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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: stimming v Tourette's Syndrom?

Frogger11758
Posted: 17 Apr 2011, 10:45 am 

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The reply that he liked the sound and patterns suggests to me that stimming is more likely the answer than tics. Unlike stims, tics are more compulsive; they are done due to relieve an urge rather than to calm or please the person performing them. However, it is possible that some of his movements a...

 Forum: School and College Life   Topic: "Confessing" AS to a prof

Frogger11758
Posted: 09 Dec 2008, 4:26 pm 

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Views: 3,051
I wrote a brief paper, (less than a page double spaced) explaining what autism was, and then disclosing that I was autistic. I dropped it in his office mailbox, with a note that he could email me with additional questions.

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Cone shaped head at birth

Frogger11758
Posted: 06 Dec 2008, 9:44 pm 

Replies: 18
Views: 7,310
Although it's sort of interesting that you brought this trait up. In Steinbeck's the Grapes of Wrath, a paragraph is devoted to the use of forceps in the birth of and the cone-shaped head of the autistic character, Noah. You can read a whole theory on it http://biodiverseresistance.blogspot.com/2008...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Is my daughter's boyfriend autistic if he.....

Frogger11758
Posted: 05 Dec 2008, 8:02 pm 

Replies: 26
Views: 7,250
Can you not know how to accept and how to treat him unless he has a diagnosis? Must he have a neurological condition for you to accept his behavior; cannot it not merely be who he is at heart? I also think many people will take offense to the line "I want him to recognize he has a problem." Many of ...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Echolalia; Regression or Development?

Frogger11758
Posted: 01 Dec 2008, 9:39 pm 

Replies: 4
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I do this quite a bit as well, though usually with song lyrics rather than movie lines. An NT friend asked me the other day exactly how much of my working memory was devoted to 70's song lyrics. Far too much, I'm afraid. I think NT's more commonly do it with things that are current and hip, and aspi...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: keep wondering if they are tics or stims

Frogger11758
Posted: 29 Nov 2008, 5:48 pm 

Replies: 8
Views: 1,037
Sometimes it is difficult even for the person doing it to know if it is a tic or a stim. I move my head in a strange pattern at random intervals throughout the day. I can't really control it, and it comes out more when I am stressed, but there are times when I can supress it. Is it a tic or a stim? ...

 Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum   Topic: Faces or Names

Frogger11758
Posted: 25 Nov 2008, 10:52 pm 

Replies: 12
Views: 1,415
I can't remember either. I tend to use hair, jewelry, or shoes to figure out if I know someone or not, and then ask for the proper pronunciation for their name if we get into conversation (this is quite effective if their name is siobhan or needha, but not as useful if it is mary or bob, and thus my...
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