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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: ASSUMED MOVIE, TV AND CARTOON CHARACTERS W/ ASPERGERS |
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Posted: 08 Sep 2008, 4:46 pm
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| Just remembered... How about Eugene Tackleberry in the Police Academy films? |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: ASSUMED MOVIE, TV AND CARTOON CHARACTERS W/ ASPERGERS |
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Posted: 07 Aug 2008, 6:53 pm
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| Besides he was based on the same character in the British movie "Fever Pitch" which was about rugby or soccer, I think (hopefully a British person who knows the correct term will correct me). Yes he was/is an avid Arsenal football(soccer) fan as is Nick Hornby, the author. Have trawled through the ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Great, just great... |
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Posted: 31 Jul 2008, 8:07 am
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| Sure, things can be "recondition" but the fact is who is going to want to put up with someone at 40 who has never had a relationship? Well I was introduced to the woman who later became my wife three days after my 40th birthday and got my dx at the age of 42, so we have more in common than you thin... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Great, just great... |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2008, 4:02 pm
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| I recognise the frustration that comes with a positive diagnosis but advise you not to dwell on it too much. Now you know who you are you can start to make meaningful strategies for the rest of your life. For instance, you can now start to train yourself in all those skills that you and everybody el... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Movies for Autistic/Asperger lovers ... |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2008, 3:46 pm
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| Matt Damon portrays, in my opinion, a very accurate portrayal of someone with AS in Good Will Hunting - I think it's particularly poignant for me because I recognise so many of the events and attitudes in my own experiences (though I'm not as mathematically adept as his character is) before I discov... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: People are distorting 'emotions' |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2008, 6:53 pm
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pluto wrote: Maybe ASDs are partly evolution's way of
counterbalancing these distorted extremes of
emotion... Are you suggesting those of us with ASDs don't distort emotions?  According to my wife, that's all I EVER do!  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: to mix Aspie people with NT's, or only with other Aspie's |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2008, 6:45 pm
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| It occurs to me that you cannot promote your children's friends, simply limit them. By that, I mean you can allow them to spend time with children of your choice and deny the same of others but that does not necessarily mean that they will develop friendships. Having said that, surely the child will... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: The most ridiculous pickup line I have ever used PERIOD |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2008, 7:49 pm
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| I used to work as a nightclub doorman and went through so many more of these than I can remember though there were a couple that still make me smile (or laugh). "That's a lovely dress - it would look wonderful on somebody with the right figure!" "Do you know, from the neck down you're really quite a... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: How is living in the UK like? |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2008, 7:30 pm
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| Wherever I've lived in the UK (and I've done so for all 43 years of my life) I've found it very hard to fit in. Places with big-city mentality tend to be full of people who ignore anybody they don't work with whilst places with rural mentality tend to be full of people who reject anybody they're not... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Power relations unawareness - an aspie trait? |
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Posted: 22 May 2008, 1:09 pm
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| I've just read this thread from start to latest and find a mixture of reactions. I think the issue of social hierarchies is a highly complex one. Many of us have great difficulty in determining one's place in the scheme of things, though I agree they are easier to recognise in some situations than o... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Anyone not diagnosed until in their 40's? |
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Posted: 16 May 2008, 7:54 pm
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| Advised that school felt my son's behavioural problems might be due to autism On carrying out research saw many traits (so many traits) relevant to myself Went through the system and gained diagnosis September last year aged 42 3/4 What a relief - I'm no longer just a miserable PITA who doesn't unde... |
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