Autistics
When you’re autistic/Aspergers like us, just getting through the day can be a tough challenge. Our energy levels are constantly
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Autism and Learning How Make Decisions from Two or More Options
Although there’s not much research on the subject, making decisions can be incredibly tough for people who are autistic/Aspies. I
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Autistic Meltdowns: How our Difficulties in Dealing with Emotions Causes an Outburst
One of the negative aspects of autism/Aspergers is our inability to deal with emotions. We struggle to identify how we’re
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Autism: How Touch Sensitivity and Sensitive Skin Affects Us and Ways to Help
Realising Autism Caused My Touch Sensitivity I had a late diagnosis of autism/Aspergers. I didn’t even suspect I was autistic
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Autistic Sensory Overload – How to Cope with Loud Noises
I always thought that I was quite unaffected to noise overload with my high functioning autism (Asperger’s Syndrome) but the
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Autistic Sensory Overload – How Bright Lights and Bright Colours Affect Us
Autism/Apergers has an affect on all of our senses. For most of us we are hyper (over) sensitive to information
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Autism and How to Manage Stress and Pressure with Coping Techniques
Pressure and stress are usually caused when we have so many things happening in our lives we cannot cope with
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Autism and Managing Changes to Routine and How to Deal with Big Life Events
Introduction As Autistics/Aspies we love routines and structure. We hate it when changes or unexpected events happen. Our lives feel
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