NLP for High Functioning Autistic Persons

Hi Craig,

NLP really helps a lot of people. I'm an NLP Practitioner and I have seen their lives changed with the help of NLP. In fact removing the barriers that are holding us back are ways of tapping into our inner core of strength that can accomplish amazing financial, physical, health and personal relationship results.

Cheers, Ruben

Though it is generally recognized that high-functioning autistic and Aspie adults may score a little lower in the social rapport department than others, there are aspects of NLP where they can excel, both in capacity as a client and as a practitioner.

Take for instance the programming nature of  NLP, where one's experience can be modelled analytically in terms of process and logical levels. Technical industries are peppered with many great high-functioning autistic and Aspie minds that feel very much at home there. To high-functioning people with autism or Aspergers other people can likewise understood in technical terms. In fact, without always knowing how they do it, successful high-functioning autistic or Aspie adults tend to see the world a bit more visually and mechanistically than others. They have to methodically construct the strategies they need just to survive. Examples like what to say in what circumstances can be confusing without the help of a script, but those scripts can be learned and used effectively.

Conversely, it can happen that overly empathetic "normal" therapists can easily be hypnotized by the content of a client's problems, whereas a high-functioning or Aspie adult is more immune to the seduction of the content, and the process or strategy is more naturally a focal point for them.