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AlexTLF

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  1. I have a shopping bag with 'I ♥ Someone with Aspergers' written on the side. Since carrying it around many people have stopped to talk about relatives and others they know who either have Aspergers or suspect they have Aspergers. Apart from these, most people I've met have never heard of Aspergers, let alone know anything about it. I believe the more everyone talks about Aspergers the more the world will have a greater understanding of Aspergers People and their traits. To this end I have produced a leaflet to give to people who show an interest. The person in my life, with Aspergers, is Lyn, my partner, the most amazing woman I ever met. She was 60 years old before being diagnosed with 'text book' Aspergers, a strong indicator that many GPs, doctors and consultants in the NHS need training. A PDF copy of the leaflet can be downloaded here I have also produced an Aspergers Awareness website which can be viewed here Any constructive comments will be more than welcome either on this site or email me here
  2. I have a shopping bag with 'I ♥ Someone with Aspergers' written on the side. Since carrying it around many people have stopped to talk about relatives and others they know who either have Aspergers or suspect they have Aspergers. Apart from these, most people I've met have never heard of Aspergers, let alone know anything about it. I believe the more everyone talks about Aspergers the more the world will have a greater understanding of Aspergers People and their traits. To this end I would like to carry leaflets in the bag to give to people who show an interest. My problem is finding a small (A4 size) leaflet with professionally written guidelines, written to help people who just need a basic understanding. Can anyone help point me in the right direction as I will need a small but steady supply (UK)?
  3. Some of my Partners Aspergers Traits: Social Interaction and Communication 1. Struggling to understand how other's may perceive what she has said. 2. Difficulties in understanding that another person may see a situation differently to the way that she does. 3. Feeling that others are "rude to her every day" - is this reality, or is there a different explanation? - "What you see is what you get"! 4. Making Faux Pas (putting her foot in it) - but also thinking there is no need to remedy the situation because "she is always right" i.e. described as being blunt. 5. Repeatedly lost relationships (sons, son's wife's family, neighbour, brother, cousin). 6. Take things literally - can't read between the lines and then make an inference from this. 7. Unable to read other people's body language. 8. Basic sense of humour - childlike. Need for Routine/Restrcited Obsessive Interests 1. Great attention to detail. 2. Attention to numbers. 3. Housework done in the same order - if stopped, have to start at beginning. again, not because something bad will happen, but because it "just feels wrong". Sensory 1. Sensory overload, especially when out in busy/stressful places. 2. Verbal/ auditory distortion. 3. 'Video replaying'. 4. Electricity 'arcing' in head. Cognitive Style 1. Rigid black and white thinking - people are all good, or all bad. - expert at seeking evidence to support your expectation of perfectionism in herself/others. 2. Perfectionism - "I must be the perfect patient". - Exceptionally high expectations of herself and others. 3. Paranoid thinking. 4. High levels of underlying anxiety - leading to reduced. comprehension of what is said to her, and less ability to think logically.
  4. Me, I’m Alex, just an everyday guy in the street who met, and fell in Love with, a woman, Lyn, who was sixty years old before being diagnosed with Aspergers. Why have I put together a website? Well .... http://alex-and-lyn.wix.com/aspergers-awareness
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