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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Documentary- Billy the Kid |
| Margie60 |
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Posted: 06 Oct 2007, 8:00 am
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: New Yorker Article on AS |
| Margie60 |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2007, 9:02 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,243
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's and ADHD |
| Margie60 |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2007, 8:58 am
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Replies: 39
Views: 4,196
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A couple weeks ago I found out I'm a mix of aspie and an NT! |
| Margie60 |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2007, 7:06 am
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Replies: 27
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| another consideration.... what makes a person "more" Aspie, or ADD, or whatever... ....having most of the symptoms, mildly (meaning you can relate to the traits, tend toward them, but are living a life that could be considered normal- you're just considered a little "quirky"), or having a few of the... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A couple weeks ago I found out I'm a mix of aspie and an NT! |
| Margie60 |
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Posted: 13 Aug 2007, 7:52 pm
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Replies: 27
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| Does anyone know how "severe" "severe" is? I've often wondered just how bad symptoms have to be before it's "clinically significant". eg., totally unable to function in society, unable to hold long-term friends, unable to easily bond to new people, general social awkwardness, etc. Where is the line... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Snow Cake, the movie |
| Margie60 |
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Posted: 13 Aug 2007, 12:40 pm
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Replies: 9
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A couple weeks ago I found out I'm a mix of aspie and an NT! |
| Margie60 |
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Posted: 13 Aug 2007, 12:04 pm
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| The thing I remember learning about criteria for diagnoses that had symptom counts such as syndromes, was this: In order to qualify for the diagnosis, the patient issupposed to have: 1. The required number of symptoms/behaviors 2. The symptoms need to be severe enough to be "impairing" the patient's... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Snow Cake, the movie |
| Margie60 |
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Posted: 12 Aug 2007, 6:17 pm
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Replies: 9
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| I've heard that Boston Legal either has, or will have in the next season a new lawyer who has AS. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone else think [b]Phoebe[/b] from "Friends" is |
| Margie60 |
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Posted: 12 Aug 2007, 6:13 pm
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Replies: 22
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Quote: First, no right-thinking (i.e., orthodox) aspie would ever watch Friends willingly.
How about Seinfeld  ? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The best film about Aspergers? |
| Margie60 |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2007, 12:27 pm
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Replies: 21
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| I loved "Seymour" in Ghost World . Funny, but was reading another another thread about feeling sympathy for others, I'm an NT who does NOT easily cry at movies or necessarily "feel" for characters in films, esp. manipulative formulaic ones. I have to be touched in some way, and "Seymour" stole my he... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The best film about Aspergers? |
| Margie60 |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2007, 2:44 pm
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Replies: 21
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| Anybody see Ghost World? What about Steve Buscemi's character? |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Wrong/incomplete diagnosis? |
| Margie60 |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2007, 5:18 pm
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Replies: 3
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| Thanks so much for the welcomes and the good advice. Much appreciated! |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Wrong/incomplete diagnosis? |
| Margie60 |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2007, 1:53 pm
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Replies: 3
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| Hi, everyone- first post here. I'll try to make a long story short. My son is 17. He was diagnosed with ADHD, combined type when he was four years old. He took stimulants until he was 12. The hallmark of his early testing (when he was young,without stimulants was impulsivity and distractability and ... |
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