Where can I find literature on self-help for adults with Asberger's Syndrome?

Question

More specifically, I would like to study something targeted at developing a sensory mechanism for social and non-verbal cues.
Most literature I can find focuses on children with AS. Something to help an adult with AS create an analytical construct of the social priniciples so innate to most would be helpful.

by "sensory mechanism" I mean develop the ability to perceive and process the social cues...a skill nature did not seem to provide, a skill I apparently have to work for due to AS.


by "analytical construct of the social principles so innate to most" I mean to ask

if anyone has literature that speaks to someone like me...I construct knowledge in an analytical framework, almost in a scientific fashion. If I understand the differences between AS and 'normal' social skills, it involves the lack of intuition about social cues and the rules of socializing and interacting with others. Has anyone written how an AS adult may develop skills in reading the emotional and non-verbal cues that other people give off, a way to internalize these rules in a more concrete and articulated manner than the intuitive way that 'normal' people would learn such skills?

Answer 1

Your question is confusing. What do you mean by a "sensory mechanism?" And what do you mean by an "analytical construct of the social principles so innate to most?" I work in the area of autism spectrum disorders and Asperger's, and do not understand this question. Please explain.

Answer 2

The following books are not written specifically for AS sufferers but are about general social skills.

Argyle M.:"Body communication (2nd edit.)"; International Universities Press, N.Y. NY, 1990

Livingston, Dr's. Sharon and Glen; "How to use body language."; Psy Tech Inc., 2004

In addition Amazon .com has several books on Asperger's syndrome which may give you some leads and references.

I am a schizophrenic and have been told I was autistic by at least one psychologist. I too have trouble with social skills. I used to worry about this especially after socially "putting my foot in my mouth" but any more I shrug it off as I realize it is more how I was raised, away from people and alone (on a ranch), and not due to any neurological disorder. I think adults today, who as children were baby sat by a TV set rather than interacting with live people, do not adequately learn social skills. This does not make them in any way less a person than, say, a social climbing "clothes horse" Dare to be different; dare to stand alone!