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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Static shock and autistic people |
| BecomingMe |
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Posted: 23 Oct 2015, 9:30 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,868
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| I worked at a power transformer plant previously. There, we would measure our resistances from right index finger/thumb holding a probe on a fluke multimeter to the same on left index finger/thumb. I did have a higher resistance typically, but never thought much about this until now. Higher resistan... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Self Doubt Before Diagnosis |
| BecomingMe |
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Posted: 16 Oct 2015, 9:55 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,068
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| I think a core issue is whether you are a person with skills gained from experience (whether formal/informal or both) which enable you to use those skills to discriminate, analyse, apply information and make confident decisions, then this is just one more area in which those skills can be applied t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Self Doubt Before Diagnosis |
| BecomingMe |
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Posted: 16 Oct 2015, 5:13 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,068
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| As a 38 year old male, I'm curious the reasons for a diagnosis at this point. I am undiagnosed, but have no doubt. Everything from my life points to autism very simply. Is there a reason for a diagnosis that I'm missing? I don't require services and am very comfortable with myself at this point. I s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What meds is everyone on?? |
| BecomingMe |
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Posted: 16 Oct 2015, 5:07 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 874
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| Multivitamin, CLA, fish oil, magnesium. Healthy diet. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: On Dating Aspie Girls |
| BecomingMe |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2015, 11:54 am
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,503
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My option isn't there..
I like to date Neurodiverse women. I am married to an amazing one, in fact  |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: My intuition is causing problems in my relationship. |
| BecomingMe |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2015, 10:51 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 728
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| How can I distinguish accurate intuition and false intuition? Sometimes you can't. In the case of cheating that you described I have also struggled. What I have found is that if I am aware of my intuition, but don't "pursue" it, it either dies off or something happens that is concrete. In... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Autism Speaks walk St. Louis 10/10 |
| BecomingMe |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2015, 9:37 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 679
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| Anyone else going? Looks like the ASAN meetup is at 8:30. I'll be there, hope to see others! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: NLD and talking fast |
| BecomingMe |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2015, 9:35 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 653
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| Is talking too fast related to having NLD? I was diagnosed with NLD, and talk very fast. I saw on the Internet that some other people with NLD speak fast as well. Since the rate of speech is underneath paralinguistic codes, which is a right brain function, could it have a similar cause and occur al... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: This feels like an excuse |
| BecomingMe |
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Posted: 08 Oct 2015, 8:40 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 480
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| I have a friend who I have known for two years and we always have a great time hanging out one on one. He has always been very nice and generous. I have tried to integrate into my other circle of friends but all I get is. 1. "Don't get me wrong I think your friends are good people but I would ... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Reconnect With Old Girlfriend? |
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Posted: 05 Oct 2015, 9:09 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 730
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| If you aren't interested in any relationship with her, I'd go the route of 1) ignore, 2) polite "thank you, you were a great part of my life too. Thanks for the memories. Sorry for any hurt I did to you, also." If you are interested in some sort of relationship, accept the friend request, ... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: What I do/have done |
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Posted: 04 Oct 2015, 10:10 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 946
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| Not as "mega" as I want (more homework than I expected) but here are some tidbits that I will add to later. I hope others will provide feedback on similar methods and what they might have tried/be trying. Executive Functioning Set alarms on important events immediately. This often involves... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Simple request |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2015, 11:49 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,004
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| Reading the above posts, I'm still unsure what is wrong with wanting to improve executive functioning skills which are typically inherently lacking in autistics, myself included. This isn't conforming. This is improving an area of deficiency which most of us share. Same as dyspraxia. Improving motor... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Simple request |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2015, 1:19 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,004
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| The accusation by the OP is not that some autistics are using as an excuse, or a few autistics are using it as an excuse but that we as a group are using it as an excuse and because of this society looks down upon us. The problem with this is that some autistics really can't do it and others are tr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Social Skills Classes Are A Joke For Anyone Over 13 |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2015, 1:46 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,282
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| For developing relationship/social skills, I've found open AA and Al-Anon meetings extremely useful. It's a program built on bettering your relationships and relating to others. Also, it forces me to listen for extended periods of time to others and their lives. Again, something not an innate streng... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Help: What changes can I make to make our marriage work? |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2015, 11:38 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,063
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| I know he loves our kids and he loves me but when he gets home from work, he usually spends time alone in the garage reading, drinking and smoking. He's not a mean drunk or anything; he just can't stand the stimuli in the house and I guess he tries to get away from it by going outside (and drinking... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: 'Just let him have what he wants' |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2015, 10:15 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 579
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| I certainly don't think that someone with Asperger's syndrome should just be given what they want... Any thoughts on the subject would be appreciated. I agree. Great self-control by not engaging and trying to educate them. As I was typing this, strangely, overheard a similar bus conversation. The y... |
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