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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Facebook for Aspies |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2010, 2:43 am
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Replies: 100
Views: 12,746
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| Like others, FB has helped me learn who my "real" friends are. I've been de-friended on several occasions so I have a much better idea of who my real friends are. But I am 4 days into a deliberate effort to disengage from Facebook for a while. My wife doesn't use it anymore so perhaps she is onto so... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is being 'clumsy' normal for ASD? |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2010, 2:11 am
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Replies: 50
Views: 8,083
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| During my diagnosis process, one of the pieces of evidence that I brought up was that playing little league as a kidI was in a league with younger players... apparently because my physical skills just weren't good enough to play with my peers. Physical clumsiness can be one more piece of the puzzle.... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Has anyone called you names just for being different? |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2010, 11:07 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,679
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I've been called slow, stupid, and was once told there was something wrong with my brain. So yea... I've been targeted.
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: MBTI and Asperger's. |
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Posted: 13 Jan 2010, 4:05 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,503
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| The MBTI is not a personality test. The free online tests are not accurate enough to tell you your true type. I always get ESTJ on these tests, but that does not match me at all. You've got to see what type fits you the best by asking yourself and others what they think of you, using the result tha... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: MBTI and Asperger's. |
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Posted: 13 Jan 2010, 10:52 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,503
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I'm an ISFP, though I don't really put too much importance on personality tests.
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: highly educated? and Aspergers? |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 8:51 pm
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Replies: 145
Views: 16,452
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| I got my M. Ed. in Student Development last year. The intership portion of my program was a struggle but I did fine academically. I was given enough freedom in my classes to find topics that really interested me and I just dove right into the research and writing. If and aspie can align his interest... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do Aspies generally accept the self-diagnosed? |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 5:25 pm
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Replies: 62
Views: 6,995
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| THis topic seems to come up regularly... LIke I've said before, I don't care for this notion of "self-diagnosed" "aspies." Just because you are shy or suffer from social anxiety doesn't make you an aspie. And claiming you have AS without professional confirmation only creates greater skepticism in t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you sway or pace back and forth? |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 5:15 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 11,769
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I get very nervous when giving public presentations and so have a habit fo being a bit active on my feet, moving this way and that while speaking. It was oen of the numerous little aspie signs I noticed when I first started examining the possibility of having AS.
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do I deal with the fact that 60% of people will hate me? |
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Posted: 26 Dec 2009, 4:56 pm
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Replies: 38
Views: 5,575
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| I feel you. I finished grad school this past year and was pretty much shunned and ignored by most of my classmates. I got closer to a small number of people along the way and over the past few months a number of them have de-friended me on Facebook. People that I thought I got along with pretty well... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have troubles being in crowds? |
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Posted: 26 Dec 2009, 4:48 pm
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Replies: 21
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| Random crowds, such as while shopping or at concerts or some such, don't really bother me. Crowds, however, that are designed as some sort of group social activity are very difficult for me. I went to an academic conference a few months back and went to a session for people new to the field. I thoug... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ever been bullied because you have AS/Autism? |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2009, 3:07 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,946
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| DO you mean bullied specifically *because* of AS ("You have AS, ha haha!") or because AS makes one an easy target? I've spent the past few years battling depression and post-traumatic stress disorder after being target by a sociopath workplace bully in 2005. I couldn't defend myself and that led me ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anxiety & Aspergers |
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Posted: 29 Sep 2009, 3:47 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,634
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| Iblis is correct. I suffer from social anxiety and it's perfectly natural reaction for an Aspie stuck i nthe middle of a challenging social situation and struggling to keep up with the ebb and flow of the conversation. For me, it's an instinctual reaction, like cats avoiding dogs. I'm not sure what ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies may be good at poker ... |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2009, 5:40 pm
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Replies: 42
Views: 4,269
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| Jmr, I understand your concerns. I play both online and as part of a regular amateur poker league and tend to do better with the former than the latter. Online, I'm playing the cards and percentages. It's a very mechanistic process. But in person, it's tougher, as you need to take into account bluff... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Transformers Revenge of The Fallen |
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Posted: 28 Jun 2009, 11:41 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 3,862
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I thought it was really bad... and I say that as someone who really, really like the first one.
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies may be good at poker ... |
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Posted: 28 Jun 2009, 1:06 am
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Replies: 42
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| I've been playing a lot of poker lately and was wondering the same thing: how does having AS affect one's chances of succeeding at poker? ON the one hand, you can pretty easily think of a few advantages, such as flat effect and an intense interest i nthe nuts and bolts and systems of poker (probabil... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Talking to oneself. |
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Posted: 23 Jun 2009, 2:18 pm
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Replies: 59
Views: 19,697
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I often talk to myself in the car. I often struggle expressing myself clearly so I use those opportunities to practice upcoming conversations and presentations I might have coming. I imagine someone driving by me would see me and think I was completely bonkers.
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