Asperger’s on squidoo

The reason I’m writing this blogpost is mostly that I wanted to share one of Eelkat’s best lenses: Living With Asperger’s Syndrome. From her personal lenses it’s clear Eelkat’s life is at times very hard. When I found out only recently that she’s autistic, a lot of pieces of the puzzle fell into place for me. I submitted it for LOTD with the following words:

it illustrates (high functioning) autism on many levels. Wendy’s lenses in general are unique in a way that makes them unlikely to become LOTD: just too long winded and not quite organized enough. In this case though all that is functional, because her very style of writing is illustrative of Asperger’s syndrome. For instance: she repeats herself on this lens. Repeating actions is a symptom of autism, though of course repeating text is far less of a problem than banging your head against a wall.

What comes through very well in this lens, as in others by Wendy, is the difficulty of being different. However, in this one she keeps it cool: not too emotional, not too flamboyant. Just plainly sharing her experience of being her. And yes, it reminds me of asperger’s sufferers I’ve taught.

Repeating that here because I’m not really expecting the LOTD program to last much longer.

Two other great lenses about asperger’s:

• DC64 shares her journey with asperger’s in a very different way. In a way more structured and not as long winded.
• Elishamarie shares her experience of having a brother with asperger’s.

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