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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Living in an institution

Arctic skua
Posted: 26 Feb 2019, 11:40 am 

Replies: 27
Views: 943
Hello Ezra, wouldn't you rather continue living with your parents when you go to college? Going to college is already a major change without moving out. I tried both at the same time, and I didn't last 6 weeks at university before I was sectioned into mental hospital. My parents, and after mental ho...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Living in an institution

Arctic skua
Posted: 26 Feb 2019, 11:38 am 

Replies: 27
Views: 943
Hello StarTrekker, it's not easy, is it? And to complicate matters even more: I find being touched very difficult. I am not aggressive to other people, as long as they don't touch me. But when they are trying to hold me, I may start kicking and biting. In the past, in mental hospital, this has cause...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Living in an institution

Arctic skua
Posted: 25 Feb 2019, 1:26 am 

Replies: 27
Views: 943
Hello Skibum and StarTrekker I do not really understand it myself, but I often find myself hitting myself on the head when I'm happy, scared or sad. I don't really know the difference between emotions, my psychologist is now trying to teach me to discern "good" and "not good", an...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Choosing to go Semi Verbal

Arctic skua
Posted: 23 Feb 2019, 1:31 pm 

Replies: 40
Views: 2,242
Hello StarTrekker, there is another low-tech communication device you may want to try: a letter board. Just a piece of cardboard with an alphabet grid and a few words like "yes", "no", a happy and a sad smiley and "I'm in pain". If you want to say something, you point a...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Living in an institution

Arctic skua
 Post subject: Living in an institution
Posted: 21 Feb 2019, 1:53 pm 

Replies: 27
Views: 943
I live in an institution for people with an intellectual disability. In my country there has been discussion, they closed down some of the large institutions, people with ID were supposed to move to houses in the cities, into society. That is great for some, but not everyone can, some are unhappy or...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Classic Autism Thread

Arctic skua
 Post subject: Re: Classic Autism Thread
Posted: 21 Feb 2019, 11:50 am 

Replies: 63
Views: 2,527
I like this thread. I'm glad when other people are functioning well (or at least better than I do), but sometimes it makes me, well, sad, I suppose. Many high functioning autistics have very real problems with their jobs or their relationships. I will never have either of those, so that's two proble...

 Forum: Random Discussion   Topic: Has anyone ever asked if you have Aspergers?

Arctic skua
Posted: 03 Dec 2018, 10:59 am 

Replies: 17
Views: 578
What happens to me is that they do not ask me, but ask the carer who is with me...

It is rather obvious that there is something "wrong", most people think intellectual disability, some recognize autism, but nobody is surprised when they learn I'm autistic.
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