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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Do aspies generally dislike conservatives? |
| QueenoftheOwls |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2018, 1:01 pm
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Replies: 227
Views: 20,056
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| I was a leftist radical when I was young. When I saw what the Democratic party had become --the party of the elites, the smarmy and the smug -- -I became an independent. I have libertarian, and maybe populist leanings, but I'm definitely not a Republican. I have notices that many Autism advocacy gro... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: "Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna" |
| QueenoftheOwls |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2018, 12:27 pm
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Replies: 80
Views: 10,625
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| I would like to know how other Aspies feel about this --if Dr. Hans Aspergers was a Nazi or collaborated with Nazis or sympathized with the Nazis --does this change your opinion of him and his work, and are you ready to wash your hands of him? No longer call yourself an Aspie or say you have Asperge... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Everybody Is Identical: a response to An Open Letter to the Depressed Aspergian |
| QueenoftheOwls |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2016, 12:10 pm
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Replies: 90
Views: 19,634
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| :( i AM AN AUTISTIC ADULT, AND I HAVE SUFFERED FROM DEPRESSION MOST OF MY LIFE, EVEN THOUGH BOTH MY AUTISM AND DEPRESSION WERE DIAGNOSED LATE IN LIFE. DEPRESSION AMONG THOSE WITH ASPERGER's IS NOT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND; BITTER LONELINESS, BEING MISUNDERSTOOD BY SOCIETY AND ASHAMED THAT WE ARE DIFF... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Lost Generation? |
| QueenoftheOwls |
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Posted: 04 May 2013, 8:14 pm
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Replies: 54
Views: 6,840
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| I'm part of the Lost Generation. Diagnosed 4 years ago at age 54, although I suspected it for about 10 years before that.I struggled all my life being unable to fit in. As a child I had many attributes which today would mark me as an aspie child--high intelligence, but no social skills, special inte... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: NOT GOOD, Connecticut shooter was diagnosed with Aspergers.. |
| QueenoftheOwls |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2012, 2:02 pm
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Replies: 445
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| Well, aspies can go bad, too. We're not saints. Aspies are much more likely to be victims, than victimizers, but sometimes victims get angry. Years of bullying and rejection can do that to you.I just wish I knew what his mother was thinking, leaving all those firearms around. Umemployed depressed, e... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: So, everyone is on the Autism Spectrum? |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2012, 8:27 pm
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Replies: 53
Views: 11,566
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| No, everyone is not on the autistic spectrum. I've heard comments like this, too, mostly from well-meaning NTs that "we're all a bit autistic." If we were all autistic, than autism would have no meaning. In the last few years, autism, particularly Asperger's Syndrome, has become kind of cool in cert... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: "Why Is It Hard to Make Friends Over 30?" (NYT) |
| QueenoftheOwls |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2012, 2:40 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 8,190
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| I would disagree. I think that, for us spectrummites, it may be easier to make friends when we are older. I had some close friends in childhood, but we moved when I was thirteen and I had no real friends in high school or college.I started to make friends again in midlife. Adolescents demand conform... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Advantages from late diagnosis? |
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Posted: 22 May 2012, 3:23 pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 16,997
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| I was not diagnosed until the age of 54 (2010). About two before that, I came upon some articles about Asperger's Syndrome, and for those intervening ten years, I strongly suspected that it was the answer to my lifelong search for self-discovery, but it was not until I was diagnosed by a professiona... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: 15 yo Asperger Teen Shot Dead by Police |
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Posted: 02 May 2012, 3:04 pm
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Replies: 94
Views: 33,485
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| I don't think it was right for the cops to have used lethal force, but I would not let the family off the hook. I don't know of any legitimate "treatment plan" that involves calling the cops every time there is a disciplinary problem with your kid. The cops aren't babysitters nor are they teachers o... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Arizona in the dock |
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Posted: 02 May 2012, 2:46 pm
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Replies: 60
Views: 5,164
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| Well, New York isn't so great either. there's too many people, the rent is too damn high, there are no jobs, and gas is $4.19 a gallon. Plus, here it is May and its freezing outside.I think I'd trade it for having to deal with some BS politics. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Arizona in the dock |
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Posted: 02 May 2012, 2:46 pm
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Replies: 60
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| Well, New York isn't so great either. there's too many people, the rent is too damn high, there are no jobs, and gas is $4.19 a gallon. Plus, here it is May and its freezing outside.I think I'd trade it for having to deal with some BS politics. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: 15 year old Aspie boy shot and killed... by cops |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2012, 12:44 pm
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Replies: 58
Views: 6,283
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| What were the parents thinking? They obviously could not or would not deal with their son's emotional outbursts so they repeatedly calledi n the cops as though it was the cops' job to calm down freaked-out kids. What did they expect the cops to do? They expected that the police would taser the kid t... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: 15 year old Aspie boy shot and killed... by cops |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2012, 12:44 pm
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Replies: 58
Views: 6,283
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| What were the parents thinking? They obviously could not or would not deal with their son's emotional outbursts so they repeatedly calledi n the cops as though it was the cops' job to calm down freaked-out kids. What did they expect the cops to do? They expected that the police would taser the kid t... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: How do you feel about your diagnosis? |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2012, 5:33 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,421
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| I suspect those of us, like myself, who were diagnosed a adults have a completely different perspective here than those who were diagnosed as children. If you lived most of your life undiagnosed, and thus, inthe dark about who you really were, you were generally relieved to finally learn what was "w... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Michelle Bachmann campaign implodes |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2012, 5:20 pm
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Replies: 32
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| Yeah, leave the presidential politicking to middle-aged white guys the way it was meant to be. Coincidence that the first two Republican candidates to drop out were a black and a womanAs for me, I couldn't care less if Marcus Bachman is secretly gay or not. They said the same thing about Hilary Clin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can someone with aspergers be low functioning? |
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Posted: 03 Jan 2012, 6:06 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 4,486
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| I think aspies can regress down the spectrum. I did. When I was a child, I was very high-functioning, independant, spunky, brave, a tomboy and considered by some a near-genius. Although I had social skills trouble, and poor motor skills coordination, I did have friends and I was even passably good a... |
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