I Finally Feel Like I Belong

• By: Emily Kushner YAI Social Skills Building Network
• October 1st, 2014
• high school, social acceptance, social skills
• 1269    0

I was one of the unpopular kids. I was never invited to birthday parties or sleepovers. I had no friends, and no one wanted to hang out with me. I was a social leper and I hated every second of it. High school was supposed to revolutionize my life. “Students are more mature in high...

Places for Persons with Asperger’s to Meet People

• By: Sybelle Silverphoenix
• October 1st, 2014
• high school, social acceptance, social skills
• 9880    8

There are many places where persons with Asperger’s can meet people, but too often they don’t know where they can comfortably and satisfactorily do this. Bars, cocktail parties, and other such events work well in the neurotypical culture, but those with Asperger’s desiring to meet new friends...