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Useful Strategies

Jon

I was thinking - people often talk about useful strategies and coping strategies. I know that I have developed strategies to best cope with Asperger's Syndrome. The problem is actually identifying these strategies. Some I can think of:

  • I wear ear defenders to reduce intrusive noise.
  • I try to plan things well to lessen the stress of a situation.
  • I try to be aware that I may not be communicating well - and tell the person.
  • I try to facilitate written communication over verbal.

Does anyone have any useful strategies that they would like to share? I know its pretty broad in scope and the strategies may be quite specific to the person but they may still be of use to others (including me Smile).

 

 

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  • Hi  - I don't think you are far wrong with the 'acting'.

    Do we have the choice of just the two things?
    Either trying to behave as an NT person would expect, by making eye contact and keeping it whilst they are talking,  i.e. 'acting normal', but not getting anything from that eye contact except the stress in trying to do it and the distraction from what the person is actually saying.

    Or trying to read those minute eye expressions that we can probably never learn anything from because they are gone, changed into something else long before we can interpret them.  Again, a distraction from what the person is actually saying with words, and personally, far to difficult and stressful for me. 

    As a female, I do the occasional nod and head shake to show that I am listening. With people I know, it is easier, but I still find them bobbing around sometimes to get in my eyeline, which tells me I need to make face or eye contact, if only briefly.

    It makes the whole process of conversation a very tiring and complicated business.  

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  • Hi  - I don't think you are far wrong with the 'acting'.

    Do we have the choice of just the two things?
    Either trying to behave as an NT person would expect, by making eye contact and keeping it whilst they are talking,  i.e. 'acting normal', but not getting anything from that eye contact except the stress in trying to do it and the distraction from what the person is actually saying.

    Or trying to read those minute eye expressions that we can probably never learn anything from because they are gone, changed into something else long before we can interpret them.  Again, a distraction from what the person is actually saying with words, and personally, far to difficult and stressful for me. 

    As a female, I do the occasional nod and head shake to show that I am listening. With people I know, it is easier, but I still find them bobbing around sometimes to get in my eyeline, which tells me I need to make face or eye contact, if only briefly.

    It makes the whole process of conversation a very tiring and complicated business.  

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