Learn about Mental Health and Coping Strategies
If you are anything like me when it comes to naming a favorite movie, and appreciate the brilliance of a performance by Dustan Hoffman playing Rainman Raymond Babbit, you will appreciate the beautiful nuances and idiosyncrasies, the intelligence and endearing characteristics of an autistic individual. Or you may be touched by the depiction of a […]
Like many cognitive disorders, much remains to be understood about aspergers syndrome. A relatively new disease associated with autistic disorders, aspergers syndrome is mostly a mystery. Although we have seen a dramatic increase in the social acceptance of autistic disorders such as asperger’s, modern medicine has not yet been able to fully explain the causes […]
I once worked at a residential treatment center for boys between the ages of 13 and 30. In this particular treatment center the boys were of varying ages and faced a range of difficulties—from low tolerance thresholds to autism to schizophrenia. We counselors-in-training had weekly training sessions covering the most mandatory of procedures. One of […]
