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 Forum: The Haven   Topic: I get punished for being autistic

Posted: 03 Mar 2010, 12:17 pm 

Replies: 25
Views: 5,067


SectorStar wrote:
I don't know if shes aspie, but I know she does have some form of adult ADHD.


ADHD & ADD are often comorbid with ASDs.

I'm sure others can speak to this better than I, but consider whether it'd be in both your interests to broach this with your mom.

FWIW I'm a 47 YO dad.

 Forum: The Haven   Topic: Three aspies in one family

 Post subject: Three aspies in one family
Posted: 03 Mar 2010, 4:54 am 

Replies: 3
Views: 799


Daughter was dx'd last year. The better-half & myself just took the aspie self-tests and we both scored well into the ASD spectrum. And our daughter ... she's going through heck right now ... she's 11 & hitting brick walls at the public school. The kids, the curricula, the teachers, the admi...

 Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion   Topic: Rule-bound religion & Spirituality

Posted: 03 Mar 2010, 4:20 am 

Replies: 56
Views: 5,508


Sand wrote:
Incidentally, shouldn't this thread be in the Politics, Philosophy, Religion forum?


Perhaps but one look at the PPR fora & you can see it's an impenetrable mess of angry screeds. I'd rather keep this discussion below radar here in AWM. ;-)

 Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion   Topic: Rule-bound religion & Spirituality

Posted: 03 Mar 2010, 4:11 am 

Replies: 56
Views: 5,508


I struggle with my black n white dulistic thinking, yet feel not governed entirely by it's cutting edge. Dualism foists dialectics. Nihilism & theism are two edges of the same sword. Nihilism would claim that consciousness is naught more than empty phenomena and there is no soul. In theism the ...

 Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion   Topic: Rule-bound religion & Spirituality

Posted: 03 Mar 2010, 3:43 am 

Replies: 56
Views: 5,508


a side-by-side comparison of a theistic creed, its structure, its intent versus the nontheistic creed of Buddhism, with its unique structure & intent. First and foremost: Both Buddhism and Christianity proffer salvation with compassion as one of the main vehicles toward that end. In theism vota...

 Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion   Topic: Rule-bound religion & Spirituality

Posted: 03 Mar 2010, 3:14 am 

Replies: 56
Views: 5,508


criss wrote:
Thich's book "Coming Home - Jesus and Buddha as brothers" is wonderful.


I laud Hahn's efforts on that count. Jesus & Gotama sought similar outcomes.

 Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion   Topic: Rule-bound religion & Spirituality

Posted: 03 Mar 2010, 3:12 am 

Replies: 56
Views: 5,508


As a natural philosopher and as a writer with autism, I am interested to hear from people with autism who have a believe in God, or spiritual practice, and to hear your struggles within your faith/spiritual journey. Struggles? My greatest struggle was with theistic religion: It just about killed me...

 Forum: The Haven   Topic: I get punished for being autistic

Posted: 03 Mar 2010, 2:58 am 

Replies: 25
Views: 5,067


she doesn't even make contact with me half the time because shes a mod on the Sims 3 forum and litterly does nothing but sit in front of the computer and answer peoples computer problems about the game all day long, Just a quick guess: She's also aspie. I got into an argument with her about it, and...
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