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Therapies for people with Aspergers?

super-meg

Is there such a thing?

I'm now refusing medication because I believe the doctor just wants to put me on them and it will all be fine but its not a long term solution so when I came off them again I'd be back to square 1. He told me therapies won't work but I told him what I need is somebody who is aspergers trained that can teach me the coping skills I so clearly need so he is looking into it....

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  • Ultimately there is no cure for Asperger's.

    Medication can help.

    And so can therapy.

    But, and this is the important bit, both need to be appropriate.

    In the case of medication that means not medicating for the sake of it, and not as a first resort (usually).

    In the case of therapy that means therapy administered by someone who is trained to give that therapy to people on the Autistic Spectrum - and mere Autism awareness training is not enough - they need to understand how our thought processes differ to those of neurotypicals and, therefore, how the therapies need to be tailored to suit those thought processes.

    Unfortunately, despite the, now not so, recent Autism legislation, and NICE guidelines, the NHS trusts in many, if not most, areas are still playing catch-up, and there simply aren't the resources available, or where the resources are available you still have to fight to get referred (I had to pressure my GP into going through the PCT special funding process to get me referred to see a counsellor that specialises in Autism and Asperger's and who already takes NHS referrals!)

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  • Ultimately there is no cure for Asperger's.

    Medication can help.

    And so can therapy.

    But, and this is the important bit, both need to be appropriate.

    In the case of medication that means not medicating for the sake of it, and not as a first resort (usually).

    In the case of therapy that means therapy administered by someone who is trained to give that therapy to people on the Autistic Spectrum - and mere Autism awareness training is not enough - they need to understand how our thought processes differ to those of neurotypicals and, therefore, how the therapies need to be tailored to suit those thought processes.

    Unfortunately, despite the, now not so, recent Autism legislation, and NICE guidelines, the NHS trusts in many, if not most, areas are still playing catch-up, and there simply aren't the resources available, or where the resources are available you still have to fight to get referred (I had to pressure my GP into going through the PCT special funding process to get me referred to see a counsellor that specialises in Autism and Asperger's and who already takes NHS referrals!)

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