Aspergers Pictures

Maisy Mouse posted a photo:

So yesterday afternoon I went to the library and borrowed every book I could find on Aspergers. Knowledge is power & all that...

Maisy Mouse posted a photo:

I guess this should really be a tulip given that it's Holland but in the absence of any tulips, my sorry-looking orchid had to do the job.

We were told yesterday at Toby's paediatrician appointment that he pretty much definitely has Aspergers. I feel fine about it really although not sure if it hasn't hit me yet.

I read this poem ages ago and found it profound then but it's taken on a whole new meaning for me now:

WELCOME TO HOLLAND

by
Emily Perl Kingsley.

When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.

After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland."

"Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy."

But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay.

The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place.

So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.

It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around.... and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills....and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.

But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."

And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away... because the loss of that dream is a very very significant loss.

But... if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things ... about Holland.

machris (Mary-Ann) posted a photo:

Jess has been asking if she can play basketball for years, this year I said yes, this is her first game, Katy is helping her, do you think she enjoyed herself?
The boy took this, he was using my camera
Next game I'll bring my tripod
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hsstanley posted a photo:

The theme this week is "Life". The biggest thing in my son's life right now is playing his new 3DS that he got from Santa. "Super Mario Brothers" and "Plants Vs. Zombies" are his favorites. He has learned (after repeated requests to turn the sound down) to automatically plug in his headphones while playing!! He was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome when he was 5 years old, and this is the first "toy" he's ever showed any real interest in (other than the computer) - Mario Brothers is his current obsession (anyone who lives with a child diagnosed with ASD understands about those obsessions!!).

mummysam posted a photo:

a quick sketch for another upcoming textile piece on imaginative play (or the lack of when dealing with asperger's.) This is what I witnessed at his last play date with a very imaginative friend...
blogged: sammisofties.blogspot.com/2012/01/another-upcoming-textil...

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Rethink Autism posted a photo:

Here the Rethink Autism Therapist instructs the students on how to play board games.

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Here the student clarifies the location of an object to the Rethink Autism therapist.
Taken from the Expressive Language category, "Giving Information to Clairfy"

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Here the student learns how to cut shapes with the Rethink Autism therapist

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Here the Rethink Autism therapist guides the student to watch television properly. Taken from the Play / Leisure category, "Watching Television Appropriately"

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Here the student is learning to glue an art project independently.

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blogged: sammisofties.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-piece-in-progress.html

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...the struggle to get him to wear something new.

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hsstanley posted a photo:

Hard at work, playing one of his favorite games! The biggest thing in my son's life right now is playing his new 3DS that he got from Santa. "Super Mario Brothers" and "Plants Vs. Zombies" are his favorites. He has learned (after repeated requests to turn the sound down) to automatically plug in his headphones while playing!!

He was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome when he was 5 years old, and this is the first "toy" he's ever showed any real interest in (other than the computer) - Mario Brothers is his current obsession (anyone who lives with a child diagnosed with ASD understands about those obsessions!!).

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