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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: To ASD adults: Do you feel like you belong at your Church? |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2025, 10:25 pm
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Replies: 16
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| My previous church was a baptist church. The pastor's grandson is autistic and so is another well known child in the church body. I was very vocal when I was diagnosed with autism and they all accepted me as I was. I had been attending for a solid decade by that point and had been very active in the... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Testosterone |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2025, 9:32 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 888
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| What T does to you is largely determined by genetics to my understanding. I define myself as non-binary but am considering possibly taking T in the future and am probably some degree of transmasculine. My sister is MTF. If it helps, not all male bodied people get a deep voice. My sister before her t... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I wonder if belief in god/religion stops people living... |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2025, 12:03 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 505
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| It shouldn't. Just because I believe an afterlife exists doesn't mean that I don't have a responsibility to make this world a better place in what ways I can. Anyone who actually studies the Bible would see that it has plenty to say about living in this world. A lot of people are "devout" ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Autistic kids and teeth cleaning |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2025, 11:55 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,230
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| Is it the brush that's a sensory issue? Doesn't sound like it's the toothpaste. When I was a kid I needed the bubblegum flavored toothepaste because mint was too strong. |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: How to sooth feelings of anxiety? |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2025, 11:56 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 737
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| Meds are so much trial and error and it can take time to see if they work (sometimes up to 2 months), or if you might need a different dose or a different med or a combination of meds. |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: My adhd |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2025, 11:53 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 867
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How to ADHD on YouTube has some fantastic resources.
I also spent a pretty penny recently on the Anti Planner by Dani Donovan. The actual one costs like $60... but it's worth. Has lots of strategies for combatting executive dysfunction that comes with ADHD. |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Do any of you struggle with OCD? |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2025, 11:52 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 970
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| I have mild to moderate OCD and yes I take meds. |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Questions and Misconceptions |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2025, 12:55 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,864
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Living with AuDHD (Autism and ADHD) |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2025, 11:09 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,147
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| Very relatable. Was diagnosed ADHD at 25. Was diagnosed autistic at 29/almost 30. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: is getting anxiously jealous over friends an autism thing? |
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Posted: 13 Mar 2025, 9:48 pm
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Replies: 1
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| I saw an autism-adjacent page on FB mention jealousy being sometimes stronger in those who are neurodivergent. Is this the case with you guys? I do find that I can get very very jealous over my friends spending time with others and not with me. I've always suppressed it cuz I'm not an as*hole. But t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I got a medical alert bracelet disclosing my diagnosis |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 13 Mar 2025, 9:46 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 8,035
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| I see no problem with having it on a Medical Alert bracelet but has anyone seen an actual in-real-life benefit of doing that? I've told medical providers in-advance of my diagnosis and given them a copy of AASPIRE 's Healthcare Toolkit " How Autism Can Affect Healthcare ". So far, I don't... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: CDC plans study into vaccines and autism |
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Posted: 13 Mar 2025, 9:42 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,419
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| My hypothesis is that what people see as vaccines causing autism (it so clearly is genetic) is that autistic traits get more intense when under stress... such as having an adverse reaction to a vaccine. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why so many ASD and ASD like people portrait it as failure? |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2025, 10:46 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 3,816
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| If I were to comment on anything further, it's that mindfulness is mainly useful for cognitive stuff. And yes, it can help with autism. A course I took recently for autistic people also talked about this. A lot of ASD is cognitive, and we do have high rates of anxiety and depression as secondary, ga... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Being Yourself. |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2025, 4:53 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 794
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| People pleasing is so so so hard for me to unlearn... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Does it matter I don't use Instagram or tiktok? |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2025, 4:49 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,258
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| Nah. They're just social media. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why so many ASD and ASD like people portrait it as failure? |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2025, 4:44 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 3,816
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| My experience, I didn't consider my ASD and cluster of mental and chronic physical stuff to all add up to a legit disability until it began to affect my job to the point I had to quit, had no choice. And looking at my life for things like how executive dysfunction affect me to the point that I need ... |
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