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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Dollar General and Autism Speaks |
| roguetech |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2010, 4:35 pm
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| Add Toys R Us to that list (but Dollar General sells Mountain Dew too cheaply for me to stage a personal boycott). However, a boycott does no good if you don't inform them of the reason (and if you do, they may choose not to help autism related charities again). |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Dollar General and Autism Speaks |
| roguetech |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2010, 2:35 pm
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| Dollar General has partnered with Autism Speaks, providing coupons with Autism Speaks literature, as well as accepting donations. They do not have any Autism Speaks literature on their website that I could find, but here's their contact form: http://www.dollargeneral.com/OurStores/Pages/CustomerServ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: "autistic child ruins marriage he was born to save" |
| roguetech |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2010, 6:55 am
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Replies: 7
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Autism Speaks gets Spectrum board member |
| roguetech |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2010, 3:33 am
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Replies: 29
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| All staff positions are by qualifications, not quotas. Advisory Boards are broad groups that look over all submitted proposals, then the best are forwarded to other boards. Do you think you should be on the Medical Review Board? [...] Everyone involved is highly qualified for the job they hold. The... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Why you girls dont masturbate? Dont you know its fun? |
| roguetech |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2010, 3:43 pm
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MissConstrue wrote: lol, I bought one of those at CVS and some old lady asked me if it did the job? I was like, omg are you kidding me?  But then she described a kink in her kneck that had been bothering her, she thought it was one of those massagers... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Why you girls dont masturbate? Dont you know its fun? |
| roguetech |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2010, 3:00 pm
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| It's a very good question, and I don't think the answer is an easy one. Societal pressures and conditioning, thought patterns (men generally use porn, and women generally don't), and pysological differences, I think, all play a part. Personally, I think there's a greater physological drive for men. ... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Getting Diagnosed Later in Life |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2010, 5:03 am
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| I want to get properly diagnosed so I don't waste time when learning coping strategies. I also don't want to constantly second-guess myself if I really have something or not. If I have it, then I want to focus on what I can do for that. If I don't have it, then I want to know why I seem to have it ... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Now come get to know me! [Member Blog Registry] |
| roguetech |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2010, 11:44 pm
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Replies: 245
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: count to a million |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2010, 9:01 pm
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Getting Diagnosed Later in Life |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2010, 8:49 pm
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| If you're looking for therapy, shop around for a therapists who doesn't care what you're diagnosed as (recognizing Dx's are mostly pointless). This is completely false and dangerously misleading. Failure to recognize and take into account differences arising as a result of an ASD, and delivering ca... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Getting Diagnosed Later in Life |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2010, 7:51 pm
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| I've been to three therapists, all of which agreed I probably have AS. The first said she would run a battery of oral and written tests, taking 3 to 4 hours, and cost $350. The second, I didn't really ask for details, but when it came up she said she would have to speak to me further, and it would h... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: The dark side to diagnosis.... |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2010, 7:32 pm
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| The dx has made little difference and I am insightful enough to know that it would not make a dint immediately in my personal life.... That me trying all my life to mimic normality, it has somehow been a ruse... But what is the point of a dx, if you do nothing with it, and problems exist? What if I... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Autism Speaks gets Spectrum board member |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2010, 4:59 pm
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| According to their site, you are on two boards - the Science Advisory Board and the Treatment Advisory board. There are also a Tissue Advisory Board, Innovative Treatment Advisory Board, AGRE Steering Committee, ATN Steering Committee, ATP Steering Committee, ATP Exectutive Committee, and ACTN Stee... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: It's A Girl Thing Too |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2010, 2:43 pm
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| I don't think we need any more stereotypical associations... I disagree. First, it's not stereotypical, since it's backed up by stastitics, though the science behind that might be argued. Second, the association could be very important. If a girl has autism and is thin, a medical/social worker coul... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Autism Speaks gets Spectrum board member |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2010, 1:26 pm
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| Thank you for taking the time to address these concerns. I hope that they have made a mistake in their selection of you (or genuinely want your input). Also, you have posted here and mentioned on your blog a few areas you are interested in... Naturally, TMS research that you've been activily involve... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Why is aspie separatism/supremacy controversial? |
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Posted: 17 Mar 2010, 2:29 pm
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Replies: 198
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| Tthe idea that it evolved as the next step is rediculious since it is uncommon, and therefore less likely to be passed on. However, since "survival of the fittest" is out, societal pressures could, in theory, make it predominant. But society would have to advance to the point where ASD traits equals... |
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