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lady_katie
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20 Aug 2012, 3:58 pm

Well, I'm giving up on the idea of actually finding any help in my region for AS. I guess the next best thing would be a self help book, or a website or something? Does anyone know of anything like this that they could recommend? Something that is like behavioral therapy, only in the form of self help, I guess? Thanks :)



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20 Aug 2012, 4:24 pm

Social Skills:

A field guide to Earthlings: An Autistic/Aspergers view of neurotypical behaviour.
The Asperger Social Guide: How to Relate to any Social Situations as an Adult with Asperger's Syndome.

Love and Relationships:

The Asperger Love Guide: A Practical Guide for Adults with Asperger's Syndrome to Seeking, Establishing and Maintaining Successful Relationships.
22 Things a Woman Must Know: If she Loves a Man with Asperger's Syndome.
Alone Together: Making an Asperger Marriage Work.

Work:

Business for Aspies: 42 Best Practices.
If you are considering asking for work accomodations, then this is well worth reading first:
Coming out Asperger: Diagnosis, Disclosure and Self-Confidence.

Are there any particular areas? I might have a few more suggestions. There are hundreds out there, many are the same regurgitated stuff, but the above I would recommend.

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20 Aug 2012, 5:20 pm

I own a workbook called "Living Well on the Spectrum" by Valerie L. Gaus. It's pretty good, it basically suggests ways of coping and organizing your priorities and helping you out in certain situations by doing different execises in the workbook. I bought it at my local Chapters in the Medical Disorder section. You can also check in the Parenting section under Childhood Disorders as well, sometimes they put books for grownups with AS there as well.



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20 Aug 2012, 6:10 pm

Jtuk wrote:
Are there any particular areas? I might have a few more suggestions. There are hundreds out there, many are the same regurgitated stuff, but the above I would recommend.


Thank you!! ! I think in addition, what I could really use is some thing that could help me with my day to day anxiety/depression/melt downs.



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20 Aug 2012, 6:11 pm

lostgirl1986 wrote:
I own a workbook called "Living Well on the Spectrum" by Valerie L. Gaus. It's pretty good, it basically suggests ways of coping and organizing your priorities and helping you out in certain situations by doing different execises in the workbook. I bought it at my local Chapters in the Medical Disorder section. You can also check in the Parenting section under Childhood Disorders as well, sometimes they put books for grownups with AS there as well.


Thanks, it looks like I can order this on Amazon. I didn't realize that there were so many self-help books available, this is great! :)



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20 Aug 2012, 6:22 pm

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt205307.html

There was a thread yesterday about a good book called "A Field Guide to Earthlings: An autistic/Asperger view of neurotypical behavior". I bought it too as did most of the people in the thread I think lol. Might be worth a look, the Kindle version is real cheap if you have a Kindle or a smartphone/tablet with the Kindle app.



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20 Aug 2012, 7:12 pm

What Men With Asperger Syndrome Want to Know About Women, Dating and Relationships

Has anyone read of heard of this book