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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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  • On the phone issue, I also don't answer it. I have two the one downstairs I only use for the ringer as I have the upstairs ringer switched off because it was much too loud on the quietest setting.  I also have set it to 3 rings before the answer phone kicks in. I never give out my number. If I have to fill in a website box I may enter the area code then all zeros as no-one has all zeros. Sometimes the page will accept all zeros for the whole number.  If I have an official form to fill in I write on the form that I cannot use the phone and give a friend's phone number and my email address.  As a result I seldom get phone calls and then only from very few people that know about the AS and I can talk to on the phone.

    Another thing I do is go to the supermarket very early on Saturday when there is no-one there or just one or two who are the same people each week. I go to one that doesn't play music very often though it does have a very annoying 'talking' moving slope. I don't use that, but the stairs as I cannot stand people behind me.

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  • On the phone issue, I also don't answer it. I have two the one downstairs I only use for the ringer as I have the upstairs ringer switched off because it was much too loud on the quietest setting.  I also have set it to 3 rings before the answer phone kicks in. I never give out my number. If I have to fill in a website box I may enter the area code then all zeros as no-one has all zeros. Sometimes the page will accept all zeros for the whole number.  If I have an official form to fill in I write on the form that I cannot use the phone and give a friend's phone number and my email address.  As a result I seldom get phone calls and then only from very few people that know about the AS and I can talk to on the phone.

    Another thing I do is go to the supermarket very early on Saturday when there is no-one there or just one or two who are the same people each week. I go to one that doesn't play music very often though it does have a very annoying 'talking' moving slope. I don't use that, but the stairs as I cannot stand people behind me.

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