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 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: What would have helped me as an Aspie child

Posted: 13 Sep 2006, 12:56 pm 

Replies: 148
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The highest goal of parenting is to teach the child what s/he needs to know, in order to be a functional adult. What seems to have happened with some Aspies I've known is that their parents got hung up on teaching them to be normal children, rather than teaching them to be functional adults. Then th...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Oh, there is nothing wrong with you.

Posted: 13 Sep 2006, 12:21 pm 

Replies: 103
Views: 8,661


It seems like the extreme reactions are the worst, regardless of which extreme the person cleaves to. Yes, someone who claims there's no such thing as Asperger's is annoying. Then again, someone who glibly dismisses every thought, action, and preference of an Aspie because they consider everything a...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Before I started to read about AS

Posted: 13 Sep 2006, 12:11 pm 

Replies: 30
Views: 3,170


As nearly as I can tell, even NT's have to learn personal space norms. If they were instinctive to the human organism, they wouldn't vary by culture. (For example, the amount of personal space which is "normal" in France is generally considered "too close" by a mainstream American.)
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