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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: High school thread |
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Posted: 30 Nov 2022, 5:29 am
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Replies: 14
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: When were you diagnosed with Asperger's? |
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Posted: 30 Nov 2022, 5:10 am
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Replies: 32
Views: 6,074
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What made you first wonder if you could be Autistic? |
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Posted: 30 Nov 2022, 5:09 am
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Replies: 51
Views: 4,147
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| Diagnosed at 16. My first suspicions of autism specifically came when I watched Community in 9th grade, due to the character Abed Nadir. Before that I had considered myself abnormal, but figured my social difficulties came down to the fact that I was well ahead of my peers academically, as I was awa... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: I want to learn everything about science. But ı do not know |
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Posted: 21 Aug 2022, 2:33 am
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Replies: 12
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| If you are unsure of where your specific interests lie in science, you can always access the Randall Munroe books What if? , How to , and What if 2? , which feature a variety of questions in a variety of scientific disciplines, and so you can see what you find yourself most interested in. Another op... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Comfort Foods |
| Sciency_Owen |
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Posted: 01 Aug 2022, 5:36 am
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Replies: 14
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| What's the definition of "comfort foods"? Some people use this term differently from others. In my experience, it can be used fairly loosely, but I have come to understand that it means either the food someone chooses to eat when they are experiencing a meltdown or shutdown, or when the f... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Comfort Foods |
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Posted: 01 Aug 2022, 3:51 am
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Replies: 14
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| I realised that my comfort foods being mostly rice based would be classed as a majority carbohydrate food, and so I was just wondering what other autistic people's comfort foods would be majority classed as (eg. mostly carbohydrates, mostly lipids or mostly proteins etc...) |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autistic Interactions |
| Sciency_Owen |
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Posted: 26 Jul 2022, 9:00 am
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Replies: 8
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| I find that it is easier to interact with other NDs, simply because they are much better at relating to my experiences, such as my sensory sensitivities. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Online autistic Church |
| Sciency_Owen |
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Posted: 31 May 2022, 9:27 am
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Replies: 4
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| I have not seen anything like that in Western Australia, though we do have a much smaller population here. If there is any sort of community of autistic people, I have found that these are often promoted on autism not-for-profits. So perhaps there are some autism social group websites in New South W... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Please tell me animal facts! |
| Sciency_Owen |
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Posted: 20 May 2022, 9:38 am
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Replies: 264
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| There are tardigrades on the moon, and they may be able to survive there, assuming they survived the initial crash landing onto the moon. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Preference of the terms "Autistic" or "Person with Autism"? |
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Posted: 07 May 2022, 10:53 pm
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Replies: 83
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| Can you elaborate on the dehumanisation that occurs when some iteration of the term "autistic" is used? I only ask, as to me, it seems to be a way of categorising people, in the same way you may categorise people by hair colour ie. that is a blond/blond person, that is a brunette/brunette... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Preference of the terms "Autistic" or "Person with Autism"? |
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Posted: 07 May 2022, 7:30 pm
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Replies: 83
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| I think "Autistic" and "Autistic Person" are both viable candidates. I'll admit that when I think about it, I'm not too crazy about "Person with Autism". To me that sounds like Autism is some kind of viral infection. But, other folk might like the term. you're missing ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Preference of the terms "Autistic" or "Person with Autism"? |
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Posted: 07 May 2022, 7:20 pm
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Replies: 83
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| I think "Autistic" and "Autistic Person" are both viable candidates. I'll admit that when I think about it, I'm not too crazy about "Person with Autism". To me that sounds like Autism is some kind of viral infection. But, other folk might like the term. I definitely ag... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Preference of the terms "Autistic" or "Person with Autism"? |
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Posted: 07 May 2022, 12:58 pm
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Replies: 83
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| This is a potentially complicated discussion. Besides personal preference I think things could vary due to personal backgrounds and severity of symptoms. (I'm guessing someone with mild symptoms might be more comfortable with casual terminology.) And there are other choices, "Autistic Person&q... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: Interested in Famous People with Asperger's |
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Posted: 07 May 2022, 11:21 am
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Replies: 28
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| The book Radioactive: How Irène Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World , by Winifred Conkling has an adequately detailed summary of the personalities of Marie and Irène Curie, as well as Lise Meitner. Whilst all descriptions seem to indicate autistic traits of these phys... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: Looking for other teens to talk |
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Posted: 07 May 2022, 11:02 am
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Replies: 13
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| I too am looking for autistic people to be able to communicate with, as the only other people who are autistic in my life are my father and younger brother (both with varied special interests as I, but with very little overlap). I find it is especially hard to find other people willing to communicat... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: Any teen Aussies here? |
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Posted: 07 May 2022, 10:54 am
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Replies: 7
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| Not sure how to use the quote function yet... but, artisticKoala, I would say that it is too restrictive/simplistic to say that I "hate the school environment", as there does exist many school environments within a school. For example, I would say that I dislike the social elements/environ... |
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