Archives for "March, 2009"

Posted by Archkittens on 30th March 2009
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Logan: Standing Up To NTs At Work

(photo: tim_d) Guest blogger Logan Williams, a network engineer for the city of Raleigh, has some excellent insights on dealing with AS in the workplace.  His self-assured approach has boosted my confidence in many situations, so I’ve asked him to share some tips here. Let me start off by thanking AspieTeach for inviting me to [...]

Posted by Sandy on 30th March 2009
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Can You Share With Us?

We’re looking for guest bloggers and regular contributors! There are so many of us who are past childhood and now live more or less independently, with college, jobs, dating/marriage, social obligations, and domestic life on our plate.  Do you have any life skills tips or tutorials that you can share with fellow adults on the [...]

Posted by Sandy on 29th March 2009
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Fun With Dogs

This is my dog Molly.  Not only does she have a litter of “puppies,”, but she’s trained to do some interesting things…one of which you’ll get to see at the end of this clip. (Some of you may not enjoy the extremely high-pitched noise that YouTube added, so you might want to turn the volume [...]

Posted by Sandy on 29th March 2009
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5 Traits Aspies Like Having Praised

(photo: caro wallis) 1.  Logic 2. Analytical skills 3.  Creativity 4.  Judgement without emotion (or, in grownup terms, seeing through the BS) 5.  Sticking to values Want to say something nice to an Aspie but can’t find a way to connect?  Pick one of these traits that you recognize in them and find a way [...]

Posted by Sandy on 28th March 2009
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Sometimes You Have To Be Cruel To Be Kind

(photo: New York Times) I do not lend books to friends.  I do not want to lose my books, – or my friends. At first it sounds cold, but if you think about it this is a clever rule.  How many times have you lent things out with the best of intentions, only to face [...]

Posted by Sandy on 23rd March 2009
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How Learning A Second Language Is Like An Aspie’s First Language

Language and language development are sort of near and dear to my heart because I grew up in a bilingual family and I did psycholinguistics research all through college.  There’s also the small detail about my hyperlexia and echolalia/palilalia.  (Echolalia = repeating someone else, palilalia = repeating yourself) I remember standing up in front of [...]

Posted by Sandy on 18th March 2009
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What Does That Really Mean? Finally, A Guide To Idioms

I dreaded the one day each school year when I would have to teach idioms (phrases that say one thing but mean another, such as “missed the boat”).  How do you explain something you don’t understand beyond a surface level?  Fortunately, all it ever took was a few examples for my students to just run [...]