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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why I hate the High-Functioning Label |
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Posted: 18 May 2018, 8:29 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,281
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| I don't like this label either (don't like any label in general actually). For "high-functioning" autistic people, it hides their difficulties while, for "low-functioning" autistic people, it hides their abilities. I don't even see the point of saying "okay this one is high-... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you overly private/secretive about your interests? |
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Posted: 14 May 2018, 6:25 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,229
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| It depends. I think I'm self-conscious about my interests (probably due to my high school experiences) so I try to always check myself. But sometimes the need to talk endlessly about my interests will be stronger than my restrain! In other words, I'm pretty secretive when I'm around my family or peo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Possible to condition yourself to suppress aspie traits? |
| arth_96 |
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Posted: 14 May 2018, 5:30 am
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,369
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| Oh I relate a lot to your post (I've actually posted something related just a few days ago here). I don't know whether I am aspie or not either. But in any case, I'm definitely totally not like everyone else (well who is like everyone else you're gonna say). And like you, I've tried very hard to pas... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is/was your most unusual special interest? |
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Posted: 14 May 2018, 5:10 am
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Replies: 47
Views: 1,722
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| I don't know if it's that unusual but when I was 7 maybe (I don't really remember my exact age but I was definitely in primary school), I had an obsessive interest in the weather forecast. I couldn't miss the weather forecast otherwise I would feel very bad! Also in primary school, I had an obsessiv... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you have the habit of talking/wispering to yourself? |
| arth_96 |
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Posted: 13 May 2018, 2:50 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 840
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| Yes I do and I try very hard to not do this in public! I also move my lips a lot. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Just autistic-like behaviours or really ASD? |
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Posted: 13 May 2018, 11:01 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 521
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| As you already mentioned, only a doctor can diagnose you, and we can only give you our opinions here, but I will try to give you mine :D . One thing that stood out to me whilst reading your post was the emphasis you put on one trait of autism- "having friends." You don't need to have ever... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you know you have issues picking up social cues? |
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Posted: 13 May 2018, 10:38 am
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Replies: 37
Views: 8,798
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| ...flummoxed at their inability to take our words at face value and understand that we literally meant precisely what we said, and only what we said. Yes, this is particularly frustrating. It's easy to concentrate on our own personal difficulties reading social cues, without remembering that our ow... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you get upset when someone arrives late? And why? |
| arth_96 |
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Posted: 11 May 2018, 8:25 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 605
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| I do terribly! although I'm not really gonna show it to avoid "drama", unless it becomes too usual or common. Then it annoys me even more and it gets harder to hide being upset I think. Now, depending on the culture, I think even NT's don't like people being late. But I guess it's even mor... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Just autistic-like behaviours or really ASD? |
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Posted: 11 May 2018, 5:08 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 521
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| As you already mentioned, only a doctor can diagnose you, and we can only give you our opinions here, but I will try to give you mine :D . One thing that stood out to me whilst reading your post was the emphasis you put on one trait of autism- "having friends." You don't need to have ever... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Just autistic-like behaviours or really ASD? |
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Posted: 08 May 2018, 11:20 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 521
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| Yeah I have sensory issues. The light at my laptop or my phone has to be the lowest otherwise my eyes get tired or hurt. It's so low people can't even see properly when they look at my laptop or phone ("it's so dark!" they say). Same with my music or the volume on the TV. I also can hear p... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Just autistic-like behaviours or really ASD? |
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Posted: 08 May 2018, 10:00 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 521
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| Hi, So I guess that for the question in the title, a specialist in autism would find it maybe easier to answer it. But I wanted to know if someone had a an opinion about it or if someone knew something about it. There's not much information about this online so yeah I thought about posting here. As ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: You know you're autistic when... |
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Posted: 07 May 2018, 2:57 am
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Replies: 603
Views: 62,717
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| ... you take 20 minutes just to get a bottle of water at the shop because you have to calculate all potential mishaps and then try to avoid a meltdown because despite your caution, there's still unexcepted things happening to you! :( ... you try to call someone and you prepare all your conversations... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Can you detect Aspie by sheer look out of someone face? :-) |
| arth_96 |
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Posted: 06 May 2018, 11:58 am
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,289
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Yeah I know, that's why I said only a good therapist can tell for sure!  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you find weird about neurotypicals? |
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Posted: 01 May 2018, 2:10 pm
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Replies: 203
Views: 9,252
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| I don't understand why they're so fake. Like for example, I feel like people are my friends because they smile to me and stuff but then they're not my friends because we don't talk outside college, we don't meet outside college... But then the day after they smile again at me. I mean that really co... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you find weird about neurotypicals? |
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Posted: 01 May 2018, 11:56 am
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Replies: 203
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| I don't understand why they're so fake. Like for example, I feel like people are my friends because they smile to me and stuff but then they're not my friends because we don't talk outside college, we don't meet outside college... But then the day after they smile again at me. I mean that really con... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are most Autistics good at math? |
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Posted: 01 May 2018, 11:41 am
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Replies: 53
Views: 2,245
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| Well I'm not diagnosed yet but personally I'm pretty bad at math. I was actually very good in primary school but I don't know, I just didn't like math anymore then and I really began to lag behind. I'm much better at learning foreign languages. |
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