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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: The autism social rule book.

ArenaTech
Posted: 19 Dec 2011, 12:48 am 

Replies: 874
Views: 292,961
When someone tells you a friend/family member/pet has either died or been very ill, the expected response is "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that." It doesn't matter if you really don't care, or even if you think the guy was a creep. That's just the expected response. Or so I learned.

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Feeling like a disgrace to family

ArenaTech
 Post subject: Apathy
Posted: 19 Dec 2011, 12:12 am 

Replies: 5
Views: 2,904
Oh boy does this sound like me! I'm more or less the black sheep of the family. Highly intelligent, can figure out all sorts of stuff if I put my mind to it, but just don't have that much drive or desire to do anything. Yes, the family is embarrassed that I'm in my mid 30s and just doing occasional ...

 Forum: School and College Life   Topic: Tips on raising general self-confidence?

ArenaTech
Posted: 04 Jan 2009, 11:15 am 

Replies: 3
Views: 1,106
I have no "magic bullet" to give you all the confidence you could possibly want. However, I do have a few ideas to toss about. First, I know where you come from. It's tough for me to make any sort of decision, as I want/need to be able to come up with THE correct answer, perfect the first time, rath...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Noise or loud music

ArenaTech
Posted: 15 Oct 2008, 11:59 pm 

Replies: 49
Views: 6,583
Never thought about it in terms of control before. One of the things I do for fun and/or occasional paying gig is event sound (also lights and sets and such as needed). Even in small spaces, I an constantly being reminded to bump up the volume because people can't hear. I'm at FOH right behind the a...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Perfectionism in Aspies/auties

ArenaTech
Posted: 15 Oct 2008, 11:34 pm 

Replies: 30
Views: 2,857
Interesting topic. My personal experience was (and still is) the inability to understand the concept of "good enough". This, of course, can really get you when you're working and need to provide output. As an engineer, I'd come up with a design, and think "Maybe I can re-route these cables and make ...
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