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26 Jul 2013, 10:41 pm

Jasper1 wrote:
"Amazingly...Alphie Understanding and Accepting Different Ways Of Being." Not really on topic, but there has got to be better resources than this for children with Aspergers. Is this the kind of stuff they give children with Aspergers to better understand themselves? ....I dunno....I have never seen anything so stereotypical in regards to Aspergers.

http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/1931282536

Sorry, just had to post this. My girlfriend is a social worker and she pulled out what Asperger resources she had and this was one of them. I was like "seriously....they make the kids relate to a computer....seriously....and the only other human they have to relate to is a computer tech that the other computer techs think is weird.....you gotta be sh*****g me."
I'm sorry, but I actually really liked this book. :(

I also happened to like this one: http://www.amazon.com/Haze-Kathy-Hoopma ... y+hoopmann
I could relate to the main character a lot even though his interest is "stereotypical" and very different from mine.

Anyway, here are some myths not mentioned here yet:

- All aspies hate parties
- All aspies speak in a monotone
- All aspies cannot do pretend play/are not creative
- All aspies have gifted/genius IQs


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26 Jul 2013, 10:57 pm

Actually, I talked to my GF about it and she said the kids liked it too. And that even at a very young age they still grasped the concepts since they grew up in a more computer oriented world than when say I grew up.

My issue with the book is just the computer metaphor. The comparison between computers and people with autism in the real world is often done in a condescending and even derogatory manner. It would be nice if they could be socialized in a manner where they weren't equated with a computer and something more human.



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27 Jul 2013, 6:25 am

Jasper1 wrote:
I am really confused about the imagination thing or lack thereof. From my understanding some aspies have a very involved fantasy life and are capable of quite a bit of imagination.

Is imagination something that separates aspies from other forms of autism? The more acute the autism, the less imagination or vice versa? What's the general trend if there is one? Doing the aspie tests I was kind off thrown of by all the imagination questions. Just looking for some clarity.


Imagination is not lacking, only the expression of it is different and it is certainly not a difference between AS and autism

I actually think it is NTs who lack imagination in regard to autism rather than the other way round.