Children with ASD and their families spend a great deal of time focused on the needs or limitations of the affected child, and even more energy dealing with problems that arise. However, children with ASD also have abilities that many children do not. It is important that families talk about the strengths and abilities that many children with ASD do have.

Children with ASD are often very creative. Some people consider individuals with ASD to have a sort of natural genius. They often have above average intelligence. Adults with ASD can see the world very differently to the average person. That can mean different priorities or different sensory experiences which can be exciting, but can also be exhausting, isolating and confusing.

It is important to celebrate the child for what and who they are, recognizing their individual strengths and abilities. This alone may help to build their self-esteem and help them focus on their abilities rather than their disabilities.

I Am Utterly Unique - Celebrating the Strengths of Children with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism by Elaine Marie Larson; presents the unique characteristics and abilities of children with ASD – from A to Z.

The author provides the opportunity to celebrate the child with ASD, citing their many gifts and abilities in a positive manner. The information helps to develop as sense of self-awareness of their capabilities,and increases opportunities to talk about ASD.

Check out I Am Utterly Unique - Celebrating the Strengths of Children with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism by Elaine Marie Larson you can even download a full 8 page sample of the book!

Because people with Aspergers have normal to high intelligence, they often go into careers or jobs when they get older. In some cases, the field they enter is related to one or more of those things the child was fixated on when a child. For example, if an Aspergers syndrome child has a fixation on the weather, he or she can think about a career in meteorology.

Other careers include working in the music industry. Aspergers syndrome individuals often develop striking musical abilities and can then work in this field as a later career. Careers involving mathematics or science are also common in Aspergers syndrome. This can include becoming an accountant, working in economics, working in scientific research, working as a university professor or other mathematical or scientific area. Often, the interest in math and science are natural gifts for these children and the transition from avocation to vocation is usually a seamless one.

Careers in writing are not uncommon for Aspergers syndrome individuals. Writing is a solitary task and often, the Aspergers patient can learn to use words on a page to create books, articles and other material that overcomes their natural need to think in pictures.

Think about the future career of an individual with Aspergers syndrome needs to be proactive and often the process of exploring careers needs to be done sooner than with other individuals. Talking with guidance and career counselors is a good idea in order to explore possible options. Tours of different careers or shadowing a scientist or mathematician may help the teen get an idea of which type of career would be the best for them.

Do plenty of reading about careers and jobs for those with Aspergers syndrome. Two books, Aspergers Syndrome Employment Workbook: An Employment Workbook for Adults with Aspergers Syndrome (Paperback) and Employment for Individuals with Aspergers Syndrome or Non-Verbal Learning Disability by Yvona Fast are available in some bookstores or at www.amazon.com. There are plenty of ideas as to how to begin searching for an appropriate career.

There’s nothing to limit an Aspergers syndrome to just these areas and many Aspergers syndrome individuals have found success in other areas of employment. Pay attention to the child’s strengths and weaknesses, as well as the interests they exhibit.

One of the hallmarks of Aspergers syndrome is the development of obsessive thinking and the performing of ritual behaviors done to reduce stress and anxiety. This type of behavior can later meet the criteria in adulthood for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Aspergers syndrome children often have an obsessive interest in a particular subject and very little interest in much else. They may obsessively seek information about maps or clocks or some other topic. They may also be very inflexible in their habits and rigidly adhere to certain routines or rituals. These obsessions and compulsions are believed to be biological in origin. This means that it is very difficult to go to therapy or just talk the individual out of the rituals.

Even so, there is some evidence to suggest that cognitive-behavioral therapy may help control some of the behaviors and makes the child aware of ways to recognize when the behavior is occurring so as to stop it before it occurs. This kind of therapy, in general, can be helpful for children, teens and adults with Aspergers syndrome because it focuses on concrete behavioral and “thought” changes necessary to function on a day to day basis.

Parents may need to simply be supportive of the child who so rigidly hangs onto rituals he or she doesn’t understand. Unless the child has done a lot of therapy, it takes a great deal of effort to fight the rituals nor does it help to punish the child for them.

There are medications, often used in obsessive compulsive disorder that can take the edge off of the ritual behavior and obsessions, especially when used along with cognitive behavioral therapy. No medication is without side effects and the improvement may not be complete; however, it is worth the effort to try the medication as recommended by your child’s doctor.

PARENTING AUTISM & ASPERGERS NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 17
MARCH 2008

This is Dave Angel and Welcome to the seventeenth edition
of “The Parenting Autism & Aspergers Newsletter”…..

Inside this edition you will find:

1. More problems with the Blog………

2. Hot Topic of Discussion - Aspergers and Employment Prospects

3. In the News – A Story of Hope…

4. Parenting Tips - High Functioning Autism

5. Famous Autistic Person - Tim Page

Best Wishes

Dave Angel

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1. More problems with the Blog………

Hello and welcome from a very chilly England - surely warm
weather and pretty spring flowers should be showing by now?!

This week the blog completely disappeared into cyber-space on
2 occasions…

Goodness knows why but the incredibly helpful techy people at
my web hosting company seem to have solved it.

Well at least they did sort it out and didn’t give me the
standard

“have you tried turning it off and turning it back
on?”

advice that seems to be the first lesson that every good
IT technician that I come across at work seems to have learnt
at IT School!

But I’m thankful for small mercies!

Apparently it was “some connectivity problem with the mysql
database”…and if you understand that at all it makes you a
far superior human being to me!

Anyway fingers crossed it continues to be OK and again
apologies for any disruption.

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2. Hot Topic of Discussion - Aspergers and Employment Prospects

I stumbled across another blog about Aspergers recently which
said that unemployment for people with Aspergers was as high as
85%…which seems way too high in my opinion.

Gavin, the owner of the blog then carried out his own “quick and
dirty” survey which found the figure in his group to be around
11%…but my guess is that’s probably a bit low.

My estimate would be around 20% - although to be honest as we
all know there are “lies, damn lies and statistics!”

News flash - Having had a little surf further around the net the
statistics are actually quite staggering certainly in the UK…

A number of sites quote the unemployment rate for people with
Aspergers as 88% - and this statistic seems to originate from
the highly-respected and knowledgable National Autism Society.

Scary stuff indeed…

But what can you as parents do to stop this becoming a reality
for your child?

Well pretty much what you are doing already…judging by many
of the excellent emails that I get in from so many of you.

In conjunction with school it is so essential to get your child’s
social skills, interactional skills etc. as up to speed as is
humanly possible.

When the time gets closer for your child to be thinking of work,
then as parents you need to be really proactive in bringing this
topic to your child and helping them to look for opportunities.

Plan out what your child would like to do and what looks
achievable for your child - bearing in mind their own particular
issues with regard to sensory stimulation, crowding, understanding
social situations.

Each child is different and so there is no catch-all solution.

But involve your child in decisions all along the way - don’t do
it for them.

Then it may well mean contacting local businesses and working
closely with the school and careers service in identifying a
suitable employer who will have a sensitivity to your child’s needs.

An honest and straight forward explanation of Aspergers and what it
means can help a great deal of employers who are happy to give
people a chance - but are maybe wary or scared of the label
Aspergers, simply because they don’t understand it.

Then it’s up to your child (often with support at first) to be
able to convince the employer that they can do the job.

One tactic may be to ask for a 2/4 week unpaid trial in which your
child can be given support to learn the ropes and then impress
the boss sufficiently to get a permanent job.

There is a web page at NAS that would be helpful for you to mention
to a potential employer (or even print off the details and actually
take to show them):

http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=444

If you wish to read more of Gavin’s Aspergers blog go to:

http://life-with-aspergers.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-does-aspergers-affect-employment.html

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3. In the News – A Story of Hope…

This month’s news item comes from Somersworth, New Hampshire
in the USA.

It features a young autistic boy called Ryan and attests to the power
of therapeutic interventions and parental determination for children
with an ASD.

Ryan has an hour per week Speech & Occupational Therapy program
after school (and before anyone shouts out - I know they are
very lucky and certainly many areas don’t offer this, but
don’t shoot the messenger please!)

This has led to him being able to ask questions and converse
with schoolmates for the first time ever.

In the past Ryan could not tolerate the car radio or the
sound of a microwave but last Christmas he was able to ask
for his own present and listen to Christmas music.

But these great results have come from a huge amount of
trial and error work from his parents who likened it to
the famous light bulb inventor Thomas Edison:

“Edison used to say he found 10,000 ways not to make a light bulb
before he discovered the right way” Dione (Ryan’s mum) said.

Eventually these efforts were rewarded by finding a variety of
approaches, including the speech and occupational therapy, that
really help.

A nice quote in the article came from his father Frank who said:

“It gives me hope for a better tomorrow”.

And as I’m sure you know hope is such an essential ingredient in
any parent’s make up who wants to help their child with ASD.

So take a little hope and inspiration from this story and if you
want to read more on Ryan go to:

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080309/GJNEWS_01/833802553
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4. Parenting Tips - High Functioning Autism

This month’s tip comes from Kathleen (in Florida) so thanks
Kathleen…….and here’s the tip…..

“I am homeschooling a six year old grandson with high-functioning
autism.

I am finding Michelle Garcia Winner’s work on social cognition
to be very insightful and helpful.

The higher-IQ children like my grandson respond best to a
cognitive approach, direct instruction on things that are
intuitive to most people but not to them, rather than a
behavioral one.

One of her suggestions is to teach children directly to keep
“memory files” on each acquaintance so that they can converse
with him or her on subjects of interest to the friend or of
mutual interest (rather than the child’s own obsession).

However–my grandson has faceblindness (prosopagnosia).

He can tell emotions very well, but he has pretty severe
trouble identifying individuals.

Somehow he needs to learn to compensate for this socially.

It’s supposed to be something neurological that cannot be
changed, but there must be a better way to compensate than
doing what he did yesterday: walking up to a new “friend”
whom you have played with several times and do remember what
you did, looking him straight in the face, and saying “ARE
YOU JOHN?”

And how can you develop memory files when you can’t tell
the kids apart?

How can I help a child with social cognitive deficits and
faceblindness (and auditory sensitivities) make friends?

Kathleen in Florida”

If anyone can help answer Kathleen’s own questions above
can you go over to the blog and post your answers and ideas
there.

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5. Famous Autistic Person - Tim Page

Tim Page is a Pulizer-Prize winning music journalist who is
diagnosed with Aspergers.

At school he recalls that teachers obviously saw him as
intelligent (in facts labelled him as a “genius”) yet he
struggled to succeed and get grades.

His intense interest areas were music, silent films and large
chunks of the 1961 Worldbook Encyclopedia.

And he immersed himself in learning all he could on these
topics.

But socially he struggled a great deal at school and says that:

“It’s been kind of a lonely life and remains a lonely life. You
get the sense that you don’t have the connections with people
you’d like to have.”

Which is a terribly sad but not eaxctly new experience for a
child/adult with Aspergers.

But on the flip side Tim goes on to say that:

“On the other hand, it seems to me that a lot of things I did
and am doing in my life happened because I had Asperger’s.”

He is an authority speaker in music and lectures at
universities in the USA, and has been a celebrated music
journalist for the Washington Post and New York Times.

Currently he is a visiting professor with the Annenberg School
of Journalism at the University of Southern California.

So clearly al of that obsessional interest in music at an early
age has shaped his future destiny.

Giving him a career and life experiences that many people with
or without ASD would be overjoyed to have had.

He is due to release a book on his life with Aspergers next
year which I would imagine will be a fascinating read.

To read more on Tim go to:

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2008/03/13/music-critic-describes-life-wth-aspergers-syndrome/
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Well that’s all for this edition and I hope you
enjoyed it.

The next edition of the newsletter should be due in
mid-April.

And as ever………please send in any inspirational stories
that you know of, any questions that you would like our team
of experts to answer, any topics that you wish to be discussed
and news stories that you want to share.

We will publish as many as we can.

Until next month………

Best Wishes

Dave Angel

The child with ASD may need numerous prompts and assistance to complete daily living skills, such as personal hygiene, dressing and household chores. These difficulties may occur because the child is preoccupied with other things, lacks the ability to focus, and simply doesn’t have the ability to finish these tasks to completion.

Having to provide continual prompts and direction may inadvertently resulting power struggles between parent and child and lead to more behavior problems. Children with ASD need repetition and visual cues to learn these skills and to complete them on a daily basis.

There are many ways to provide visual cues. Providing the necessary repetition for children takes a great deal of time and effort on the parents part, and finding the time to do so may be difficult. In addition, teaching these skills to children with ASD often includes an assessment of where there skills are currently at, and what is needed to build these skills.

The Able Individual Video Learning Series (Available on DVD and VHS) provides instruction on a variety of skills that children need and use on a daily basis. Through the use of repetition, this series provides the opportunity for children to practice their motor skills, and increases their ability to follow directions.

It provides directions in personal hygiene, dressing, and household chores. In addition, this series provides both verbal and visual cues for learning tasks. When children are able to learn these tasks and perform them independently, they begin to feel better about themselves. Eliminating the need for assistance and continual verbal prompts will increase their independence and self-esteem.Kids need to be able to perform these tasks independently, they just need additional time and assistance to learn these skills, which this video series provides.

Check it out by clicking The Able Individual Video Learning Series

Thanks

Dave Angel

The teen years can be difficult whether or not your child has Aspergers syndrome. In situations where they do, however, there are special challenges that differ depending on the child.

Some parents find themselves dealing with a child who is a loner, who has few friends and focuses on one or more hobbies or preoccupations. This type of child is independent in some ways but lacks the maturity to truly be independent in life. A teen like this needs to be pushed in the direction of finding friends and developing relationships.

He or she may also need to learn some of the specific things necessary for “life independence”, like how to deal with money, cleaning up after oneself, doing the laundry and other life skills that will be needed once the teen is ready to leave home. Interpersonal skills, including how to talk to service people, shop assistants and other people they may meet along the way, should be taught and practiced as concretely as possible.

Other parents are dealing with the ongoing presence of rituals and obsessions that might interfere with the teen’s eventual independence. Psychotherapy might work in this kind of situation but there are also medications designed to control ritual behavior. Getting this under control as a teenager will go a long way in enhancing the teen’s adult experience as they grow older.

This is a time when depression can develop in teens, who know they don’t fit in and suffer from a poor self esteem. Be aware of the signs of depression and be proactive through the use of psychotherapy or medications to control some of these symptoms. This means, as a parent, you need to be aware of excessive isolation, “dark” language, outbursts of anger, or self mutilation. Help is available and can help the teen resolve some of the conflicts unique to adolescence and having Aspergers syndrome.

When a child without Aspergers syndrome makes friends, parents are not often involved in the choice of the friend or the facilitation of the friendship. In Aspergers syndrome children, however, the parent or parents may need to be an active participant in helping the child make and keep solid friends.

Part of the process involves concretely teaching the child how a normal friend should act. Teaching them politeness, restraint, in some situations, and how to talk and establish good eye contact with others will help the child learn skills that aren’t innate to their development.

Finding a child to be your child’s friend in the school situation often takes careful planning and effort. It genuinely helps if you volunteer in the classroom and get to know the children well. If you can find a receptive, relatively quiet child who would make a good friend for your child, ask the child’s parents if the two could play together. Rowdy or noisy children may be a source of distress to the Aspergers syndrome child.

If your child is one of the many who have specific interests or musical ability, make the effort to link the child up through groups or clubs of children with similar interests. Often, having a similar interest as another child will help facilitate a relationship between the two. Even if your child doesn’t have a special interest, consider something structured such as the boy scouts or a church group from which friends can be found and maintained through regular contact.

It’s probably not a good idea to invite a bunch of kids over for a sleepover. Rather, one child playing with your child at a time has the best chance of success. If the other child seems to have some maturity, explaining the condition of Aspergers syndrome to the child may help avoid the frustration some children feel around Aspergers children.

Not in every case will your child be receptive to a friendship and he or she may prefer to play alone. In that case, wait until you see signs of receptiveness before attempting to facilitate a friendship.

Children with ASD struggle when trying to learn social skills, and the lack of social skills may have a bigger impact on their life than any other aspect. Peers can bully them for their differences and it is important that these children learn these skills as early as possible to minimize the effects of bullying and rejection from peers. Knowing these skills will help them be stronger people and make them less vulnerable to the actions of others.

Children learn from stories that share the same experiences that they may be having. Reading to your ASD child also provides the opportunity to provide the repetition that they need to absorb learning of new skills. It also provides the opportunity to role play skills that they don’t seem to comprehend simply from the story. Further, the reading of these stories lets ASD children that they are not alone in the challenges that they face.

Diane Murrell, the author of two stories is the parent of children with ASD and has a first-hand understanding of the challenges they face. Tobin Learns to Make Friends teaches some of the skills necessary to make friends.

Children with ASD want to make and keep friends but often lack the skills to do so. Murrel highlights some of the skills necessary using incidents of shouting, crowding, sharing, borrowing, interrupting, taking turns, being kind, having good manners, and following rules.

Also by the same author Oliver Onion - The Onion Who Learns to Accept and Be Himself builds on the friendship building skills that were learned in “Tobin Learns to Make Friends,” This book is aimed at children aged 4-10 and helps children with ASD accept who they are.

Being a member of a family in which one or more members have Aspergers syndrome can be extremely stressful at times. Sometimes it seems as if the entire family focus is on the Aspergers child and on the various tantrums and behaviors that come with it. Family members, and especially parents, can feel a low level of anxiety in anticipation of what could happen next.

It’s vital to take steps as a parent or family member to take time for yourself away from the situation when things feel overwhelming. Take turns with the other parent so you each have peaceful times away from the situation. If possible, spend one on one time with other children in the home. This will reduce their stress level as well.

Get plenty of sleep. If your Aspergers syndrome child has difficulty sleeping, speak with his or her doctor to find ways to help your child sleep better so you can get your sleep, too. Don’t be afraid to take naps so you have enough rest to cope with whatever comes.

Don’t skip meals and eat as healthy as you can. If your child is on a special diet, make sure that the rest of the family and you get the type of nourishment that suits you best and revives your energy levels.

Consider exercising with or without your child. Take walks or bicycle rides to calm your nerves and increase your body’s endorphin levels. Stress levels automatically decrease with exercising just a few times per week.

Some herbal supplements like kava kava, valerian root and St. John’s Wort have relaxation and calming properties. In serious situations, these herbs can come in handy when you just can seem to stem the anxiety on your own. For questions about herbal supplements, speak to your doctor. There is a great website that sells these product at 20-70% discount called EVitamins which you can visit to search for more information on them.

If the family appears to be in crisis over the stress and anxiety of some of its members, family therapy can be very helpful. Individual therapy is also an option for those family members needing extra help. Often the therapist can coach you in the coping skills necessary to stay healthy and to raise your Aspergers syndrome child as best as is possible.

PARENTING AUTISM & ASPERGERS NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 16
FEBRUARY 2008

This is Dave Angel and Welcome to the sixteenth edition
of “The Parenting Autism & Aspergers Newsletter”…..

Inside this edition you will find:

1. Thank You and the Broken Blog………

2. Hot Topic of Discussion - Wifi causes autism?

3. In the News – The Kirton Family who have 6 children with
autism

4. Parenting Tips - Finding the right physician

5. Famous Autistic Person - Tito Mukhopadhyay

Best Wishes

Dave Angel

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1. Thank You

I just wanted to say a big Thank You to everyone who took part
in the competition on the blog in January……and everyone who
recently purchased a copy of The Parenting Aspergers Volume 2.

I really appreciate your support and commitment which allows me
to keep this whole things running.

Just a couple of housekeeping bits on this topic:

* The Parenting Aspergers Volume 2 is now no longer available
at the special pre-release price.

But if you still would like a copy its been released to the
general public and you can get a copy at:

http://www.ParentingAspergers.com/Volume2.htm

* I had my web guy make some changes to the blog as a number
of people said that they could not read it too well in their
browser.

I would really appreciate if you could email me back at
sales@parentingaspergers.com to let me know if this has solved
the problem………..or you can just put a short post on the
blog to tell me.

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2. Hot Topic of Discussion - Wifi causes autism?

Recently according to a study by Dr. George Carlo in
Australasian Journal of Clinical Environmental Medicine,
the signals emitted by Wi-Fi routers cause metals to be
trapped in brain cells, thereby accelerating the onset of
autism.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm interesting one this!

Just wondering how generations of children with autism in
the pre-technology age ever managed to become diagnosed with
autism?!

I have looked into this a little more and as far as I can tell
there appears to be no/little scientific evidence to back this
up……..

There are blogs all over the web debating it (as with any bits
of news……….particularly if it’s to do with geeky techno
appliances or possible “government conspiracy” theories)…

One post I read which I found helpful was:

“The increase in incidence of autism far pre-dates significant
use of wireless technology, more specifically WiFi.

I also recommend you google “Australasian Journal of Clinical
Environmental Medicine.”

No one can find it and it’s being treated as a hoax by several
autism sites.”

Now I have no doubt that wi-fi like many modern technologies
could be a potential source of all kinds of damaging toxins…

But for goodness sake leave autism out of it unless there’s some
real proof………

There appears to be no real evidence and all something like
this tends to do is add to the often negative perception
of the media and general public that autism is something to fear
and not something to understand………..
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3. In the News – The Kirton Family who have 6 children with autism

Many of you in the USA may have already seen the Kirton family
on the Good Morning America show and no doubt they have been
in the newspapers too with such national exposure.

Well they are a family where all 6 children are diagnosed with
autism.

Their full range of children are:

Robert (Bobby), boy, 14, - High functioning Autism

Emma girl, 9 - Aspergers

Nephi (Nee-fi), boy, 8, - Aspergers

Sarah girl, 6, - Classic Autism

Ammon boy, 4, - Classic Autism

Mary girl, 3, - PDD-NOS

Now according to research this is an extremely rare situation
as the stat’s say that if you have a child with autism the
chances are only about 15% that you will have a sibling with a
similar diagnosis………

Well so much for statistics………!

I have known families with 2 autistic children and felt that
their parents have done a great job in circumstances that can
be very challenging at times.

But for Robin and John Kirton to raise 6 children with autism;
well my hat goes off to them………

It’s quite frankly an amazing achievement up there with any
Pulitzer, Oscar or Nobel Peace Prize winner……….

But like so many parents they will just go about their
daily business coping with the many challenges that arise and
also enjoying the good times that will also be there too….

Here’s what they say in their own words about their
children………

“They’re just so wonderful in their own unique ways, and we
accept them and love them for who they are, and they just
bring so much joy into our lives, and we just love being their
parents,” says Robin.

“We do love them, and want to take care of them, and just hope
for a better day to make their lives easier,” says John.

In addition to their busy schedule they have started their
owen website to support other parents and have designed some
great tshirts for children with autism…..

My 2 favourites have the following great slogans on them:

“I’m Autistic and I think you’re wierd too!”

“Eye contact is OVERRATED”

Check out their website at http://www.autismbites.com/
which also has links to their tshirts…

To read about their story at ABC online go to:

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=4245377&page=1
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4. Parenting Tips - Finding the right physician

Thanks to everyone who emailed in with their parenting tips
last month………they are much appreciated by everyone…

This month’s tip comes from Terry (in Georgia) so thanks again
Terry…….and here’s the tip…..

“Don’t know if this is the kind of “tip” you seek for your
newsletter but …My grandson was diagnosed as Asperger/ADHD
in 2007 after much frustration,changes in medications for
ADHD, etc.

Our local pediatric community was of virtually no help (as
would be the situation in most small/mid-size communities).

After several fruitless searches and useless referrals, we
found a Developmental Pediatrician whose specialty is
ADD/ADHD/Asperger.

Anyone within driving distance of Macon, Georgia might like to
know there is understanding and assistance in the offices of
Dr. Stephen Copps and Mark Prigitano, therapist who works
with Dr. Copps to help children develop social skills, greater
self-esteem, etc.

Terry”

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5. Famous Autistic Person - Tito Mukhopadhyay

Tito is a young man from India who is diagnosed with severe
autism and who has virtually no verbal communication skills.

But he is able to write and communicate through the most
eloquent writing and poetry; and has even won national
awards for this.

He was featured a lot in the media in India before he and his
mother were sponsored to go to the USA by the Autism Speaks
Group.

In fact in previous newsletters I have mentioned his mum as
she introduced an approach to autism called “The Rapid
Prompting Method”.

He has now written several books:

“Beyond the Silence: my life, the world and autism”

and

“The Gold of The Sunbeams”.

You can read more about Tito at:

http://www.autismspeaks.org/tito.php

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Mukhopadhyay
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Well that’s all for this edition and I hope you
enjoyed it.

The next edition of the newsletter should be due in
mid-March.

And as ever………please send in any inspirational stories
that you know of, any questions that you would like our team
of experts to answer, any topics that you wish to be discussed
and news stories that you want to share (send them to:
tips@parentingaspergers.com).

We will publish as many as we can.

Until next month………

Best Wishes

Dave Angel