AJ Mahari an adult with Asperger’s Syndrome talks about her own experience and understanding of the challenges of Asperger’s and difference generally and specifically as they apply to social situations. Recorded in 2008 and didn’t get around to uploading until now. Mahari stresses how important it is to understand as much as you can about how Asperger’s challenges you and that you can learn, as she has, how to compensate and learn more about all that is challenging.

I’m 26 years old and i’ve basically been socially inept my whole life. I’m trying to get back into it now best I can. I joined facebook, the gym, i’m trying to reach out to people but i’m still not doing great with that cause I don’t know what to say. I even went to a bar the other weekend and tried to talk to a girl but she just said I talked weird. What do I do here?

Just briefly explaining what it’s like for me living with Asperger’s Syndrome. If this helped you please subscribe.

I have had cognitive behavioral therapy and I have been on anti depressants but none of it has worked. I have mentioned to my GP that I think I have a more serious disorder than depression and social anxiety but she didn’t think that I had. I don’t know what to do anymore because I am finding life impossible and I find socializing impossible

I just got hired to babysit a nine year old boy who has Asperger’s Syndrome on some Saturdays during the Spring and Summer. I know a little about the syndrome, but I’m not sure exactly how best to work with the child. I just want to make sure I don’t do anything wrong and make it the best conditions for him. Any tips would be great or activities that would be good for when I go to babysit! Thanks!

I mean, we eat the same times everyday, we don’t go out of the house often, especially not on a daily basis, and I’m having trouble doing much of anything else schedule-wise, except for meals and bedtime, because on top of our 5 year old AS child, we have an almost 3 year old and an 18 month old. HELP!! I think I’m gonna go crazy. I feel like I need a break, but my son got kicked out of school and daycare!! We’re also working on getting him into a different daycare right now, since I have the diagnosis now, and his disability will pay for it.

I usually tell strangers I have “mild Autism” but when people hear the word Autism they often automatically think I’m stupid. What could I tell them instead?

Lecture delivered by Temple Grandin, a noted expert and author on early intervention, educational strategies, visual thinking, social skills, medications and mentoring. Grandin presents around the world and is the author of several books including Emergence: Label Autistic, Thinking in Pictures, Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships, co-authored with Sean Barron. In addition to several DVDs, her recent release of Animals in Translation maintained a top 10 position on the New York Times best-seller list. Based on statistics provided by the Autism Society of America, it is estimated that one in every 150 children born in the United States has autism and approximately 1 million in this country have this disorder, which does not include Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD), Asperger’s and other spectrum disorders. A new case of autism is diagnosed nearly every 20 minutes, meaning approximately 24000 new cases diagnosed in the US per year.

My dream Is to go into the marines but recently I was diagnosed with aspergers… Is my dream still possible to fullfill?