228 Results in Strategies

Motivating people with ASD

This blog article is about helping and encouraging your autistic loved one to fulfill their potential and being aware that some things you do may be unintentionally hindering. The first thing to understand is that social recognition is rarely the main motivator for us to be doing something. If it appears that way, it is… Join The Curly Hair Project Community Today This article and our podcasts are available only to members of our community. If you would like to continue to rea…

Minimising the glass jar during socialising

Glass Jar Theory states that, people with ASD live inside glass jars. They can see everyone around them but when they try to ‘touch’ any of them, there is a glass wall preventing this from happening. We have decided that it is the triad of impairments that cause the formation of the glass jar around… Join The Curly Hair Project Community Today This article and our podcasts are available only to members of our community. If you would like to continue to read this article, along wit…

Saying “no” – advice for people with ASD

“No” is such a simple word and yet it is often so difficult to say. But “no” is so important because it defines boundaries; it lets others know what we are and are not comfortable with; it lets others know what we like and what we don’t. There are certain groups of people in particular,… Join The Curly Hair Project Community Today This article and our podcasts are available only to members of our community. If you would like to continue to read thi…

Impaired imagination?

This article was inspired by a comment I saw on the girl with the curly hair Facebook page. Somebody had commented on a post of mine, which talked about people with ASD having impaired social imagination. The person said she “had lots of imagination.” This intrigued me. Then I understood that people are often misunderstood… Join The Curly Hair Project Community Today This article and our podcasts are available only to members of our community. If you would like…

Making up after an argument – how the NT can help

Arguments can happen inside any loving relationship. A NT in a relationship with a person with ASD will experience different sorts of arguments than if he were with another NT. The way in which the make up happens will also be different to a NT/NT relationship. The aim of this blog article is to provide… Join The Curly Hair Project Community Today This article and our podcasts are available only to members of our community. If you would like to continue to read this article, alon…

Perfectionism and ASD – management strategies and solutions

Some people are perfectionists. Through my reading I have discovered that a lot of people with ASD are perfectionists. Since 'perfect' does not exist, continuously striving for it is always going to lead a person to feel they have failed due to overly critical self-evaluations. Being autistic as well as perfectionistic does more harm than good and can cause a lot of anxiety. Perfectionism is painful and limiting to live with.  Why are people with ASD prone to being perfectionists? Black and white thinking. Something is either perfect or a failure A love of rules and inability to see exceptions to rules Low self-esteem generally Extreme passion, excitement and focus for things Poor executive functioning abilities

Why is it so important for a person with ASD to have a special interest?

A characteristic of autism spectrum disorders is having ‘special interests’. What differentiates a special interest from a hobby is the quality and intensity of these interests. It is difficult to state easily what the difference is between a person on the spectrum’s ‘special interest’ and a neurotypical person’s ‘hobby.’ Can a neurotypical person have a special interest,… Join The Curly Hair Project Communi…

Daily life management for people with ASD

I find comfort in knowing what I am going to be doing the next day and the next week. Knowing anything further in advance is too much for me, and it becomes too abstract. I am most comfortable with a detailed schedule for the current day, rough knowledge of what's happening the coming week, and rough awareness of anything that is happening the following week and thereafter.