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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: If You Could Cure Your Autism Would You? |
| Coyotesheaven |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 7:24 pm
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Replies: 70
Views: 1,646
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| Nope. Autism is my identity, my culture, my spirit. The problems for me mostly come from NT people who try to make my life hell for being who I am and living how I must, and who go out of their way to /not/ accomodate me. There are aspects of living with autism though that I wouldn't mind help for, ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How To Approach a Counselor about a Botched Evaluation? |
| Coyotesheaven |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 6:49 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 191
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| So I finally got my report from an eval. that verified my autism back last week, which was to be distributed to other specialists as needed (possibly, without my say however). Safe to say at least that it has to be one of the most misleading and possibly offensive things I have ever seen communicate... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Family treats me differently? |
| Coyotesheaven |
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Posted: 21 Oct 2017, 4:39 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,624
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| I recieved my 'mild autism' diagnosis just this past June, after 20 years of being under the suspicion that I had a few too many autistic traits and that I was indeed different. There was a dramatic impact on the way my parents treated me immediately after the diagnosis, and to some degree how other... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Denied Medical Care or Serious Inquiry because of Autism? |
| Coyotesheaven |
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Posted: 04 Jul 2017, 10:22 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 713
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| I am 23 years old and live with a highly debilitating set of neurologic issues, that onyl began some 1.5 years ago. While I believe I either have a neck injury or some type of brainstem and inner ear dysfunction, I have not received any real help.. I have been passed from doctor to doctor over the t... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Discrimination in Access to Medical Care? |
| Coyotesheaven |
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Posted: 27 Mar 2017, 10:20 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 381
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| This is something that has happened to me here and there ever since I outed myself as autistic. I have neurologic and disabling chronic illnesses that have not been diagnosed, including a type of dysautonomia, inner ear problems, and neck issues. I've seen it where my doctors will be rude to me when... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: [Poll] Keeping this simple. Trust in Psychiatry ? |
| Coyotesheaven |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2017, 12:28 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 856
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| Not anymore. The medications they put me on worsened my health conditions and made the unpleasant aspects of living with my autism worse. I was not properly monitored by anyone. Not to mention that one of them was manipulating me and trying to feed me pills to make money off of me. I doubt he would ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Post the most insulting/ condescending/ patronizing thing... |
| Coyotesheaven |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2017, 12:50 am
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Replies: 61
Views: 9,768
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| Oh god. So many examples from my life. Most examples revolve around me receiving treatment as an incompetent child would. You know how parents talk to infants, with the inflection at the end of every sentence, the slow pronunciation of words, the use of a 'cuteness' lexicon, and referring to them wi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you feel in between in terms of gender? |
| Coyotesheaven |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2017, 2:11 am
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,967
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| I identify as bigender and experience a bit of sexual identity fluidity, if that makes any sense. My gender expression is a terrible mess with clutter abounding, although I feel uncomfortable with many forms of masculinity. I was born in a body presumed female, and I considered myself solely a femme... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Muscle Tension & ASD |
| Coyotesheaven |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2017, 7:28 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,405
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| I don't agree with the idea that muscle tension abnormalities are not due to autism. Maybe they indirectly are from the extreme anxiety that comes from autism, which puts a great deal of stress on the body on its own. When I was young I had severe muscle tension in my calves and tendons, and it was ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Were you ever put in a psych hospital? |
| Coyotesheaven |
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Posted: 24 Jan 2017, 3:35 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 2,580
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| I was put in a Psych hospital for around 1.5 weeks last May due to suicidal thoughts. It was not a great experience; too much noise and people probing into my ass nonstop, so to speak. The first psych hospital I was placed in treated me like an animal, making me stay up all night just to admit me, a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I do not enjoy kissing |
| Coyotesheaven |
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Posted: 24 Jan 2017, 2:18 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,720
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| I would say the few times I have kissed people it feels pretty strange from what I imagined it to be; it weirds me out in that bodies do interact in that way. To the point where I feel somewhat dissociated when I am engaging in the act. I do not generally derive pleasure from the real life act and o... |
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