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 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: sound sensitivities

gupsychologyashley
Posted: 04 Jun 2008, 7:38 am 

Replies: 20
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My brother was both hyper- and hypo-sensitive to sound as a baby - he would either cry at barely audible noises or be completely unresponsive to a variety of noises. This carried on for maybe 7/8 years, as he continued to cover his ears at very small noises right through primary school.

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: basketball

gupsychologyashley
Posted: 04 Jun 2008, 7:34 am 

Replies: 4
Views: 1,051
My brother has HFA and has been playing basketball for around 10 years (he's 21 now). He loves it and gets a real buzz out of it. It was quite difficult for him at the beginning and anxiety is still a problem for him today (he puts too much pressure on himself to score highly in every game). When he...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: reaction to touch?

gupsychologyashley
Posted: 04 Jun 2008, 7:17 am 

Replies: 5
Views: 902
I have a younger brother with HFA and he is very sensitive to touch. He's told me before that it physically hurts him sometimes if someone touches him on his skin.

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Questionnaire for parents

gupsychologyashley
Posted: 04 Dec 2006, 12:45 pm 

Replies: 2
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Hi krex If it was just up to me then yes - I gave it to my brother to fill it out just to see what he thought. Unfortunately it would take too long to apply for the ethics to use the data from the questionnaire given by people on the spectrum themselves (I have to have my project carried out, analys...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Questionnaire for parents

gupsychologyashley
 Post subject: Questionnaire for parents
Posted: 04 Dec 2006, 9:17 am 

Replies: 2
Views: 1,241
Hi My name is Ashley Robertson and I am an undergraduate student from the psychology department in the University of Glasgow in Scotland. I have a brother who is 19 (2 years younger than me) and he has Asperger's. I am extremely interested about furthering research in ASDs and hope to do a PhD in se...
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