My Life With Asperger's

How to live a high-functioning life with Asperger's.

by John Elder Robison

Making Friends

By John Elder Robison on May 11, 2011 in My Life With Asperger's

I've just come from a morning at the Parents/Families/Community conference that's associated with the big IMFAR autism science meeting. The conference moves around every year (some of the scientists have a reputation for getting wild) and this year we're in San Diego. I flew in late last night just in time to sleep three hours and get up bright and early for the cab ride to the Univ Read More

Autism/Social cues

Submitted by Valeri on May 11, 2011 - 7:59pm.

i have 3 girls, the oldest has autism, the younger 2 are typically developing. when my youngest was 2, we went into a copy shop. there was a cash register on a small counter and red duct tape on the floor going out from each side of the counter for about 3 feet. my daughter with autism was ignoring the duct tape and my 2 year old said, "no jenna! you can't go over that. you have to stay on THIS side of the red line". wow, the social cues are obvious to the typically developing kids early on.

look forward to reading more :)

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Making friends is not that difficult!!

Submitted by Richa Kumar on May 20, 2011 - 12:56am.

Making friends is not a rocket science. Some people find it very easy to make friends whereas some never seem to muster up courage to talk to strangers and befriend them. For making friends all you need to do is.. http://howrelationshipswork.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-to-make-friends.html