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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: If someone says autistic people have to adjust |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2018, 9:04 am
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| If that is said, what is your reaction? If a critics of autistic people says "You have to adjust to the world, the world does not have to adjust to you at all"? What is your reaction to that? It seems even some of those on the spectrum [Temple Grandin] feel that way. If you are told that, ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Do you ever feel that ASD people are protected too much? |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2017, 9:41 am
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Replies: 31
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| Autistics = autistic people too, just for those who prefer it being used as an adjective rather than a noun. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Do you ever feel that ASD people are protected too much? |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2017, 9:40 am
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Replies: 31
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| Websites and forums are not real life. What counts most is how people are treated in real life. People tend to adopt opinions on websites which they wouldn't express in real life. I call this the "rant factor." They do not reflect what is actually happening among people in real life. Fair... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Do you ever feel that ASD people are protected too much? |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2017, 8:07 am
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Replies: 31
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| I don't encounter vast numbers of autistic kids in real life. So I don't know how they get treated. Am also confused when you're talking about websites. Are you talking about people on website allowing bad behavior by autistics ON THE WEBSITE itself? Or do you mean people on social websites (presum... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Do you ever feel that ASD people are protected too much? |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2017, 4:52 am
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Replies: 31
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| i do feel that when SOME autistic children are given too many accommodations (how many is too many?) and free passes for their disability it gives a message that they do not have to change/work on their behaviors, which is poor preparation for the relative inflexibility and harshness of the adult &... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Do you ever feel that ASD people are protected too much? |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2017, 4:18 am
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Replies: 31
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| It often seems that on every internet forum, even liberal, progressive even explicitly feminist, ones that emphasize diversity, that there is too much protection of those on the Spectrum and that autistic children are given too much leeway and autistic adults are so much of a burden on society that ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Getting over fears of having no power |
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Posted: 24 Jun 2017, 11:37 am
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Replies: 4
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| Isn't that why people back everything up on pen drives? It's possible that could happen. I always think back everything that's on a computer up on a separate pen drive or hard drive, just in case. You can also back things up on the internet by writing them in an email to yourself, perhaps. I backed... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Getting over fears of having no power |
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Posted: 24 Jun 2017, 9:35 am
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| So when it comes to my experiences in grad school and afterwards, I often fear that I don't know what options I have to stop someone coming after me. As a recent example, I am trying to get my account from grad school active so I can run codes with it. In order to do that, the computing services dep... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I feel I may have wrecked my life for ever |
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Posted: 17 Jun 2017, 8:25 am
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Replies: 12
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| You do have to make a practical living.....but seeming pipe dreams are not always pipe dreams. It's not rare for people to attain success at a later age. For sure. And if I could become a publisher later in life, that would be just awesome. Certainly not something to count out. I was only referring... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I feel I may have wrecked my life for ever |
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Posted: 17 Jun 2017, 5:53 am
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Views: 750
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| Many scientists do there own research at home. Why not write some papers that interest you? Then publish? Thank you for the JK Rowling commencement. As for publishing at home, I would consider it however these days one needs to be part of a lab if they expect to publish anything worthwhile and anyt... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I feel I may have wrecked my life for ever |
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Posted: 16 Jun 2017, 2:56 pm
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Replies: 12
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| I am 31 years old and I feel that I may have just taken my life, thrown it in the trash can and set it ablaze. As I noted on other threads, I have a PhD in physics, with 2 papers published during that time, a masters with one paper and am going the postdoc route. I have gained some teaching and gran... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Should colleges and grad schools have special services? |
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Posted: 11 May 2017, 5:04 pm
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Replies: 19
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| HELL, NO. The real world doesn't work that way. You complete the work in the time allotted, or you stand in the welfare line. Time is money, so adapt quickly, or be replaced! For the record, special services was definitely NOT meant to be restricted to something like extra time on tests. Also for t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Should colleges and grad schools have special services? |
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Posted: 11 May 2017, 11:38 am
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| kraftiekortie - Thanks for the prompt response. As I noted before, I ask because even within the Autism community there seems to be a backlash against special services. So I wonder how one should respond to a statement such as this: "I have autism and an advanced degree and never asked for any ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Should colleges and grad schools have special services? |
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Posted: 11 May 2017, 11:28 am
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Replies: 19
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| I ask this because I am trying to gauge how opinion within the ASD community has changed and if ti has changed in any fundamental capacity. When it comes to universities having disability services and learning centers for those who have severe ADHD or spectrum disorders, do you think it is fair and ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Geniuses who did not do well in high schiool or college? |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2016, 5:35 pm
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Replies: 4
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| ^^^ I think for the moment we can count that one. Let's see if we get more interesting examples. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Geniuses who did not do well in high schiool or college? |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2016, 4:48 pm
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| I posted this in the college forum and also wanted to share it here since I figured maybe a different audience would read it here and have some things to say on it. So they say that some people on the spectrum have been known to be geniuses and truly brilliant despite not being able to excel in conv... |
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