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Forum: School and College Life Topic: What are some weird things about your school? |
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Posted: 20 Feb 2009, 1:17 am
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| My high school: - Was built over a cemetery (no, seriously, there was a ****ing graveyard on the school grounds right next to the football field). Needless to say there were quite a few ghost stories about the school despite the fact that it was only 10 years old when I graduated - Our football team... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mild and very mild aspies describe your AS symptoms etc |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2009, 6:25 pm
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| Most of my symptoms have disappeared actually. I don't have too many sensory issues anymore, my social skills have improved a lot (I've still got some work to do though), I naturally pick up on body language (or at least I'm pretty sure I do. I would hope so considering how much therapy I went throu... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: handwriting problems |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2009, 3:25 am
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| As for writing, I dont think you need to bother wasting your time (or your son's time) teaching your son a skill that is only rarely used. Think about it, when was the last time you actually wrote something with pen and paper?. Uh, what time is it? About 2:45 am? Yeah, the last time I wrote somethi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Whats the difference between naive and gullible? |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2009, 10:57 pm
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| Being naive will probably make you gullible. Naive is basically when you lack knowledge about something. Gullible is when you're easily tricked or lied to. So being naive will lead you to being more easily tricked, although it's certainly possible to be very knowledgeable but still gullible. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: a way you can help understanding of Asperger's Syndrome |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2009, 10:54 pm
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| Yes. But - I think this is still discrimination. It may not have a solution, but it's still discrimination of a sort. I mean, people who are being racist don't need to think "ooh I'm going to be racist now. -plot-" to be racist, you know. They just have to believe something about a person or group ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: a way you can help understanding of Asperger's Syndrome |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2009, 10:31 pm
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| Forgot to add that similarly a normal person might perceive an Aspie's behaviour as antisocial, unfriendly, rude, impolite, annoying However the Aspie is generally not trying to be antisocial, unfriendly, rude, impolite, annoying, etc. They may be exhibiting behaviours which cannot be mistaken in a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: a way you can help understanding of Asperger's Syndrome |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2009, 10:12 pm
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| The only discrimination that occurs is due to the inherent problems that come with AS. There's a reason why it's considered a disorder and why you can get disability services for it. People can't even discriminate against simply for having AS unless you tell them you have it, in which case the most... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: a way you can help understanding of Asperger's Syndrome |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2009, 8:56 pm
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| The only discrimination that occurs is due to the inherent problems that come with AS. There's a reason why it's considered a disorder and why you can get disability services for it. People can't even discriminate against simply for having AS unless you tell them you have it, in which case the most ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How common are meltdowns with aspies? |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2009, 6:15 pm
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Replies: 38
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| From reading some of the responses in this thread it seems like meltdowns include things that I always considered just losing one's temper. I was under the impression that meltdowns were when a person gets overwhelmed from sensory stimulation and freaks the **** out by going into a sort of "emotiona... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How common are meltdowns with aspies? |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2009, 10:35 pm
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| What's an AS card? A card that states you have Asperger's Syndrome or another Autism Spectrum condition. regarding OP, never had meltdowns AFAIK. I have had shutdowns due to internet flamewars in the past. Well I figured that was the case. Rather I was curious as to who hands it out, how you go abo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How common are meltdowns with aspies? |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2009, 9:08 pm
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smartguy47 wrote: Have an AS card with you, but don't be upset if a police officer disregards it.
What's an AS card? |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Gay, AS & ADHD |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2009, 8:13 pm
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-x-x-ANONYMOUS-x-x- wrote: what is 'Asexual'?
It's a sexual orientation (or lack thereof) where you don't feel attracted to either males or females. So basically a lack of any sexual attraction. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Thinking in conversation? |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2009, 8:09 pm
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| That's pretty much the only way I've ever thought. I'll often have a two or three way conversation with myself, and they tend to be loaded with dry wit and sarcasm. I've also noticed that whenever I write notes to myself (you know, like reminders, "do this, do that") I refer to myself in the plural ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How common are meltdowns with aspies? |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2009, 7:58 pm
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| So I've seen people talking about meltdowns on this site, and after reading a couple topics about meltdowns just now it seems like a lot of people, if not everyone, has them. But the thing is I don't think I ever did. Maybe the closest I ever came was just getting really aggravated if there was a lo... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Gay, AS & ADHD |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2009, 7:45 pm
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Callista wrote: It's not a rarity around here. I'm AS/ADHD/asexual. Most Aspies are straight but there's more of us that aren't than you'll find among average people.
Same here. Asexual, AS, ADD, OCD, TS, and a whole lot more. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Paddling a child with AS Corporal punishment |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2009, 7:32 pm
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Replies: 87
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| My first grade teacher would hit me with a ruler and I didn't even know what I was doing wrong. She would also do this thing where she would make students "sit on the wall" in front of the class. We had to squat against the wall with our hands at our sides and our muscles would cramp up and we woul... |
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