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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Echolalia |
| Sibyl |
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Posted: 13 May 2016, 12:26 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,404
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| When I was a small child, I did it to my parents, though not all the time, just occasionally, and thought that I was teasing them, just did it because they hated it and went up the wall. I didn't feel that it was a compulsion (though I didn't know the word then, of course) or anything like that: jus... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How old were you when you found out you were autistic |
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Posted: 11 May 2016, 10:36 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 2,834
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| I was 63 when diagnosed by a competent professional. I'd been going to my local Mental Health Center for years, for Clinical Depression, and on antidepressants. My daughter heard about Asperger's in a college Counseling course (the idea being Church Employee Counseling, a Christian college) and said... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Trouble with names and multitasking? |
| Sibyl |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2015, 7:25 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,402
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| In particular, when I'm talking to someone, I can't be talking to someone else at the same time, at least not if they aren't part of the same conversation. I am simply unable to keep up with two different conversations at once. My mother was one of five sisters (and six brothers, but for this examp... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: what can I do about this? |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2015, 2:44 pm
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Replies: 58
Views: 1,938
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| Congratulations, L_Holmes! You've weathered the first obstacle in the "adulthood race" in the "living on your own" phase! I remember way back when I was a newlywed in a college town (not "really" "living on my own" because there were two of us), and we had a t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: what can I do about this? |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2015, 10:24 pm
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Replies: 58
Views: 1,938
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Maybe somebody died suddenly?
And then the long holiday weekend complicated things... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Help for adults? |
| Sibyl |
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Posted: 03 Feb 2015, 1:10 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 943
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you currently or have you ever been in employment? |
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Posted: 26 Dec 2014, 8:56 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,710
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| I worked at jobs all my life, though I'm retired and on Social Security now. I had a _lot_ of different jobs, but it wasn't all that hard finding another, though often I couldn't get the ones I'd rather have had, and sometimes the "vacation" between was longer than I'd have liked. I think ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you any good at faking? |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2014, 2:18 am
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,816
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goldfish21 wrote: I can fake things to an extent when I want to.
I'm sure others on the spectrum can fake things quite well, especially those that are actors.
You can say THAT again!  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I am unable to tell if something is good or bad ? (Quality) |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2014, 12:22 am
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Replies: 10
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| Right on, goldfish21! I couldn't have said it better! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Knowledge of your diagnosis. Does it help or hurt? |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2014, 12:16 am
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Replies: 24
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| Oh, it's helped enormously. I'm just very glad to find out that there is a reason for my being who I am! I just deleted most of this post: I was starting to write my biography. It would be nice to have found out earlier, but that can't be changed at this point. It's really nice to know that I'm not ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you any good at faking? |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2014, 9:23 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,816
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| I've never tried that sort of faking. I suspect that if I wanted to do it, I might be good at it. It's more like the creative writing of fiction than it is like lying to someone to their face, and trying to play a part in the flesh, with limited time between lines of dialogue. I was involved in a re... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: At first does this picture make sense to you or not? |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2014, 12:23 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 877
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| The joke is about how time SEEMS to fly when you're having fun, and how long it SEEMS to take when you're doing something you hate. The funny part is when you hit the cognitive dissonance of measuring it in terms of days (hours in a day), with the assumption that one hour is the same length as any o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: At first does this picture make sense to you or not? |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2014, 1:49 am
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Replies: 14
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| It makes sense to me: clearly this is a person who hates his 9-5 40-hr job, and for some reason can't quit it and look for something else. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Marijuana |
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Posted: 01 Dec 2014, 7:51 pm
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Replies: 51
Views: 4,835
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| I'm pretty sure I used to smoke a LOT of it in the 1970's-80's although it's all a bit hazy. :? I have heard it said that if you remember the sixties, you weren't there! :D I was there, though I never got into anything much harder than grass (a little opium, though not enough to get addicted). So m... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Problems with Pronunciation |
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Posted: 01 Dec 2014, 3:53 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,867
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eric76 wrote: I used to know a woman from Alaska who pronounced Alaska as alasker. I think she probably picked that up growing up in Massachusetts. Do New Englanders often replace the 'a' at the end of a word with "er"?
I'll ask her. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Honesty vs lies |
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Posted: 01 Dec 2014, 10:36 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,338
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| I think the crux is in that word "never", taking it literally. I suspect that in general we lie a lot less than your average nt, and just dislike doing it, notice and are bothered when some little social remark is contrary to fact. That part is hard-wired? Everything else rises from the ps... |
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