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    Living Well with a Person Who Has Asperger's Syndrome
    Living Well with a Person Who Has Asperger's Syndrome
    Living Well with a Person Who Has Asperger's Syndrome
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    Living Well with a Person Who Has Asperger's Syndrome

    By Irene S. Roth

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    It can be very difficult to live with a person with Asperger’s syndrome. It seems that there is so much stress and anxiety involved.

    The person is very much like a loaded revolver that is just about to go off. You never know what the person will say or do. You never know what will offend the person. And the weirdest things may set the person off. So, living with a person can lead to a lot of frustration and uncertainty for the spouse.

    It can be hard to cope with the daily toils of living with someone with AS because of the constant unpredictability. Some days are not too bad. But if the person with AS gets anxious for some reason, it can be stressful to be around a person with AS.

    Therefore, it can be very hard to live with someone with AS. There are many things that you will never be able to do normally. Further, there are many expectations that you will have to throw by the wayside if you are not to be as anxiety prone as the person with AS.

    In Part I of this e-book, I will outline and discuss ten tips to live most effectively with someone with AS. In Part II, I will discuss fifteen tips that, if followed, will ensure that you take good care of yourself and live a good quality of life, despite the fact that you live with a person AS.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIrene S. Roth
    Release dateMay 15, 2017
    ISBN9781370793815
    Living Well with a Person Who Has Asperger's Syndrome
    Author

    Irene S. Roth

    Irene S. Roth, MA is an academic and freelance writer. She writes academically, for teens and tweens and adults. When she isn't writing, she is teaching. She is also pursuing a Master's of Social Work Degree.

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    • 3/5
      Better than the last one, and some good points about self care, but the AS person is described as if he were a psychopath. People with AS "care" just like everybody else, they just don't show it the same way.They lack cognitive empathy, the ability to read subtle body language and imagining someone else's thoughts and feelings, not affective empathy. The way AS is described in this book is like : you are living with a psychopath, make the best of it. Why would anyone want to live with a psychopath? AS are not psychopaths, but they have usually had more difficult lives, especially if undiagnosed as children, so they carry a lot of anger.This can be helped with therapy. I thought the advice on self care and staying present is pretty good, so I gave an extra star for that.
    • 1/5
      I feel like there was more effort put into generalizing people with AS and painting them out to be monsters than there was actually researching the condition. This book definitely seems like it was written by someone harboring resentment for someone with AS

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    Living Well with a Person Who Has Asperger's Syndrome - Irene S. Roth

    Living Well with a Person

    Who Has Asperger’s Syndrome

    Irene S. Roth

    Copyright 2017 Irene S. Roth

    License Notes. This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. It may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with someone else, please purchase an additional copy for each reader. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    Table of Contents

    Introduction

    Part I: Ten Concrete Tips to Live Well with Asperger’s Syndrome

    Tip 1: Watch your expectations

    Tip 2: Give the person with AS lots of space

    Tip 3: Don’t be critical all the time

    Tip 4: Don’t expect normal behavior

    Tip 5: Leave earlier for Appointments

    Tip 6: Tell him if there are changes in schedule earlier

    Tip 7: Don’t keep watching the person

    Tip 8: Don’t put up with abuse

    Tip 9: Avoid large social gatherings

    Tip 10: Don’t expect a close connection

    Part II: Fifteen Practical Tips to Take Care of Yourself

    Tip 1: Meditate

    Tip 2: Relax

    Tip 3: Practice extreme self-care

    Tip 4: Take mini-vacations

    Tip 5: Develop supportive relationships with others

    Tip 6: Exercise

    Tip 7: Develop new hobbies

    Tip 8: Commune with nature

    Tip 9: Practice self-compassion

    Tip 10: Do things you enjoy every day

    Tip 11: Don’t blame yourself for marrying a person with AS

    Tip 12: Protect yourself

    Tip 13: Live in the moment

    Tip 14: Don’t tolerate abuse

    Tip 15: Assert your boundaries

    Conclusion

    About the author

    Introduction

    It can be very difficult to live with a person with Asperger’s syndrome. It seems that there is so much stress and anxiety involved.

    The person is very much like a loaded revolver that is just about to go off. You never know what the person will say or do. You never know what will offend the person. And the weirdest things may set the person off. So, living with a person can lead to a lot of frustration and uncertainty for the spouse.

    It can be hard to cope with the daily toils of living with someone with AS because of the constant unpredictability. Some days are not too bad. But if the person with AS gets anxious for some reason, it can be stressful to be around a person with AS.

    Therefore, it can be very hard to live with someone with AS. There are many things that you will never be able to do normally. Further, there are many expectations that you will have to throw by the wayside if you are not to be as anxiety prone as the person with AS.

    In Part I of this e-book, I will outline and discuss ten tips to live most effectively with someone with AS. In Part II, I will discuss fifteen tips that, if followed, will ensure that you take good care of yourself and live a good quality of life, despite the fact that you live with a person AS.

    There is so much that the person with AS cannot help doing. Certain reactions and anxieties are like knee-jerk reactions. And as such, there is nothing that the person with AS can do about them. So, we have to let go of all expectations in order to be healthy and peaceful.

    I believe that it is possible for a person to live well with a person with AS. In other words, it is possible to have peace of mind and well-being. However, our attitude towards the person will have to change substantially. We have to create boundaries that work for us.

    For instance, we

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