Survival Guide for People with Asperger's Syndrome

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I happened to run across this on the internet. There might be some useful things in here.

http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~alistair/survival/

That is a good find. Thanks!

But I have to say about this piece of advice:

A floor that people dance on.

I printed this out a couple years ago and have found it to be spectacularly helpful in my social life. His comments about driving are very similar to my situation as well and have been invaluable with my learning the necessary skills. Still learning, but this really helped me identify my deficits.

A lot of information presented in this book makes sense when the behavior of other people is put into context, yet I never really understood or knew to do these things listed.

It could be a very helpful tool for improving my life, even if I'm not ASD...

I didn't find it useful at all, I already knew most things in it, my problem is actually pulling off these things in practice, not just knowing the theoretical rules.

In theory, it's easy.

In my opinion, yes there is some topics that need covering, but it is the sort of thing that is helpful to those who are not on the spectrum, to try and understand some of the things we do. The chapter on driving made me feel better about the terrible time I had, and his two main mottoes, slow progress is still progress, and the learning scientifically one, were helpful to remember.

It costs a little money, but a friend of the family who spent her career working with people on the autistic spectrum wrote these two work books:

http://www.amazon.com/Asperger-Syndrome ... 336&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Asperger-Syndrome ... 377&sr=8-2

The first one's for younger people and the second's for adolescents and adults. The second one just came out recently and so far I've found it really helpful. It's allowed me to recognize my goals, strengths, and weaknesses and where my weaknesses get in the way of my goals. Later in the book it's supposed to help show how I can find ways to strengthen those areas of difficulty so that I can attain my goals. It uses a lot of graphs and charts that I've found helpful so far. I think it's the charts especially and the fact that it's a workbook that make it especially helpful. I read through some material from the AANE that was informative but at the same time didn't give me a clear way to apply the new information.

I especially agree with the part about not talking about your problems with people freely. I have a number of reasons why I don't go around telling people I am aspie, and not broadcasting your weaknesses makes one more good reason.