Let's deal with Autism together
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- Who in your life is effected by Autism?
- Myself
- About Me:
- I am forty-two years old. I was diagnosed at an early age through the TEACCH program at UNC-Chapel Hill in the early seventies.
I reside in Wilmington, NC USA with my mother, with a brother and sister residing close by.
I graduated from high school in June 1985, matriculated at UNC-Wilmington for two and a half years (1985-87) but plan to take writing classes there in the future.
I played second violin with a volunteer symphony orchestra in Wilmington for seventeen years (1985-2002).
I would like to inspire many members of this website through talking with them, sharing their stories of living with high-functioning or low-functioning autism.
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The way I've lived with it up to now, is I have thrown myself headlong into full-time challenging projects which I have attacked with one-pointed focus. Along the way, I excluded friendships, maintaining suchlike, and socialising, since these got in the way of work. My social interactions were all work related which meant they were temporary face to face interactions, but no leisure time spent together, since I perceived this to be a waste of time. However, now that I have achieved most of my goals, I realise that friendships are important since they validate oneself to a degree, and should be nurtured.
Regards,
Talia
Thanks for your experience.
Did they give you a specific 'strategy' for initiating, and maintaining social contacts/friends?
Especially... the 'maintenence' part, what strategies did they provide for regular maintaining friendships, without seeming to intrude or appear pressing...into other peoples' lives?
What about initiating 'get togethers, meeting up, and finding 'similar' points of interest with peers?
Sorry if there are a lot of questions, but I'm curious, especially as I have not talked to anyone about with Autism before, about autistic tendencies. I recently got a series of books out from the Library here in London, and read through Tony Atwood, etc. Disappointingly, most approach the Trait from a medical analysis viewpoint, focusing mainly on children and how to deal with them.
I found very little addressed to adults about adults, and then, only scant personal info from Sarah Hendrickx, and Maxine Aston.
Perhaps in the US they have wider knowledge?
Best regards,
Talia
Thanks for your mail. I live in London,
and have recently become aware of the Autism traits,
many of them within my own behaviour.
I see you were made aware of your own from early on.
Did they also teach social skills and communication skills?
Until soon,
Talia
and am eager to make friends and exchange info.
How have you found this site? Has it been useful and informative?
Have you learned things about yourself?
Have you made any good friends through it?
Hope to hear from you.
Best regards from London,
Talia