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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you prefer to use self checkout? |
| Pip007 |
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Posted: 12 Jul 2022, 3:31 am
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Replies: 50
Views: 3,443
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| I prefer the machines. The ones I use seem less glitchier now. I do have a problem with the small amount of time it gives me to put the thing in the bag before it starts telling me off. I also have a problem with interfaces these days, so that if I go to a supermarket I seldom frequent I will probab... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I act clumsily when dealing with legal, corporate issues |
| Pip007 |
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Posted: 12 Jul 2022, 2:56 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 492
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| Curious if anyone else experiences this.. I seem to be unable to deal with any legal/financial/liaisoning/corporate problem unless I have worked myself up into a frenzy, and then I deal with the issue only using clumsy brute force. The effects are I cannot think straight, I make a mess of things, I ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and IQ |
| Pip007 |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2022, 3:48 am
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Replies: 151
Views: 22,508
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| IQ is one factor why I have always been against the use of Spectrum as a descriptor. I think it gets perceived too easily by all sorts of people as a range or scale, and I think the various diagnoses, while maybe having interconnectivity, belong nowhere on a scale. I'm not sure what I would replace ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: TAFE College students with autism survey - disappointed |
| Pip007 |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2020, 5:41 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,630
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| I only just noticed this news announcement on my StudentWeb homepage. It's 6 days old but I have been kind of busy. "TAFE College & AUTISM REPORT JOINT SURVEY - Wednesday, 4 November 2020, 3:45 PM (Bla bla).. a survey to hear about the experiences of Autistic students in .. TAFE Institutes.... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Failure to become anything |
| Pip007 |
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Posted: 10 Jul 2020, 10:11 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,377
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| I have tried so many things all of which have come to nothing. In most cases I have not been able to push things to the next level because it would involve 'selling myself', finding contacts, being social, etc. all of which is not going to work for me. I've always wanted to be able to create a produ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Stimming? |
| Pip007 |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2020, 7:31 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,851
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| I had heaps when I was around early primary school age. I somehow managed to stop doing most of them after a lot of critical comments, when I became very self conscious of my behaviour, and most likely the need to do them then manifested to other issues. The most persistent one was the unavoidable n... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Got anything random to say? Adult Version |
| Pip007 |
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Posted: 04 Jan 2020, 2:03 am
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Replies: 20,544
Views: 191,741
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 Hey Auties..
Take Over The World
Become Sperm Donors
.. And Make The World A Better Place |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's on your mind right now? |
| Pip007 |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2019, 2:25 am
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Replies: 44,509
Views: 1,307,732
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| I hate it when you go and get a cable tie for fixing something, and as you're walking back you get distracted watching something and you subconsciously accidentally close it together, and then have to throw it out and use another one. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What song are you listening to now? |
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Posted: 12 Jul 2019, 9:34 am
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Replies: 32,163
Views: 1,733,894
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Having only same sex friends |
| Pip007 |
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Posted: 11 Jul 2019, 11:19 pm
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Replies: 50
Views: 1,856
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| If my father had any female friends there would have been hell to pay, by my mom. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Social events - like jumping with a bungee cord |
| Pip007 |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2019, 7:55 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 330
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Do you find that if you don’t socialize, you regress? |
| Pip007 |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2019, 8:51 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 500
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Social events - like jumping with a bungee cord |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2019, 8:31 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 330
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| I am going to a family/friends/community get together tomorrow, most will be strangers to me, in sad circumstances. It will be the first gathering like this i've been to in probably 20 years or something, apart from the work and family gatherings that is. But this will be a proper one where i'm real... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What time is it now, where you are? |
| Pip007 |
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Posted: 04 Jun 2019, 1:04 pm
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Replies: 17,367
Views: 417,277
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