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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello from a possible savant |
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Posted: 17 Oct 2016, 5:53 pm
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| I wanted to send a longer message, but the keyboard at my place is screwed up. I've been researching savant syndrome on the internet and I'm reading a book about autism. I would say that, yes, based on what I've read and based on my experience that you are a savant. I have some of the same character... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello from a possible savant |
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Posted: 17 Oct 2016, 5:18 am
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| From what I've learned about savant syndrome and from my own experience, I would say yes, you are a savant. I have the same characteristics, including exceptional memory. I would be interested in corresponding with you, because i'm very interested in savant syndrome right now. i'll write you a longe... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Savant Syndrome |
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Posted: 17 Oct 2016, 4:51 am
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Replies: 11
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| I was a comedian in the '80's and '90's and more than one reviewer described me as a "savant". A savant is someone who does one thing extraordinarily well, but can't do anything else for himself. I had a short story published in the late '80's and a magazine called Publisher's Weekly descr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Refrigerator Mom Theory |
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Posted: 02 Jun 2016, 3:29 pm
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Replies: 51
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| The modern consensus is that autism has a strong genetic basis, although the genetics of autism are complex and are not well understood The above is a cut and paste from the Wikipedia page on refrigerator mother theory of autism. Although the refrigerator mom theory has been discarded by modern psyc... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Refrigerator Mom Theory |
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Posted: 02 Jun 2016, 1:49 am
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| What do people in this forum think of the "refrigerator Mom" theory, that autism is caused by mothers who are cold to their children and that autism is a condition caused by a failure to bond properly with the mother? In Peter Breggin's book, "Toxic Psychiatry", he has a slightly... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: hi, i'm new |
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Posted: 02 Jun 2016, 1:19 am
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Replies: 9
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| I looked up Mr Inappropriate on you tube. Thanks for sharing this. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: hi, i'm new |
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Posted: 31 May 2016, 4:02 pm
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| Thanks for the Carlin clip. One of the all-time greatest comics. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: hi, i'm new |
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Posted: 31 May 2016, 4:00 pm
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| Yeah, thanks for the comment. I was written up as a savant in several publications in the '80's, but I didn't think I was really a savant. Now I'm starting to figure out that I really am and it kinda' scares me. Although I'm on SSI (psychological disability) because I can't hold a job I've learned h... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: hi, i'm new |
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Posted: 30 May 2016, 1:36 am
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| I started out as a child, at a very early age, but today I'm older than I ever have been before. When I was in my early 20's I found out I couldn't do anything for myself. I became a "fireaholic" drifting from job to job, very painful. I also got kicked out of some roommate situations, bec... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi, I'm new |
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Posted: 30 May 2016, 1:12 am
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| Hi Jack. I know what it's like to be in 9th grade and be depressed. When I was in 9th grade I felt almost totally isolated and the other students used to beat me up, pull my hair, break my glasses, etc. Most of the information you're being given is BS, too. Our school system doesn't teach, they use ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What are your social difficulties? |
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Posted: 28 May 2016, 6:13 pm
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Replies: 34
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| People say I talk on and on and people complain that I talk about myself and ignore other people. A lot of people have gotten really angry and cut off their relationship with me, although I wasn't aware that I was doing anything wrong. I had two friends who recently cut off their relationships with ... |
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