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Book Review: Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism
I sat and read this book over a couple of days and I loved it. The introduction begins, “This is the book we wish we’d been given when autism first became part of our lives…” the editors have pu… -
Autism Community and World Autism Awareness Day on 2nd April
u As we approach April 2nd I was thinking about the – so called – “autism community”. On World Autism Awareness Day on 2nd April many people with an interest in autism will be trying to inform oth… -
Being Prepared and Mature Autism
One of my joys in life is reading Amalia Starr’s Autisable Blog, her latest touched on the need to be prepared and it started me thinking about my own efforts to be prepared. I do not like surprises (unless I&r… -
Mature Autism - Handwriting & Motor Skills
I have been clumsy all of my life and somewhat inept at ball games – deficient motor skills are not uncommon in people with Aspergers. A consequence of poor motor skills identified by many parents of kids with Aspe… -
We Exist - Scottish Autism Strategy Bill
I have an ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) yet I consider myself very fortunate that I have had little need to access any support services. Had it been possible to have received a diagnosis as a child perhaps I would have… -
I Am What I Am - Reaction to the diagnosis of Asperger's
Recently it was put to my wife that it must have been hard living with someone with Asperger's to which she replied, "I wasn't living with someone with Asperger's, I was living with Rory". She is right for 30 years of… -
Truth, Honesty & Aspergers
Recently I reminded my wife of the problems I once caused in the ticket office of Glasgow Charing Cross Station. She suggested that honesty would be a good topic for a blog. I had travelled back from Dumbarton but the… -
Asperger's and Friendship.
Prompted by the season and a book I was reading I have been considering what friendship means. During my assessment I was asked if I had friends, I said yes, after all I am in a quiz team. It was only when I was aske… -
Team Sports & My Aspergers
I never thought I'd be envious of someone with classic autism but now I have read "The Game of My Life" by Jason "J-Mac" McElwain. I am impressed by his ability to be part of a team and to build life-long friendships t… -
Invisible Autism
Recently I was reading the blog of someone who propounds that Autism is an epidemic. They asked the question, "Where are the adults with Autism?" To which I reply. We are here living amongst you. More of us are in you…
About Springingtiger
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- From: Springingtiger
- Name: Springingtiger
- About Me: I have Asperger's. Married. 1 daughter 2 granddaughters
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