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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Birthday Present

YMonkey
 Post subject: Birthday Present
Posted: 20 Sep 2009, 12:11 am 

Replies: 2
Views: 707
Hi,

This may not be completely an AS-related topic. But I'm looking for an idea for a birthday present for a AS friend. I was wondering if I'd get some surprising ideas here.

Cheers!

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Wrist watch

YMonkey
 Post subject: Wrist watch
Posted: 01 Sep 2009, 10:35 pm 

Replies: 35
Views: 3,620
Got a odd question: How many out there hates wearing wrist watches?

I have an AS friend who doesn't like wear a watch, but use his phone to tell time. I wonder if it's coincidence or something to do with sensitivity or something related of AS.

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Advice on introducing Asperger to friend

YMonkey
Posted: 27 Aug 2009, 6:14 pm 

Replies: 9
Views: 1,252
Thank you both for your insightful responses. After going through WP and some other blogs by aspies, I do feel that the support is there. It's not a matter of finding you have a condition you can't do anything about; but something you can share with and relate to other people. Although I'm a NT (I d...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: What is "approachable" and how do I be it?

YMonkey
Posted: 27 Aug 2009, 3:21 pm 

Replies: 28
Views: 4,354
I agree with wigglyspider and Brittany2907. One aspect I'd like to add is verbal cue can add depth to a conversation as well. To show (or fake) you're interested in the conversation you can slip in "um hmm", "uh huh", "that's interesting", "that's nice", "oh wow", "cool"...etc when they pause betwee...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Advice on introducing Asperger to friend

YMonkey
Posted: 26 Aug 2009, 9:00 pm 

Replies: 9
Views: 1,252
Thank you all for your wonderful responses. The quiz is a good idea. I was going to introduce him to this forum but was worried he would get defensive and/or offended (denial and what not). I tried slipping in questions about Autism and he wasn't very interested. He definitely is aware of his unique...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Advice on introducing Asperger to friend

YMonkey
Posted: 26 Aug 2009, 8:30 am 

Replies: 9
Views: 1,252
Hi all, I'm new to the realm of Asperger and for the last 2 weeks have been reading up websites and books to understand more about it. I have an adult friend who matches the Asperger profile but I'm not sure if he was ever diagnosed or even aware such a condition existed. I see his longing for a bet...
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