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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What the worst part of having ASD for you? |
| spudmonkey |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2011, 10:53 am
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Replies: 88
Views: 8,004
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| Sensory issues and my APD both frustrate me equally, anxiety, depression and social ineptness are the unfortunate and frequent byproducts. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Poll: Migraine and Autism - Aspergers |
| spudmonkey |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2011, 6:40 pm
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Replies: 70
Views: 16,337
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| When I was younger migraines were a weekly occurance, but since I've stopped eating red meat I'm down to one a month. The smell of mince meat frying in a pan can trigger an attack and weather changes. I always have trouble speaking just before the pain of the migraine hits, my sentences become jumbl... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Think of a cat. Now picture a cat. |
| spudmonkey |
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Posted: 13 Jan 2011, 1:17 pm
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Replies: 92
Views: 8,718
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CockneyRebel wrote: Those two sentences mean the same thing to me, because I'm always thinking in pictures.
Thinking and picturing a cat mean the same thing to me too. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Funding Approved |
| spudmonkey |
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Posted: 17 Nov 2010, 8:40 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 859
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Thanks for both of your replies.
All I was told about the process was that it may take a couple of weeks, at least I now know what I can expect, so thank you very much! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Funding Approved |
| spudmonkey |
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Posted: 17 Nov 2010, 7:12 pm
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Replies: 4
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| I've just got word that I've been awarded funding to be tested for Aspergers ( yay!) . Originally I was going to be referred to the Maudsley Hospital in London and now I'm going to some place closer to home, in Woking. I haven't the foggiest idea what to expect, any adults who've been tested in the ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: STORY OF ABUSE TO ANYONE WHO LISTENS |
| spudmonkey |
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Posted: 26 Oct 2010, 11:05 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,887
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| I was abused growing up, I was thrown through walls, beaten unconscious over a missing brussel sprout or something equally trivial like a Diana Ross CD missing from it's case ( which my father hid btw) , kicked down the stairs, kicked up the stairs, on and on. The physical stuff was daily, if it was... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Food textures |
| spudmonkey |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2010, 1:15 pm
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Replies: 85
Views: 12,789
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| Can't eat anything with chunks, so all my sauces and soups have to be blitz. Can't stand peppers, tis like chewing a cats tongue, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers are far to slimmy, biting into a baby cob sends shivers down my spine. I'm really funny with meat, if I chew and find any grissle the whole me... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone have depersonalization? |
| spudmonkey |
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Posted: 20 Mar 2010, 12:45 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 6,556
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| I was diagnosed with disassociation as a kid, whenever I was exposed to a situation that had the potential to cause me distress, I would disassociate. It's like switching into 3rd person mode in a game, you experience your enviroment away from your physical self, your switched off emotionally and to... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: i thought aspies have high iq................ |
| spudmonkey |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2010, 11:56 pm
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Replies: 67
Views: 7,823
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au wrote: spudmonkey wrote: do you have facebook?
Nah, Facebook not really my scene. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: i thought aspies have high iq................ |
| spudmonkey |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2010, 9:37 pm
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Replies: 67
Views: 7,823
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| My IQ was tested at 14, I scored 158. I'm rubbish at mathematics. I'm not really good at anything, unless I become intently interested in a subject, and even then it's a very narrow interest (newts). The one thing I'm exceptionally good at is drawing and painting, and I hate drawing and art related ... |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: What was the first video game you had? |
| spudmonkey |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 5:18 pm
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Replies: 189
Views: 23,223
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| First game I ever played was Commander Keen, followed by Pit Fighter, Gill of the Jungle and Jack the Nipper, wasn't allowed a console. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have you ever made your parents cry? |
| spudmonkey |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 4:23 pm
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Replies: 50
Views: 4,985
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| I've made my mother cry on multiple ocassions, one time was because I couldn't empathize with how she was feeling. The other times was because I wasn't dressing or behaving in a manor that befits a young girl my age. She was worried how I would be prejudged on appearance alone and that I was sending... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do others make phone calls for you? |
| spudmonkey |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 12:57 pm
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Replies: 48
Views: 7,170
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| I can only make appointments, and even then I have to write a script. Most of my important calls that require me to converse fluidly with another, I leave to my mum or someone else close. I detest talking on the phone, perhaps it's because I can't watch their lips form the words. But yeah, phones ar... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: My self-diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome |
| spudmonkey |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2010, 3:48 pm
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Replies: 109
Views: 20,974
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AQ: 42/50
EQ: 9/80
FQ: 19/135
SQ: 52/80 |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Comorbid Poll |
| spudmonkey |
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Posted: 07 Mar 2010, 12:39 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,247
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| I have been diagnosed with OCD, NOS, and Agoraphobia. |
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