Rachel Christopher


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Strategies for everyday living
Financial and employment issues aside, just carrying out normal daily activities like getting out of bed and getting ready for work can present unique challenges for adult autistics.

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Planning a future
As your child becomes an adult, through treatment and individualized education, his or her symptoms may lessen. However, autism is likely to affect the individual throughout his or her life. They will probably always have difficulty relating to others...

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Adults with an autism spectrum disorder
There are adults in mainstream jobs who don’t know they have high-functioning autism or Asperger syndrome. Some of these adults or, more often their partners, are being tested late in life. Diagnostics have little to offer an autistic who’s reached...

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Asperger Syndrome - An Overview
Asperger syndrome is a condition that increasingly, many children are diagnosed with. It is classified under pervasive developmental disorder (PDD). Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) is essentially a group of disorders characterized by delayed...

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The elderly
Because diagnosing an adult with autism (without a mental handicap) only recently has become fashionable, a lot of autistic adults go through life undiagnosed and thus ignorant of the nature of their impairments.

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Asperger's Syndrome in Laymens Terms. Aspergers Checklist
Common characteristics of individuals with this syndrome are deficiencies in social skills, difficulties when it comes to changes and they often have obsessive routines and are preoccupied with one subject of interest. Individuals with Asperger's...

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Red Flags For Autism
Warning Signs of Autism in Early...

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Changing Schools When Your Child Has Aspergers Syndrome
Changing Schools When Your Child Has Asperger’s Syndrome If you moved recently, or if your child is ready to leave elementary school behind, you are undoubtedly looking for a new school your child...

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Beyond Dr Aspergers Finding
Beyond Dr. Asperger’s Finding When Hans Asperger’s findings on Asperger’s Syndrome finally found an audience in the United States, they were already about 30 to 40 years old. It did not take long for...

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Aspies for Freedom Critical Of Genetic Testing
Aspies for Freedom Critical Of Genetic Testing An organization made up of Asperger’s Syndrome patients, their loved ones, and those who may suffer from other autism related disorders, Aspies for...

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Aspergers Syndrome Patients Guide to Overcoming Anxieties about Social Interactions
Asperger’s Syndrome Patients Guide to Overcoming Anxieties about Social Interactions The world is filled with stressful situations, and nobody feels this more keenly than the patient with Asperger’s...

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Aspergers Syndrome in the Daycare Setting
Asperger’s Syndrome in the Daycare Setting Having an Asperger’s Syndrome child is a difficult proposition; having to work and rely on a daycare to take care of the child is a Herculean task for the...

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Aspergers Syndrome in the Adult Population
Asperger’s Syndrome in the Adult Population Preschoolers turn into high school students, and from there they become adults. What does life hold for the young adult and the aging adult with Asperger’s...

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Aspergers Syndrome and the Fight over Words
Asperger’s Syndrome and the Fight over Words It is not surprising that the fight over the verbiage describing Asperger’s Syndrome is heating up. Advocates and sufferers alike sometimes take umbrage...

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Aspergers Syndrome and High School Kids
Asperger’s Syndrome and High School Kids Parents who were heartened that their children, who at some point were diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, made it through preschool, kindergarten and even...


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