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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and Spirituality |
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Posted: 20 Dec 2016, 9:11 pm
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Replies: 33
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| Without wishing to deliberately offend, "spirituality" is something I've always considered an "NT thing", as it seems based on emotional reasoning more than logical reasoning and my brain can only comprehend the latter. For that reason, I would contend that autism and spirituali... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and Spirituality |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2016, 5:09 pm
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| Hi, What you say about the Desert Fathers puts me in mind of a brilliant book I read a few years ago called 'Letters From the Desert' by a chap called Carlo Carretto. It's one of my favourite books of all time and speaks deeply to me, showing me a way of Christianity which I can manage easily becau... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and Spirituality |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2016, 6:09 pm
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| Greetings! I'm from the USA. Long before anyone over here knew anything about Asperger's or High Functioning Autism or the spectrum, I grew up and became a Catholic priest. However, I soon found that the social demands of parish ministry were too much for me - though I did not understand why at the ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post your favorite puns |
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Posted: 17 Dec 2016, 5:58 am
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,584
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| Puns may be bad, but poetry is verse... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Another dang Aspie! The light's drawin' 'em! |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2016, 10:24 pm
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Replies: 13
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RoadRatt wrote: Hey downeaster59 welcome. 
Thanks for your welcome, RoadRatt! I appreciate it. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Another dang Aspie! The light's drawin' 'em! |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2016, 10:23 pm
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Replies: 13
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TheAP wrote: Welcome! You sound like a cool person. I like some of the same things you do.
Wow! For someone at 18 to consider someone my age cool is quite the compliment. Thanks again for your kind welcome. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Another dang Aspie! The light's drawin' 'em! |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2016, 10:21 pm
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| Welcome! In my case the light would send me far far away shaking my fist at it since light has the effect of bug spray! I don't mind covered lights like lamps too much, I made extra effort to come to the thread nevertheless and welcome you, appreciate the detail of your intro and hope you find a lo... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Another dang Aspie! The light's drawin' 'em! |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2016, 10:18 pm
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| Hi, IstominFan! Thanks for replying to my post(s). I'm also partial to cats. The history of the Maine Coon Cat is pretty interesting, partly because there are various legends as to where it originated. Your faves are great, too. Was it Kathy Hoopman who had the book All Cats Have AS? She may be on t... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi I'm new. And weird. Though I guess here I'm just regular. |
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Posted: 15 Dec 2016, 2:43 pm
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Replies: 6
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| Welcome indeed. Weird is good. AS & BPD are a wicked combo, though. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Another dang Aspie! The light's drawin' 'em! |
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Posted: 15 Dec 2016, 2:36 pm
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Replies: 13
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| Hi, ImmanentFrame! I had written a reply to you this morning, but when I tried to post it, I got a server error and lost the whole thing. I'm tempted to say that it was an utterly brilliant reply, just as "the fish that got away" is always bigger than the fishes you catch! But it really wa... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Another dang Aspie! The light's drawin' 'em! |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2016, 9:20 am
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Replies: 13
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| Hi, IF! Thanks for your thoughtful reply. I have never been to Australia, and the prospect of that many hours on planes and in airport terminals might make it hard for me to ever go. But I've heard great things about Australia from others who have gone. Beautiful country. But I admit that I am parti... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Another dang Aspie! The light's drawin' 'em! |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2016, 3:20 pm
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| Thanks to those of you who posted a welcome. And, thanks to all of you who welcomed me and never actually posted anything. I know how it is. When I came to this forum, I was like a cat that had been given a new kind of food. I walked around it several times, sniffed it a few times, poked at it, walk... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Another dang Aspie! The light's drawin' 'em! |
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Posted: 12 Dec 2016, 9:37 pm
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| Well, here goes! I'm 57 years old and began to suspect that I was an Aspie about five years ago, after I read Tony Attwood's book. After going to one psychologist who said that I couldn't possibly have AS because I had empathy (is that contagious?), the second psychologist told me that she knew I wa... |
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