Tag Archives: stress

A not-so-mild form of autism

I’ve read many times that Asperger’s Syndrome is a mild form of Autism. In really simple metrics this is true, but at the same time, that is an entirely unhelpful comment. My reasoning here is that if you tell someone that you have a mild form of autism, then they will likely think that it [...]

Meltdown

When I first started to discover Asperger’s and the various traits that those with it often possess, I was a little surprised by the concept of meltdowns. Pretty much every trait I read about got a tick in my own personal list of traits that I have too, but I struggled to find a box [...]

Settling in

I often hear other Aspies express the thought that they dislike change, and that they find change to be stressful. I too suffer from this problem, so can empathise with all those that this problem affects. Indeed, the very first article I wrote on this site talked about how changes to routine are difficult for [...]

Go get ‘em boys!

Last weekend, myself and my wife took the kids to the theatre to see Lazytown Live. We also took one of my son’s friends along for the day, so there were two adults and three kids. We took the train, as it beats taking five by car, and we thought it’d result in a little [...]