Kids Can Dream Autism Website shares Social Stories -
Hi, I wanted to share a listing of social stories I found on the internet.
This is a great reference. Here is the social story I adapted for Jacob.
"Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable."
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
"Love on the Spectrum" - Part 2
- We had almost 100 comments, many of them writing in just to show support for the couple. Jack Robison and Kirsten Lindsmith are both living with Asperger’s syndrome. The article, which appeared on the front page of The New York Times in December, is a candid account of their struggles with the disorder, with social situations and even with each other.
“I think I sort of lucked out. I have no doubt if I wasn't dating Kirsten, I would have a very hard time acquiring a girlfriend that was worthwhile,” said Jack, with Kirsten at the apartment they share
On Love and Autism: Our Favorite Student Comments
[photo courtesy of Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times - Navigating Love and Autism 12/26/2011 ]
Here is how the conversation began:
Read more comments here:From Kirsten:
Reading about my boring life from the perspective of an outsider made everything I take for granted as normal seem much more interesting. The release of the article itself only really affected me in the sense that I got a ton of Facebook friend requests from strangers, but my family certainly had a stronger opinion. Most of them were impressed that I was front and center in The N.Y. Times, especially those who didn’t yet know about my diagnosis!From Jack:
Autism isn’t a disease. Autism and Asperger’s are considered disorders, which can be misleading because that implies that someone with autism is somehow “broken.” This is reinforced by the fact that people who don’t have Autism are referred to as “neurotypical.” More and more it is coming to light that there really isn’t such a thing as neurotypical, and that autism is only one of several different “types” of people. You may not have autism, but you probably fall under some other sort of category, like A.D.H.D.
On Love and Autism: Our Favorite Student Comments - NYTimes.com
Love on the Spectrum: In the video above, Jack Robison and ... which appeared on the front page of The New York Times in December, is a candid account of their ...
Watch video clip of Kirsten Lindsmith and Jack Robinson - Navigating Love and Autism By AMY HARMON Published: December 26, 2011
More videos about 'Love on the Spectrum' New York Times project"Jack Robinson's father, John Elder Robison, is the author of “Look Me in the Eye,” a best-selling 2007 memoir about his own diagnosis of Asperger’s at age 39.
despair his father felt in his youth
A Meltdown
Kirsten’s diagnosis brought her closer to Jack.
Alex Plank, 25, the founder of the WrongPlanet Web site, also had Asperger’s and had enlisted Jack in the production of Autism Talk TV, featuring video interviews with autism experts.
Kirsten now joined them, and as they traveled to conferences, Alex’s tales of his own romantic ups and downs — echoed by many on his Web site — gave them perspective on their own dramas. “It’s easy for me to get a girl’s number,” he told them. “I can build attraction. But attraction isn’t enough.”
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EnjoyHi5Autism
Love on the Spectrum - Part 1
Navigating Love and Autism
Love on the Spectrum: Jack Robison and Kirsten Lindsmith, two college students living in Greenfield, Mass., discuss how autism affects their lives and relationship. By Sean Patrick Farrell
Love on the Spectrum: Jack Robison and Kirsten Lindsmith, two college students living in Greenfield, Mass., discuss how autism affects their lives and relationship. By Sean Patrick Farrell
Love on the Spectrum: Jack Robison and Kirsten ... Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times. Jack and ... 2008 by her boyfriend at the time, who jumped up from their ...
Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
Jack and Kirsten have trouble reading emotions and gauging social cues that others take for granted.
Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
“Parents always ask, 'Who would marry my kid? They're so weird.' But, like, another weird person, that's who,” said Kirsten, with the therapist who helps her learn ways to live with Asperger's.
Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
“I think I sort of lucked out. I have no doubt if I wasn't dating Kirsten, I would have a very hard time acquiring a girlfriend that was worthwhile,” said Jack, with Kirsten at the apartment they share.
Marcus Yam for The New York Times
Jack with his father, John Elder Robison, who has written about his experiences with Asperger syndrome, including the despair he used to feel in his youth as he looked at happy couples around him.
Alex Plank, left, the founder of WrongPlanet.net, for people with Asperger syndrome and other forms of autism, working on an Autism Talk TV segment for the site with Jack and Kirsten.
Navigating Love and Autism - NYTimes.com
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More autism-related articles in NYTimes
Autism, Grown Up
Love on the Spectrum
Articles in this series are chronicling the coming of age of a generation of autistic youths. If you are a person with autism or a relative, neighbor, romantic interest or co-worker of someone who is, you can help inform this series. Share your story at nytimes.com/national.
Related
Autism, Grown Up: Autistic and Seeking a Place in an Adult World(September 18, 2011)
Q. and A.: Readers’ Questions About Autism(September 24, 2011)
Friday, April 20, 2012
ASPIRES - climbing the mountain together (Couples)
ASPERGER SYNDROME (AS)
ASPIRES is an e-mail subscription list for individuals with AS, and those who have a parent, spouse, or child with AS. We share our family and relational experiences, resources and survival tips as well as offer encouragement and hope. Through sharing, we hope to lighten one another's burdens and find positive solutions to many of the troubling challenges that characterize our relationships and bridge the communication gap that exists in everyday life.
ASPIRESHusband David Finch writes 'The Journal of Best Practices' to save his marriage…
Even if you're an ordinary "neurotypical," there are plenty of good reasons to read David Finch's "The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man's Quest to Be a Better Husband." ...excerpts. Dave is also the author of "Asperger’s: Somewhere Inside, a Path to Empathy," which led to this book.
Premise: Marriages/Relationships between Non-Asperger Partners and Asperger Partners Are Extremely Difficult
By J A Morgan B Ed Grad Dip NSWTFRTA
Asperger Marriage: Viewing Partnerships Through a Different Lens
Aspergers Syndrome (AS) is a neurobiological condition on the higher-functioning end of the autism spectrum. Across individuals, there is wide variation of AS traits, of how each person experiences their neurology, and how AS evolves as they age. Shore (2003), a member and President Emeritus of the Asperger’s Association of New England (AANE) Board of Directors has said, “When you meet one individual with Asperger Syndrome, you have met one individual with Asperger Syndrome.” Marriages or partnerships with a person with AS are often very challenging, with mental health consequences for both members of the couple, for their children, and for their larger family systems. In this paper we will share insights on the complexities of these partnerships with hope that this information will help and encourage other clinicians to better understand and support people in these relationships, whether working with individuals, couples, families, or groups. Our insights come from our professional experience with individuals and with groups for the partners of men with AS at AANE, along with review of the literature on AS.
22 Things a Woman Must Know
If She Loves a Man with Asperger's Syndrome
Rudy Simone
Foreword by Maxine Aston
Practical Advice and Activities for Couples and Counsellors
Asperger Syndrome (AS) can affect some of the fundamental ingredients required to make a relationship work, such as emotional empathy and communication. Maxine Aston, author of Aspergers in Love, has created this workbook to help couples where one of the partners has Asperger Syndrome deal with the difficulties that may arise in their relationship.
Going over the Edge?
Practical Steps to Saving You and Your Relationship
Kathy J.Marshack, Ph.D.; Foreword by Stephen Shore, Ed.D
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