Asperger Syndrome And Social Relationships: Adults Speak Out About Asperger Syndrome (Adults Speak Out About Asperger Syndrome Series)

This book is essential reading to understand the social abilities of adults with Asperger's syndrome. The contributors each have different personalities and experiences, but together they provide a range of strategies to encourage people with Asperger's syndrome to achieve the social relationships they desire.' - Professor Tony Attwood Social interaction among neurotypical people is complex and in many ways illogical. To the person with Asperger Syndrome (AS) it is also woefully unintuitive. In this book, adults with AS discuss social relationships, offer advice and support for others with AS and provide necessary insights into AS perspectives for those working and interacting with them. The contributors evaluate a range of social contexts and relationship aspects, including: * online relationships - a worldwide social network based on non-verbal communication, * the unwritten rules of neurotypical socialising, * the need for mutual understanding between those with AS and neurotypicals, * the effects of struggling socially on one's self-esteem and frame of mind, and * the opportunities provided by social skills workshops or interest groups. This is essential reading for adults with AS, their family and friends, as well as service providers and other professionals providing support for people with AS in adult life. front cover......Page 1 Asperger Syndrome and Social Relationships: Adults Speak Out about Asperger Syndrome......Page 5 Contents......Page 7 PREFACE TO SERIES ......Page 11 INTRODUCTION ......Page 13 1. One-Channel Communication: Developing Social Relations Online......Page 21 2. Developing a Better Social Understanding......Page 29 3. The Difficulty of Social Contact and the Impact on My Mental Health......Page 37 4. Social Relationships for People with Asperger Syndrome: How to Help People Understand......Page 43 5. Social Relationships and the Communication Problem......Page 51 6. Social Relationships and Social Inclination......Page 63 7. The Social World and Me......Page 75 8. Aspie Village: A Web-Based Social Forum......Page 87 9. Understanding and Enjoying Successful Social Relationships......Page 99 10. Socializing 101 for Aspies......Page 115 11. Making Friends is Not Easy......Page 127 12. Social Relationships I’ve Had and From Which I’ve Learned......Page 137 13. Asperger Syndrome and Social Relationships: My Experiences and Observations......Page 149 14. A Stranger in a Strange Land: A Journey Through the Social Weirdness of the Neurotypical......Page 153 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ......Page 163 INDEX ......Page 167 back cover......Page 178

Social interaction among neurotypical people is complex and in many ways illogical. To the person with Asperger Syndrome (AS) it is also woefully unintuitive. In this book, adults with AS discuss social relationships, offer advice and support for others with AS and provide necessary insights into AS perspectives for those working and interacting with them.

The contributors evaluate a range of social contexts and relationship aspects, including: online relationships - a worldwide social network based on non-verbal communication, the unwritten rules of neurotypical socialising, the need for mutual understanding between those with AS and neurotypicals, the effects of struggling socially on one's self-esteem and frame of mind, and the opportunities provided by social skills workshops or interest groups. This book is essential reading for adults with AS, their family and friends, as well as service providers and other professionals providing support for people with AS in adult life.

'This book is essential reading to understand the social abilities of adults with Asperger's syndrome. The contributors each have different personalities and experiences, but together they provide a range of strategies to encourage people with Asperger's syndrome to achieve the social relationships they desire.'. - Professor Tony Attwood, author of The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome. Social interaction among neurotypical people is complex and in many ways illogical. To the person with Asperger Syndrome (AS) it is also woefully unintuitive. In this book, adults with AS discuss social rel This is essential reading for adults with Asperger syndrome, their family and friends, as well as service providers and other professionals providing support for people with Asperger syndrome in adult life