Comments on: Asperger’s Syndrome Goes Bowling http://aspergernetwork.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/aspergers-syndrome-goes-bowling/ The Life and Times of one Asperger Parent Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:37:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: nan http://aspergernetwork.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/aspergers-syndrome-goes-bowling/#comment-217 nan Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:45:25 +0000 http://aspergernetwork.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/aspergers-syndrome-goes-bowling/#comment-217 Bowling was always a favorite here, too. Amazing, given the, as you noted, sensory overload which nearly drove *me* screaming from the place. (it was a birthday party day and very chaotic) He tells me now (I just asked) that he liked (still does) getting spares and strikes, or the possibility of getting them, and together we determined that maybe the level of sensory overload is *so* high that it's all-surrounding and therefore he was able to tune it out somehow, kind of like loud white noise?? Bowling was always a favorite here, too. Amazing, given the, as you noted, sensory overload which nearly drove *me* screaming from the place. (it was a birthday party day and very chaotic)

He tells me now (I just asked) that he liked (still does) getting spares and strikes, or the possibility of getting them, and together we determined that maybe the level of sensory overload is *so* high that it’s all-surrounding and therefore he was able to tune it out somehow, kind of like loud white noise??

]]> By: Stephanie http://aspergernetwork.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/aspergers-syndrome-goes-bowling/#comment-212 Stephanie Tue, 20 May 2008 12:59:15 +0000 http://aspergernetwork.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/aspergers-syndrome-goes-bowling/#comment-212 "Strike-ing Similarity" My aspie is 12 and he likes to go bowling, one of very few "normal" things he can/will do. He gets A's and B's in special ed., chats pleasantly when he feels like it, and has the same disinterest in reading and adherence to routines. It's so interesting. My big questions are about co-morbidity--but that's another post. “Strike-ing Similarity” My aspie is 12 and he likes to go bowling, one of very few “normal” things he can/will do. He gets A’s and B’s in special ed., chats pleasantly when he feels like it, and has the same disinterest in reading and adherence to routines. It’s so interesting. My big questions are about co-morbidity–but that’s another post.

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