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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: anthem |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 16 Sep 2023, 8:16 am
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| the humans, in their wisdom, find neighbor-foes to fight; which does not stop them finding closer bones to pick for any kind of diff'rence can be made to blame the "enemy" bug is fruitful & the outlook grim but let it be the thinking that makes the other strange quick they clepe it cra... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: new slogan: "fiercely autistic" |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 22 Jun 2023, 12:30 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 245
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: new book |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2023, 3:44 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,487
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Elizabeth Bonker Nonverbal Valedictorian |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 23 May 2022, 1:53 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,059
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| i think it's great though, of course, the content is pretty much what anybody says in one of those. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What would and Autistic Country be like? |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2022, 9:36 pm
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Replies: 82
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| i think it would be something like bf skinner's utopia, if only because things would be done for rational reasons & not tribal reasons. in walden two, if i remember correctly, everyone has to put in a little time at the work nobody wants to do; & the rest of the time they do what they want. ... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: How do I self publish? |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 19 Nov 2021, 11:57 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,361
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amazon's offshoot "createspace" (now "kindle direct publishing" or kdp-amazon) has made it easier to self-publish than at any time in history. you only need a pdf of the right dimensions to upload.
the hard part now is getting anyone to review it. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Using the term Asperger's Syndrome |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 19 Nov 2021, 11:51 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,766
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| American Psychiatric Association, which publishes the DSMs. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Using the term Asperger's Syndrome |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 19 Nov 2021, 11:22 am
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Replies: 17
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| (--not sure if the APA itself is a lot more wholesome than Herr Asperger but... :) ) A Ghost Planet is when scientists at first think they've discovered a new planet but then later investigation proves it doesn't exist. A Ghost Planet typically only exists for a few years, but in the meantime people... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: there has to be a better word |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 17 Nov 2021, 2:31 pm
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Replies: 63
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suspectrum
i don't really like this one either.
looking at Vulcan 'decryption': sasatilaya |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: there has to be a better word |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 06 Nov 2021, 7:35 am
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Replies: 63
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| well, i suppose there's people who are better at spotting it & people who are worse; nor do i think there is only one "trace" (it's a gestalt)--but what i wanted was a WORD. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: there has to be a better word |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2021, 5:08 pm
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Replies: 63
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...than "autdar" (on the model of "gaydar"), which is ingenious but hardly suggests what it means, at first glance: the innate ability of autistic people to spot other autistic people...
it's also terrible-sounding (to me, anyway). any ideas?
m. |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: interviews with writers on the spectrum |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 21 May 2021, 5:46 pm
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Replies: 1
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Asperger's science fiction author & poet Ada Hoffmann has been collecting autistic authors & interviewing them for her website:
http://www.ada-hoffmann.com/
Interesting reading! |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: autistic irony |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2021, 8:08 am
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Replies: 3
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Spectrum Functioning Levels and Labels |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2021, 2:06 pm
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Replies: 6
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| "high" & "low" were definitely not the right words*, nor was a simplistic polar scale very useful in the long run. this is really about how well an individual can play the social game on a mostly verbal level . as i have said before, it depends for each individual on situatio... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: autistic irony |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2021, 1:53 pm
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Replies: 3
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Celestial objects with interesting orbits |
| graywyvern |
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Posted: 12 Jun 2020, 5:20 pm
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Replies: 10
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| sedna's calendars are as thick as a phone book |
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