Comments on: The Aspergian Teenage Mind (in all of its wonder)

By: Diary of a Crazed Mommy » It’s Back to Work I Go!

Diary of a Crazed Mommy » It’s Back to Work I Go! — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:33:53 +0000

[...] The Aspergian Teenage Mind (in all of it’s wonder) [...]

By: Melody

Melody — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:37:53 +0000

LOL! Love this, and welcome to 5M4SN.

Much of it could have been an interview with my 11 yo Aspie son.

By: Bonnie Sayers

Bonnie Sayers — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:58:02 +0000

Great post and neat idea on the questions. My 14 yr old Nicholas likes the same shows and would probably say same thing about his younger brother.

By: Daisy

Daisy — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:26:43 +0000

My 17-yr-old with Asperger’s would answer several in exactly the same way! They are both as normal as any teens — that is, if teens are normal. But let’s not go there.

By: Alexis Ahrens

Alexis Ahrens — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:57:39 +0000

What a great post, Shash! I think we would all do well to pay much more attention to our kids’ perspectives on life, whether they have special needs or not.

I love that he said his Autism was the good part of himself. You are doing something very, very well as a mother for him to have maintained that awareness, esp into the teen years.

There is a school of thought that posits that autism serves as a mechanism for very gifted and sensitive kids to protect themselves from becoming influenced by the more toxic elements of mainstream society, so they can later express their well-protected gifts and help heal the world. I don’t know much about it, but it’s an interesting and lovely theory.

Cheers!
Alexis

By: Faiqa

Faiqa — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:45:10 +0000

Aww, you’re his hero. That’s huge!! And wonderful.