Please provide some do's and don'ts on living with asperger's syndrome.

Ignore: Do repeat important tasks and points to help reinforce certain behaviors . Don't delay diagnoses.

Ignore: Accept yourlimits on social skills abilities. Utilize healthy role models to learn from. Be yourself.

Ignore: Work on improving communication skills along with physical motor skills.

Ignore: Do provide the child with a highly structured format and behavior modification and support to reduce obsessive tendencies.

Ignore: Do create a structure that the person can live with and don't stray far from that structure.

Ignore: Look for and cultivate those talents that can promote an elevated sense of self esteem. Be patient.

Ignore: Join a support group, learn, read and understand your strengths and not just your deficits!

Ignore: Asperger children have clumsy motor skills & do benefit from physical play: run, throw, catch etc.

Every: Every kid has an area of special interest - use these interests to keep interested in therapy.

Say: Say only nice things. Relationships are more important than being right. Criticism erodes affection.

Ignore: Do not confuse lack of social finesse with lack of interest in social interactions.

Ignore: Avoid loud noises and overstimulation. Keep instructions simple. Be patient.

Ignore: If not understood kids seem oppositional, just often really know the way things need to be ok insid.