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 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: Greetings

Polymathic
Posted: 11 Aug 2008, 2:05 pm 

Replies: 10
Views: 885
Thanks, everyone! :)

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: Questions about you

Polymathic
Posted: 10 Aug 2008, 9:17 pm 

Replies: 5,750
Views: 1,160,714
Age: 26 Location: Massachusetts Hobbies and Interests: Hmm, I'm a polymath, so everything? I'll just give my current: philosophy, computational sociology, opera and singing opera, learning Italian, physics, medical research concerning "obesity," Mozart, writing science fiction Why are you here? My s...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: Greetings

Polymathic
 Post subject: Greetings
Posted: 10 Aug 2008, 9:00 pm 

Replies: 10
Views: 885
Hi there. I'm new...pleased to make your acquaintance. ;) I'm a female undiagnosed Aspie. I figured out I was an Aspie just a year ago, through a letter exchange with a prominent researcher in the field. I always knew I was different, growing up. I just didn't know how. At different times in my life...

 Forum: Work and finding a Job   Topic: I am too scared to work..

Polymathic
Posted: 10 Aug 2008, 8:40 pm 

Replies: 11
Views: 25,738
I spent a long time avoiding the workplace...I just kept going back to school! But then I realized that bad things can happen to you anywhere, and you need to be on your guard everywhere. And that there are other people out there like you, and if you get into the right kind of work, you can find oth...

 Forum: Work and finding a Job   Topic: Aspergians can be great employees

Polymathic
Posted: 10 Aug 2008, 8:33 pm 

Replies: 17
Views: 2,909
Nice article but reality is AS is a f**king curse. It's a curse for me too. wow, what did you guys do to be cursed? Merle First, Glenda Ruth and Paul Robert meet... and the rest is history! Okay, not quite. I'm glad to be alive, but if I could have the same or greater IQ and be NT, I would. Not me....

 Forum: Work and finding a Job   Topic: Disclose your AS: Yay or nay?

Polymathic
Posted: 10 Aug 2008, 8:26 pm 

Replies: 6
Views: 5,291
...do you talk about your AS/autism on job applications? No. I don't want to lose my job because some ignoramus thinks that being an Aspie is only a half-step away from being a sociopath, schizophrenic, or sexual deviant, and holds fears for their safety. This is also why I don't disclose. However,...

 Forum: Work and finding a Job   Topic: How to handle workplace noise?

Polymathic
Posted: 10 Aug 2008, 8:19 pm 

Replies: 5
Views: 1,265
I'm not sure if your workplace allows them, but our workplace is filled with people who have noise issues, and many have the Bose noise-canceling headphones. I know that they might drive me batty if I wore them too long --- I wouldn't like my ears constricted --- but they might be a possibility.
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