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Interview with Joseph
2008-04-26 15:46:00 I wanted to ask Joseph some questions about his perspective on Aspergers. All his answers here are exactly what he said to me in response to my questions.Me: What is Aspergers?Joseph: We don't really know. The world doesn't know.M: What do you know about Aspergers?J: That I don't like certain sounds and it's something that makes me really smart.M: Is there anything about having Aspergers that you don't like?J: Not much.M: Is there anything having Aspergers that you do like?J: Yeah, everything. I'm smart.M: Does having Aspergers every make anything harder for you?J: No, not recently.M: But in the past?J: It made it hard to eat.M: Does having Aspergers make anything at school harder or easier?J: Yes, because I'm good at math.M: Does having Aspergers make anything harder or easier when it comes to making friends?J: No.M: Is there something you would like people to know about Aspergers?J: That if I have Aspergers you don't have to treat me different.M: Do people treat you differ...
By: Problem Girl
Aspergers Community Started By Brooklyn Blogger
2008-02-18 01:05:00 In recent years, the profiles of the neurological disorders Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome have grown dramatically. A Brooklyn friend of mine has moved forward with developing an Asperger’s community site that will address her ongoing research in the field as well as provide a hub for researchers, educators and service providers who are unearthing ...
Well, it's beatings all around then*
2007-11-13 17:46:00 As an Aspie Joseph has a hard time understanding emotions. He's just starting to get a handle on his own but other people's leave him completely befuddled. He often tries to guess how people will feel about certain things and he's very often wrong. He'll say something like "You would think it was funny if Elle fell down the steps." Now, he doesn't say that because he thinks it would be funny. He's seen her get hurt before and he's always been very upset by it. For some reason though he thinks I would think it would be funny. He doesn't make the connection that tells him that if he finds something upsetting, someone else might find it upsetting too.Anger is really hard for him to figure out. He's constantly misunderstanding what makes us angry and how angry it makes us. He always waaaay overestimates how upset we're likely to be about something. One day after school he was just in tears because he was certain I was going to be so upset at him because he took too long in the...
By: Problem Girl
Asperger's is not a bad word
2007-10-04 19:15:00 A while ago I found myself reading several blogs by parents who had children like Joseph. Extraordinary children who were facing some difficulties in school and social settings. Some of these parents readily embraced the fact that their children were living on the autism spectrum. Others did not. I found myself bouncing between the two schools of thought. Some days I was angry when I thought about being told that Joseph had Aspergers. I didn't want to accept that his differences were there and I didn't want to accept that those differences might put a lable on him. I didn't want him to have Aspergers and I didn't want everyone looking at him a certain way and expecting certain things out of him because he of it.Some days I was ok with the whole thing. Not most days though. Most days I still thought things like "There's nothing wrong with him at all! He's not out of order! The system is out of order! Who cares if he's different! Different is better and everyone on...
By: Problem Girl
Quick, while we're at the stoplight!
2007-08-23 22:18:00 Joseph is very, very literal minded. Part of that is his age and part of that is the Aspergers. He doesn't really ger sarcasm and often if something is said as a joke he'll think it's real. (It's a a funny thing though because he has a wicked sense of humor and he often suprises me with how witty and clever he can be.) Jesse or I will often forget that he's like this and we'll make an offhand comment that then requires 5 minutes of explaining to Joseph exactly why we said what we did and what we really meant by it. The other day Joseph saw a public service ad on tv about drinking and driving. It led to this conversation:Joseph: Oh no! That commercial said you can get arrested if you drink and drive!Me: That's right.Joseph: Oh no!Me: Honey, that's a good thing. People shouldn't drink and drive.Joseph: But you drink and drive all the time! (He's frantic at this point.)Me: What? No I don't! What do you mean?Joseph: I see you drinking pop or water when you drive.Me:...
By: Problem Girl
My son 14- Aspergers
2007-04-21 06:17:00 Barbaa Request Please pray that your perfect love casts out fear. Pray for Trent to reduce his anziety. Pray for the behaviors to me minimal. Pray that his world would be easier and there would be more people who can understand him. /pray for the school situation to be in his favor- Restore our relationship. the ...
By: Prayers Online
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