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Price196
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14 Mar 2013, 6:41 pm

Hey gang,
I have been observing many different social skills groups lately involving children with Asperger's. I was just wondering what the best advice anyone ever gave you about making friends in school and connecting with peers. Thanks!,
Nikki



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14 Mar 2013, 9:31 pm

follow the golden rule. and to have a friend, be a friend.



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15 Mar 2013, 9:16 am

Be interested in the other person, or at least act interested. Friendship is a two-way street. It's not all about you. You have to give some and take some.


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Given a “tentative” diagnosis as a child as I needed services at school for what was later correctly discovered to be a major anxiety disorder.

This misdiagnosis caused me significant stress, which lessened upon finding out the truth about myself from my current and past long-term therapists - that I am an anxious and highly sensitive person but do not have an autism spectrum disorder.

My diagnoses - social anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

I’m no longer involved with the ASD world.