Archives for "March, 2009"
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]