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Hobbies &/or Activities For Autistic Adults

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Hello, my Uncle who is 42 has Asperger’s and recently had to change everything he’s ever known and move to another state and live with my mother (his sister) due to my grandmother (who he’s lived with his entire life) passed away. He’s struggled a lot here lately with being able to keep himself entertained through out the day. My mother works and isn’t home 10-12 hours of the day so he’s home alone a lot. Anyway…he doesn’t really have any hobbies or anything and gets bored easily. He does watch a lot of TV. Mainly older movies and such. But he is really I mean really into fashion make up etc. and loves the celebrities on the red carpet. He just recently got a Facebook and he will literally message me 25-30 times a day wanting to talk about “how pretty this actress or that actress dress and make up is” or “how much money those dresses/outfits are” and I obviously can’t be mean to him but more times than not I just don’t have the time to sit down and look up photos and have these discussions with him. Long story short on my end but I have a baby who is under a year old and I’m overwhelming exhausted from day to day life being a stay at home mom. I’ve asked him if he has any hobbies he likes doing but he hasn’t told me. I was wondering if anyone knows of anything I can do or buy him to help him occupy and entertain himself when he’s at home alone?! 

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  • I mean, if he’s happy doing what he’s doing, you can’t really force him to start up an interest if he already has one. I don’t think you need to out your hand in your pocket either. What you could do is suggest something like getting him to be active on these sort of communities and Facebook groups, There are many for celebrity lovers.

    If he’s good with social media, he might want to start a page talking about the red carpet outfits, celebrity style, by posting pictures and doing polls. The more people engage, the more he can talk about it. 
    if he likes clothing, and not just celebrity fashion etc, maybe he could put outfits together from clothing websites, and post them on Pinterest. I think all of these things require time, thus should keep him busy.

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  • I mean, if he’s happy doing what he’s doing, you can’t really force him to start up an interest if he already has one. I don’t think you need to out your hand in your pocket either. What you could do is suggest something like getting him to be active on these sort of communities and Facebook groups, There are many for celebrity lovers.

    If he’s good with social media, he might want to start a page talking about the red carpet outfits, celebrity style, by posting pictures and doing polls. The more people engage, the more he can talk about it. 
    if he likes clothing, and not just celebrity fashion etc, maybe he could put outfits together from clothing websites, and post them on Pinterest. I think all of these things require time, thus should keep him busy.

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