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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism Diagnosis and Socioeconomic Status |
| Testingwaters |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2017, 12:40 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 669
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| In addition, studies in Sweden and France — which have universal health care and fewer barriers for citizens to access medical care — found no association between socioeconomic status and rates of autism diagnoses. Those countries also probably have a much smaller spread in socioeconomic status. Af... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Did you consider the following as prejudice? |
| Testingwaters |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2017, 12:13 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,246
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| People telling you 'sorry', or giving a weird look or stare at your child after you tell them that your child is autistic? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How would you personally respond to these quotes? |
| Testingwaters |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2017, 11:54 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,332
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| 'You use autism as an excuse for everything.' I don't. I use it as a reason for only five scenarios (noise, crowds, hugs, blankets, and selective mutism). 'Don't let your disability define you.' I know that you are probably saying 'don't let your illness make you unhappy', but that illness has alrea... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why asking what causes autism is the wrong question |
| Testingwaters |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2017, 11:16 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 654
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| I get what you're saying, but their could also be a positive or no effect to knowing the cause of something. I do find closure to my dwarfism cause. Knowing the causes of a condition could better help you, not necessarily mask or seek to erase a conditions, but take care of yourself and let others a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Touching hair |
| Testingwaters |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2017, 11:02 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 661
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| I was d/x with Autism, but not Asperger's. I have an obsessive compulsion of touching my afro to the point of 'needing' medication. Obsessive-compulsions are common in ASD. Perhaps we're 'stimming'. People stim in different ways. There are autistics that are fascinated by hugs and the pressure of he... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Deaf lesbian couple make sure a child will be born deaf. |
| Testingwaters |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2017, 10:39 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,352
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| Well, more than likely they would 'deal' with the child being hearing, just like hearing parents 'deal' with a child being Deaf. And note that I am distinguishing 'deaf' from 'Deaf', because deaf persons 'assimilate' more to a hearing culture. Most parents don't abandon their child just because they... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Deaf lesbian couple make sure a child will be born deaf. |
| Testingwaters |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2017, 10:00 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,352
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| It's kind of like hearing people wanting they're babies to be hearing, esp if they live in a Deaf culture as opposed to a hearing setting. There are Deaf people who live in hearing settings, yet don't support oralism (process of using oral language and lip-reading). They communicate with the rest of... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autistic Person vs Person With Autism |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2016, 1:54 pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,548
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| This has been a question on my mind for a while in recent time. Which is the preferred term? I like to say "Autistic Person" or "Autistic People", but on some of the Autism pages I follow, a number of them and a number of members use "Person with Autism", "Child w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do We Have a Culture? |
| Testingwaters |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2016, 11:13 pm
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Replies: 64
Views: 4,045
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| The definition of culture is a way of life. That being said, I can point out a few routines which differ from a neurotypical, though some neurotypicals may have selective mutism/sensory overload. The former may not be the counterargument because many little people (people with dwarfism), suffer/get ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Hey kids: Don't be a sucker for socialism |
| Testingwaters |
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Posted: 22 May 2016, 4:06 pm
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Replies: 776
Views: 34,618
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| ' Hey kids: Don't be a sucker for socialism Too late. LOL! You could still be a neo-con or mod and still support a more mixed economy. And aren't you too an SJW for 'speaking for' the poor? I'm not even sure if you yourself can define the very sociological terms you're using. P.S. I'm not a 'neo-lib... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why would anyone look at me like I'm a dangerous alien? |
| Testingwaters |
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Posted: 22 May 2016, 3:52 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 405
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| Lacking social life in solitude, I've been taking time to re-evaluate my previous experiences with others. I could be minding my own business while this person starts giving me shady looks. They look at me even more crazy after looking at them back. I could call this harassment because of the way th... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Have I really been adjusted to the 'real world'? |
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Posted: 31 Oct 2015, 3:03 pm
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Replies: 2
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| As a new member, I have been wondering whether I've been adjusted life outside long term. I've been in long term for 4 months last year and people I was associated with before the hospital admission never agreed to say hi again. It was a psychiatric institution, so I wasn't really able to do anythin... |
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