For Daniel:
I agree with Jamesonform about the point between the eyes. You could also try: their tie, their ear, their chin, their glasses or whatever.
For Jimmy:
A publisher in London called Jessica Kingsley has several nice books about being a sibling (brother or sister) of a person with Asperger's. She has a nice web site with her catalogue on it. Perhaps your folks can help you choose a nice book or video on the subject. Also I expect many other publishers have similar things available. The National Autistic Society in the UK also covers this subject and perhaps societies in other countries may do also. I don't know whether their catalogues are on the web or have to be sent for.
For both Daniel and Jimmy:
Have you read the nice books by Kenneth Hall and Luke Jackson, boys with Asperger's. Your folks would be interested in reading them with you I'm sure.
I am 52 and have known I have Asperger's since I was 42 and still don't get help with it, and I know my brother and my sister would have been thrilled to know how to cope with me better when we were all young, bless them. (Not to mention my parents)
For Smelena:
Glad to hear the teacher is going easy but he might do well to bear in mind for the longer term to accept the point-between-the eyes-tie-glasses-chin-hair thing. He would do well to read Donna Williams. She is Aussie and if her compatriots can't follow what she says that's a bad sign. She is our most empathetic and insightful authority on autistic functioning and human functioning generally, that I have come across yet.
Best wishes,
08 May 2007, 7:56 pm
