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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Why do some people treat life like it's a competition? |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2025, 1:52 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,246
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| There was a book I halfway read once about how when human beings were able to see the stars in greater detail, they developed the ability to conceive of time in greater expanse as well. Seeing far away, seeing larger things, and then seeing microscopic things, gave humans longer senses of time, whic... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: I HATE MY MATH TEACHER!! !! |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2025, 1:40 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 7,040
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| Can you go back, in your work, to a time when the work made sense? Then carefully go back over things step by step again? Just on your own at home? Math is a learned skill, such as driving a car or replumbing a sink. Literally anyone can do it, but it has to be done slowly. Sometimes you need to fin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Many share awarness about ASD without accepting they are too |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2025, 1:30 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,372
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| People have said that to me online, but it's never offended me. It's been more of a compliment. In person I have to put energy into holding myself back quite a bit. I'm too expressive, too talkative, too interested in everyone and everything...just too much in general. If a person is offended, you a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: confused, don't know how to feel about this convesation |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2025, 1:25 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 13,046
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| I can definitely see both points of view. I have been encountering this kind of lazy incompetence all the time now in all areas of life and it really irritates me to no end. I had not thought about the sexist angle though but there was a time when that kind of thinking that you mentioned was very c... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Simblings of an ASD achieve ASD traits too? Is it genetic? |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2025, 1:21 pm
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Replies: 8
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| You can also artificially pick up autistic mannerisms or otherwise develop autistic traits if you live with autistic people or have autistic authority figures. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Words making me feel ill |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2025, 1:19 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,625
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| Yes it is synesthesia. You might hear of it being called other things, but this is the most common thing it is called. You could also look up misophonia. It is a disorder where you have emotional reactions to sounds. It is thought of as being psychological, but some say it is more likely a neurologi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Failing as a high IQ kid |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2025, 1:12 pm
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Replies: 24
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| For most purposes, the only thing a high IQ is good for is scoring well on IQ tests. It does not include talent. Or knowledge. Or industriousness. Or social skill. Or good judgement. Etc. This is absolutely true. I did a little looking into intelligence some years ago and this is what I came up wit... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why we are so obsess with representing ASD as angels? |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2025, 2:09 pm
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Replies: 12
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I completely agree with this.
It's easy to fall into the mindset that we're each a hero in our own minds, and others who seem similar to us are on our side...the "good guys." |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Trump appointees |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2025, 2:05 pm
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Replies: 112
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| My best friend works at a zoo. This RFK bird thing IS how one feeds a bird of prey. It's gross and it's why my friend never got into falconry, despite how cool it looks to stand about with a bird on a glove. I would have been horrified to read that about RFK if I didn't already happen to know that. ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Autism and the Dismissal of Criminal Charges in Virginia |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2025, 1:55 pm
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| Thank you for posting this. I live in Virginia and was not aware of this, but some things are clicking into place now. I do not agree with it. For one thing, it is one step closer to the argument that autistic people are not independent legal persons. For another, it gives criminals a reason to get ... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: ABD Ph.D Candidate who is strongly considering dropping out |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2025, 11:28 am
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Replies: 14
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| What part is a mistake in this case?... I'm back at home with my parents now and am finally making a recovery. Part of me wishes I did it, but then I always remind myself that I wasn't ready for it at all and teaching made me miserable. Forgive the long delay in answering. I've had back to back col... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Help ADHD |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2025, 9:32 am
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Replies: 2
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| My husband has Asperger's and my son has ADHD. My son is abnormally large- he's 10 and he is larger than I am now. His ADHD is rather severe. He says he doesn't think in words or pictures as well. I understand what you mean about being ready to kill him sometimes. People with ADHD have something in ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Random Discussion - Parents |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2025, 9:23 am
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Replies: 29
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I was at the doctor with my 10 year old son earlier this year. She asked him if he had any concerns about his health. He thought a moment and then said, dead serious, "Well, I have been having these hot farts..."
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Random Discussion - Parents |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2025, 9:14 am
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Replies: 29
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| It didn't register with me that I was gonna be a parent when I was pregnant....in fact I'm only just coming to terms with it 30+ years later And it's not easy I hate to play the blame game on this but I sometimes do think it's to do with not being parented myself and I wish someone would have told ... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: RIP David Lynch |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2025, 9:12 am
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Replies: 2
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This has been one of the few things lately that has made me tremendously sad. My husband and I have been big David Lynch fans our entire lives.
I watched The Elephant Man on TV when I was four or five. I'm 47 now. So much of what he made influenced the way I think and see things. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Self awareness of being difficult to be around is isolating |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2025, 9:09 am
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Replies: 7
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| It sounds like you're doing a good job of monitoring and working on yourself. I am not autistic, but I'm an odd person and I have long been aware that I can get on some people's nerves. Sometimes I also take a step back, either in the moment or for a few weeks. There's another problem with people wh... |
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