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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Spotting an Aspie/NT |
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012, 5:50 am
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Replies: 73
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| I've found that AS folks usually tend to not dress trendy or fashionably. The women tend to not usually wear makeup or wear little makeup. I think this has to do with the fact that NT people often worry about their looks much more than AS people do. But then again, some NTs do so, too. And some peo... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: films with autism - has anyone seen 'Molly'? |
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Posted: 07 Nov 2010, 1:54 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,289
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| have you guys seen the film? |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: films with autism - has anyone seen 'Molly'? |
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Posted: 07 Nov 2010, 1:14 pm
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Replies: 4
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| Its a 1999 film, I'm in the middle of watching it as i'm writing this, i found it on amazon where i'm looking for films with autism in it. while i was watching it, apparently molly goes from really low functioning autism to high function after an operation on her brain and some life skill training. ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I'm about to start uni, wanted some basic home safety tips |
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Posted: 08 Sep 2009, 8:12 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,846
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| I'm about to start uni, wanted some basic home safety tips when your not under your parents roof anymore I was wondering about really basic tips for preventing fires, floods, or even just tips that dont involve safety. Things that people usually go "well duh! its common sense" eg like: if lighting a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Little Kids: Autistic Meltdowns vs. NT Temper Tantrums |
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Posted: 27 Aug 2009, 7:12 pm
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Replies: 43
Views: 18,200
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| i noticed that during a meltdown its very hard to be aware that there are people around you and have eye contact with them where as i feel like the NT keep looking at the parents to make it better when they dont say anything, an autistic or aspie is in their own world. personaly cant hear anything r... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: UK Did u watch 'Autistic me' on bbc 3? |
| wob182 |
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Posted: 26 Aug 2009, 6:51 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,805
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| Too right! I think that Tom's Mum treated Tom as his emotional age instead of his intellectual age. My parents always used to try to stop me doing what I wanted to do when I was a teenager and I rebelled to the max because of it. I think it's better to have some freedom, make mistakes and learn fro... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: UK Did u watch 'Autistic me' on bbc 3? |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 4:45 pm
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Replies: 17
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Did any one watch it? if you did what did you think did you see some simulartys? i asked my parents to watch it and i was disapointed as it had no effect on them at all, they couldnt compare it to me at all
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is there a difference between a meltdown and a panic attack? |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2009, 11:01 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,787
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history_of_psychiatry wrote: Panic attack: "OMG, I'm gonna die!"
Meltdown: "OMG, I'm gonna make you all die!! !"
omg sooo true lool"  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Compulsive Skin Picking Anyone? |
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Posted: 07 Aug 2009, 3:01 pm
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Replies: 69
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| i'd like to stop picking, please help! i keep squeezing and picking spots on my face, i want to just let them heal and stop picking them but i cant, im going to cut my nails but i no this isnt the real problem |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I cant cope anymore I'm so stuck |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2009, 6:24 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 765
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| You can try to work with your new sleep schedule, working during the times you're up should be nice and fun (dusk, night and dawn photography). And if you have a deviantart account you can sell prints off there and so on. I actually do use deviantart a lot, I didnt know you can sell your work on it... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I cant cope anymore I'm so stuck |
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Posted: 04 Jan 2009, 10:51 pm
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Replies: 4
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| I cant function properly I have depression. I told my parents to fork out loads of money to a gap year which was meant to help me become independent. I was there for 3 months but found the intense nonstop environment and studying nothing i'm going to do in a career in overwhelming. They tryed increa... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Just saw 'mozart and the whale' what did u guys think? |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2008, 8:04 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,005
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| it made me think that I wasn't really an aspie. Me too. Like Orwell said, it was a bit exaggerated. I saw some things in both of them that reminded me of myself some but nothing solid. If noises get to me I usually start chanting to myself like "I gotta get outta here, I gotta outta here" until I a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Just saw 'mozart and the whale' what did u guys think? |
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Posted: 11 Oct 2008, 10:25 pm
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Replies: 20
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| I was told by a fellow aspie to watch it. I watched it with my close friend who doesn't know too much about AS i found it helped better to explain it especially when the metal rings made her have a meltdown, they played it slow motion and portrayed the pain really well that the next day when a fire ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: help! gap year 2 weeks, need 2 ask 4 resonable adjustments. |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2008, 9:04 am
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Replies: 3
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| I rung up yesterday and end up stuttering, while trying to explain it and then i started welling up with tears because I couldnt get the words out. There going to get a trained organiser whos in charge of the gap year to talk to me. Though I have no idea when or if they'll quite get AS. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: help! gap year 2 weeks, need 2 ask 4 resonable adjustments. |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2008, 10:48 pm
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| No I didn't leave it late, I asked them months ago to talk 2 me but they didn't officially aspect me until a 2 weeks ago, because they had to find a physiologist to say I was fit to go on the gap year. I have spoken to them and warned them about my very limited food diet, need of a scedule etc I'm t... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Hidden Social Rules when it comes to being a Photographer. |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2008, 2:29 pm
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Replies: 8
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| ahh lol I didn't mean literary when i they were eating, yeah we were sitting down but like people were chatting away. I've actually just exprienced another cringy thing, I was sitting on the wall at sunset having a chat with my best friend when i was saying it was perfect for a photo. She said go ru... |
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