Asperger's Help?

What up? I have severe Asperger syndrome and can't control myself. Any advice?

I'm not sure what kind of therapist the guy above is, but while people with aspergers may not realize on their own that their personalities are different from everyone else, they are quite intelligent and can figure it out especially with other people's help.

I have aspergers and I am quite aware I have it. However, I didn't know until about a year ago.

As far as the original question, I have found that becoming intimately familiar with the list of symptoms of Aspergers can be of extreme benefit. In other words, you can learn to recognize your quirks that are actually symptoms. You can then strive to correct these quirks. This helps a lot, but is not a cure.

One thing that is very helpful is that you should accept the fact that if you have aspergers, then you are socially retarded. Any friends or acquaintances who are neurotypical should be considered your social superior. Ideally, a friend to stop you in your tracks and point out your social flaws as they occur. You need to accept their advice.

You need to make it clear to your friends that tolerance of your behavior is not acceptable. Tolerance is the problem. This doesn't mean that they should chew you out for every little fault, but that they should let you know in a prompt but quiet way. Then you need to accept and act on their social advice no matter how hard it is.

As an ABA Therapist people with Aspergers do not know they have it. But that was a good shot.

Sorry no advice but wish you all the best in trying, my son has just been diagnosed and at 4 years old finds it very hard. It makes his mother and me cry that we can't find an answer.

Ian N....please don't cry....my 15 year old step daughter has Asbergers and she is fine. Granted she is 15 in a 7 year old mind, but she is happy,healthy and able to take care of herself. We do have to remind her about every day things and repeat the same things over and over and over. Her ability to remember things is sadly nil. But every once in a while she will pop up with something that happened 6 or 7 years ago and we'll go, "Wow, how did she remember that?"

So don't give up hope and just love your child for who they are. She makes us smile all the time with the silly things she does and says. And we know she will be with us for a long, long time. That's a plus, right?

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