Top 5 tips for entrepreneurs on the autistic spectrum
By Rosalind A. Bergemann author of An Asperger’s Guide to Entrepreneurship For many of us on the autistic spectrum, employment can or has been a challenge.…
Category: Autism
Try out some exercises from the Autism Fitness Handbook
The Autism Fitness Handbook is designed to address specific areas of difficulty for children, teens and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Physical fitness –…
Helping a Child with Autism Handle Halloween
Walking around the shops in October it is impossible to escape the ghoulish Halloween theme. The supermarkets are full of masks, deathly hands and creepy…
Why some disabled people might deserve MORE than the minimum wage
Well done Welfare Minister, Lord Freud, for apologising for his recent “foolish and offensive” remarks where he suggested that people with disabilities could potentially be paid…
Praise from a reader— An insight into how ‘The Asperkid’s Launch Pad’ changed one mother’s life
Rebecca in England shares how reading The Asperkid’s Launch Pad by Jennifer Cook O’Toole changed the way she thinks about autism: Just dropping by to…
Cynthia Kim discusses the labels present in her book’s title—Nerdy, Shy, and Socially Inappropriate
In this extract from Nerdy, Shy and Socially Inappropriate: A User Guide to an Asperger Life (forthcoming October 2014), author Cynthia Kim talks about the…
Tessie Regan – Like Having Six Senses
Tessie Regan‘s new book Shorts is a series of short stories about Alcohol, Asperger Syndrome and God. This short introduction is about the relationship between alcoholism…
Learning about Sexuality and Safety with Tom
Learning about Sexuality and Safety with Tom The idea for storybooks about sexuality and safety came from being the single mother of a boy with…
Read an extract from Very Late Diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder)
In this extract from Very Late Diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome author Philip Wylie talks about the importance of getting the timing, manner of communication and choice of confidant…
How using colour coded visuals can reduce anxiety when a child with autism starts school.
For many teachers coming to the end of the summer holidays now is the time to start preparing for the new academic year. With that in…