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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is Autism caused by a deficiency of mirror neurons? |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2012, 4:51 am
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Replies: 6
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| I listened to this Radiolab podcast (http://www.radiolab.org/2010/jan/11/spindle-cells/) a while back that mentioned "spindle cells." They talk about these neurons as distinguishing features between humans and animals, but it immediately sounded to me like something that could be related to ASD...so... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Dan Harmon, creator of Community, and Asperger's |
| BWV1007 |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2012, 3:16 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,569
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| In an interesting profile from last September's issue of Wired , Dan Harmon, creator of the awesome NBC show Community discusses how he learned about Asperger's and realized he may have it himself while creating the character of Abed, among other things. It's an interesting read, especially for view... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is the testing like to get diagnosed? |
| BWV1007 |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2012, 3:05 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,724
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| Hope I'm not hijacking this thread, but, I'm trying to decide whether to get officially diagnosed or not, and my concern is what it might do to my insurance rates if I ever have to change insurance carriers. Is aspergers one of those "pre-existing conditions" that insurance companies use to jack up... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: First time in history!! !! The NT/AS open hotline ! !! !! ! |
| BWV1007 |
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Posted: 14 Nov 2011, 6:38 pm
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Replies: 2,515
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| When I get into arguments with my mom and she yells at me, I can't handle it...I feel my ears tightening up (I don't even know if that's what happening, but that's what it feels like), my head hurts, and my heart rate rises. I usually end up covering my ears and pleading with her to stop yelling at ... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Another Thread on Motivation |
| BWV1007 |
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Posted: 29 Jul 2011, 1:54 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,477
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| I feel the EXACT same way. I really like some of my class material and I can even get excited about writing papers and doing the work...until it comes time to actually do it. I think 50%+ of the papers I've been assigned in college I've turned in late. I've heard/told myself the "just do it" line co... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The autism social rule book. |
| BWV1007 |
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Posted: 21 Jun 2011, 11:27 pm
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Replies: 874
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| Hmm, I've never heard that one. My boyfriend is constantly informing me of all of the social situations in which eye contact is especially important. Handshakes, introductions, and basically anything with strangers. As you can imagine, that's extremely uncomfortable. What I tend to do is look up in... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Questions about you |
| BWV1007 |
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Posted: 22 Nov 2010, 5:24 am
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Replies: 5,750
Views: 1,160,773
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| What is your first name? Kayla Age: 20 Location: California Hobbies and Interests: Photography, politics, technology, television Why are you here? Considering the possibility that I have AD... When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): Working on that... Favorite subjects: Politics... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: I suppose I should stop creeping and start posting... |
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Posted: 22 Nov 2010, 5:13 am
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Replies: 4
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| I've been reading the forums for a while...finally got the nerve to register and introduce myself. I'm Kayla. Last year I talked to a psychologist at my school about my academic/social difficulties. She diagnosed me with ADHD and referred me to a psychologist for treatment. I think the medication is... |
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