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 Forum: Art, Writing, and Music   Topic: Build Your Own Life - by Wendy Lawson

BjarneC
Posted: 07 Feb 2012, 11:44 am 

Replies: 1
Views: 806
Build Your Own Life: A Self-help Guide for Individuals with Asperger’s Syndrome (2003) written by Wendy Lawson is an example of a self-help guide to establish an independant life under the circumstances of having an Asperger Syndrom diagnosis. The book begins with explaining the difficulties an Aspe...

 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Topic: Social skills in Job

BjarneC
 Post subject: At work with AS
Posted: 15 Jan 2012, 8:36 am 

Replies: 1
Views: 537
Before my diagnosis my social difficulties were as appareant as they are now. What has changed is my attitude towards them. It was painfull not to be able to make friends among my colleagues and see how well they seemed to get along. And I blamed myself for failing. After the AS diagnosis I felt rel...

 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Topic: Making changes in your life

BjarneC
 Post subject: Making changes in your life
Posted: 15 Jan 2012, 8:07 am 

Replies: 2
Views: 793
I have read a number of books written by professionals describing Asperger Syndrome. Many authors leave me whith the impression that AS is a permanent condition that not can be helped, that spouses must curbe their own needs to be able to live in a relationship whith a person with AS, that this pers...

 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Topic: Coping in social situations

BjarneC
 Post subject: Coping in social situations
Posted: 08 Jan 2012, 1:52 pm 

Replies: 6
Views: 1,161
My social skills was greatly improved when I started working on my selfesteem. Through 8 months intense counselling i learned to have a more positive attitude towards myself. Now I am more confident and spend less time thinking how others percieve me. In cooperation whith my mentor I have become bet...

 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Topic: Concerning eye contact

BjarneC
 Post subject: Eyecontact
Posted: 07 Jan 2012, 4:23 pm 

Replies: 37
Views: 5,567
I adress my difficulties with eyecontact by taking cues from the person I am talking to. I look away when the other person is looking away, and so mimic the other persons behavior. It is still uncomfortable to keep eyecontact but I have learned that it is accepted to look away frequently during a co...
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