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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: phone help. any suggestions? |
| QueenKnitter |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2009, 10:35 pm
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| well, i've got a small plan. please don't laugh. I'm going to knit myself (see the username) a phone caddy that I really like. So I have it *on* me. the whole piece of machinery drives me nuts because I press a button and it doesn't do what it's supposed to. It won't answer. Or it's magically turned... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: phone help. any suggestions? |
| QueenKnitter |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2009, 9:45 am
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mostly to talk on the phone. I have enough alternatives in place. I'm overusing those.  |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I had a weird flashback yesterday |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2009, 9:23 am
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| It kind of freaked me out. I went to lunch with my son on a field trip to a Japanese restaurant. I was really looking forward to it. You know, it was one of those "shows" where they make a big to-do about the slicing and dicing and cooking. I sat next to the teachers' aid. She mentioned that she was... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: phone help. any suggestions? |
| QueenKnitter |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2009, 9:12 am
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| i really hate the phone. especially the cell. because the reaction time is so delayed. i'd rather drive over to a person's house to talk to them instead of calling them. i think that i've actually developed a kind of phobia about it -- deliberately forgetting it so i don't have to answer. any ideas ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: People's perceptions. |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2009, 9:07 am
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| I was coming here to post something similar, so i'll just cabbage on to your thread. i think this is the hardest thing for me. because you absorb the prejudice and internalize it. and then it takes years to process. i hate that. what gets me is educators' perceptions. or one i know in particular. sh... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Aspie Mother--NT children |
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Posted: 15 Jun 2009, 9:03 am
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| Right!! NTs have outbursts too. My little ones are too little to really know yet if they are on the spectrum (it took me 4 decades). But when I heard my oldest being called (affectionately) a "little professor" the other day and when (on the same day) I noticed him hand-flapping, it struck me. But I... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Aspie Mother--NT children |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2009, 10:16 pm
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| As a general rule, people with Asperger's probably shouldn't have children, particularly women. All the traits of Asperger's are the polar opposite of what is required to be a nurturing empathetic parent. If Asperger's is indeed the correct diagnosis, declining to be a parent would be desired and e... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: So. . . . what are Aspie get-togethers like? Because |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2009, 9:28 pm
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STIM TOYS!!  Now I know why we all cluster around certain kids' presents at Christmas time. There was one infant toy that all three of us handed off to each other that was really kind of fascinating. . . .
Me likey stim toys.
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: So. . . . what are Aspie get-togethers like? Because |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2009, 9:25 pm
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| the House of Commons :lol: Love that image!! I know that the 3-4 Aspies in my family "look" pretty normal. But as I've read about AS recently, I've noticed that we're not really even *really* comfortable with each other at times. There's love. But if it weren't for those neurotypicals who married i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: So. . . . what are Aspie get-togethers like? Because |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2009, 2:14 pm
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| I can imagine they are a lot like my family get-togethers. Lots of nervous shuffling. Awkward attempts at chit-chat. Until . . . someone mentions an interest aaaand BOOOM! BIG INTENSE DISCUSSION ENSUES. We have the time of our lives. Then we show an extremely long slide show where we share very deta... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Questions for AS Parents who Homeschool AS Kids |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2009, 1:59 pm
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| I was just coming here to post/ask this very same thing. I tried to "unschool" a little bit this year, and I think my executive dysfunction really came to light. I didn't have a name for it, but I realize now that that's what it was. I also felt like I needed to get a Master's in Early Childhood Edu... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: 2 other characteristics of autism that strike out at me. |
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Posted: 12 Jun 2009, 12:52 pm
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| My dad's a Mechanical Engineer. He was 45 when he had me. My mom was 39. I think what the stat reveals is that 1) there's a genetic component/connection. AND 2) Back in that day, most of the people/men who were Aspie-ish went into engineering. It was a very lucrative field in my dad's youth (the "gr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I always have to be doing something with my hands |
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Posted: 25 May 2009, 11:43 am
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| I fold trash. Like straw papers at a fast food restaurant. Or wrappers the food came in. Or make little boats out of it. . . . My dear dad does it too. I used to have one of those origami calendars at the office, and I'd fold things while people were talking. I think it's similar to playing sudoku w... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: I dunno. . . . Maybe. |
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Posted: 19 May 2009, 8:36 pm
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And. . . . it looks like in typical fashion, I've posted the wrong sort of introduction. ::slaps head to palm:: DOH!
Oh well. . . .
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: I dunno. . . . Maybe. |
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Posted: 19 May 2009, 6:39 pm
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| About 8 months ago, I was reading the symptoms of Asperger's, and it sounded exactly like my dad. And my brother. It was eery. So I told my family. They flipped. "How dare you! Who do you think YOU are? You're not a professional. You don't want to wish that on anyone!!" Oh. Okay. I told my hubby abo... |
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