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pbcoll
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22 Apr 2007, 9:33 am

It helps if aspies interact in very structured situations, at least to begin with (not like parties). You can give your husband social advice, especially on non-verbal communication, which is the hardest for us.
By the way, in one of the happiest, nicest families I know, the father is an aspie, so it's definitely worth the effort.


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24 Apr 2007, 7:23 am

Ticker wrote:
Hi,

Welcome to WP. I want to commend you for joining and trying to learn more about your husband's condition. I think he is very lucky to have such an understanding wife. Besides joining social groups with similar interests I would suggest finding your local Autism society and attending meetings. You can meet some other autistics which may help him to forge friendships and also be around NT's that understand. Plus you can get to know other NT's that have to deal with AS people so it could be of help to you as well.

I wonder though does your husband really want friends? I mean has he expressed this to you? Many Aspies could care less whether they have a social network and people to hang out with. Can you get him to join WP himself and start making online friends? It will also give him practice in socializing and discussion that he can transfer over to the real world.

I find it very peculiar there are so many AS people of German descent. We found in our adult Aspergers group that 5 out of the 6 members said they were of German descent. The other person didn't know his ancestory. Seems suspious doesn't it?


It is very common here in Gemany. Many great scientists are German. And, the German doctor said that many German scientists had a high functioning Asperger's. The German Government keeps things like that well hidden, which really is not fair. He said it was their "obsessions, focus, and drive that made the scientific break-throughs that we all enjoy today. The Germans have a word that they use to describe Asperger's, since they hate to use that word. Michael's cousin told me that Michael was a "Focused Passionist" and that there were several in the family.