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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are aspies on Wrong Planet worse-than-average? |
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Posted: 31 Oct 2011, 6:00 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,724
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| I don't know what's average or typical. I do know that I have a good job I love, but also have LOTS of trouble socially at work, and tend not to keep jobs very long. I've mostly been self-employed, but also successfully. I have a husband and 2 kids, and a (very) small but wonderful social circle who... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Assessment - process starts tomorrow |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2011, 3:59 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,285
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| I had my ADOS assessment today (2 hrs) and my husband did the ADI-R (3 hrs) - a long time working up to this, and finally went private because I couldn't face the wait to go through NHS! Absolutely exhausting, and a little raw I think, but so worth it. Still have to wait 2 weeks for the final report... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "you've only just figured this out now?" |
| cyberbint |
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Posted: 19 Sep 2011, 2:55 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,046
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| I call that leading someone on. There should be nothing to "figure out" when the statement is so plainly said like that. If one's words are misinterpreted, then one's manner of communicating is subpar. lol. That's like saying between someone who's not deaf talking with someone who's deaf that it's ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Feeling patronised but think I should be feeling supported!! |
| cyberbint |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2011, 7:14 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,286
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| I do hope they won't go off the deep end, and I guess I'm a bit over-sensitive about it right now anyway ... it was something of a revelation to realise *I* had the difference regarding planning issues, rather than my previously held belief that I was just right about how thing should be organised!!... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Feeling patronised but think I should be feeling supported!! |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2011, 1:01 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,286
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| I have a great job that I love (talking endlessly to genuinely interested audiences about my special interest & getting paid for it!), excellent flexibility in how / when I work, senior management position and all that. Great job. I also have a physical impairment, that they're not too good at a... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Daryl Hannah Blacklisted by Hollywood due to Asperger's |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2010, 3:53 pm
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Replies: 35
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| (My junior-high principal tried to tell me that I was "eccentric", but as I explained to him, in order to be "eccentric", you have to be rich enough that people will ignore the odd things you do and say. Not being rich, I was "weird".) That sounds almost exactly right. (You could also be "eccentric... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How did you guys know you couldn't pick up on that stuff? |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2010, 10:50 am
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Replies: 64
Views: 7,013
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anomie wrote: I used to think everyone else was having secret meetings where they discussed what people should say, do and wear, and I wasn't invited.
You mean they don't? I don't believe you. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Set of scientific tests related to Autism Spectrum Disorders |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2010, 5:41 am
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Replies: 800
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| Your result for The Broad Autism Phenotype Test ... Autistic/BAP You scored 123 aloof, 123 rigid and 103 pragmatic You scored above the cutoff on all three scales. Clearly, you are either autistic or on the broader autistic phenotype. You probably are not very social, and when you do interact with o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you get anxiety and what would you describe it as? |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2010, 5:18 am
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Replies: 21
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| I do not understand. My posts are not poetry. How are they poetic? Also, Ludwig Wittgenstein was a philosopher. LOL - ursaminor, you're a poet and you don't know it, that is beautiful, as is Wittgenstein. :lol: I did my PhD research on Wittgenstein's approach to understanding understanding, but odd... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How did you guys know you couldn't pick up on that stuff? |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2010, 5:04 am
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Replies: 64
Views: 7,013
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| I'm in the middle of assessment, so on a waiting list to be dx'd, so may be AS, maybe not. I always thought I was really good at reading people, but as has been said here, it turns out I'm not. I did one of the Baron-Cohen eye test thingies. It really upset me. How the hell can anyone tell the diffe... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: As the name implies, i am HYPERMOBILE |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2010, 5:44 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,930
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| Just joined there now after stalking for a bit, and what do I find? A warm friendly welcome from not just one, but two fellow bendy people! Hurrah :-) So totally in the right place. *sigh* I, too, am hypermobile, but in a 'Ow' way, which used to be called HMS, but for some reason has a new, trendy n... |
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