OT: Aspberger's Syndrome
Hoping for some tips and helpful insight!
Where I work, we frequently have college interns. These are young people working on an advanced degrees with topics that line up with the work that we do.
We have just added a new young person who, if I had to guess, has Aspberger's Syndrome--or as the doctors say now, Autism Spectrum Disorder.
This person has no sense of non-verbal cues, interrupts other people's conversations, has no concept of personal boundaries, becomes very single-minded in focusing on a specific idea, becomes impatient when something can't be accomplished right away...and this is what I observed/experienced in just 3 hours.
Needless to say, there has been some annoyance among my co-workers.
What I am hoping is that those of you who have some experience with this syndrome can advise me on how best to interact with this young person. I would hope very much that their work could be successful here!