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Asperger’s and Tips for Coping with Life #3

Asperger’s Coping Mechanisms (3 part blog) There are things in life that are rarely taught or talked about and for neurotypical people it seems they were just born with this knowledge. For those on the Autistic Spectrum (ASD) becoming self-aware, acquiring coping mechanisms and giving yourself thinking time to cope with situations that may arise means […]

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Asperger’s & Tips for Coping with Life #2

Asperger’s Coping Mechanisms (3-part blog) There are things in life that are rarely taught or talked about, and for neurotypical people it seems they were just born with this knowledge. For those on the Autistic Spectrum (ASD) becoming self-aware, acquiring coping mechanisms and giving yourself thinking time to cope with situations that may arise means you […]

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Asperger’s and Tips for Coping with Life #1

Asperger’s Coping Mechanisms (3 part blog) There are things in life that are rarely taught or talked about and for neurotypicals people it seems they were just born with this knowledge. For those on the Autistic Spectrum (ASD) becoming self aware, acquiring coping mechanisms and giving yourself thinking time to cope with situations that may […]

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Too Much! Asperger’s Sensory Overload

Parents with undiagnosed Asperger’s Having discovered that I’m an Aspie late in life (I’m 43 and found out about 6 years ago) I didn’t know that most of the other people around me were not experiencing sensory overload in the same way as I was.  It didn’t help that I grew up in a slightly […]

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Airport Meltdown

My poor husband! Imagine the scene, if you will, where a woman in her 40s (me) is bawling her eyes out at the closed gate in an airport, having just missed their flight to their honeymoon.  Good job he’s a caring and patient man! Well that’s just what happened a couple of weeks ago.  On […]

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