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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: How do you "fake it?"

candp
Posted: 07 Apr 2011, 1:54 am 

Replies: 46
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If I'm not stressed, I do pretty well. Eye contact can get rough; my method used to be to glaze over and maintain constant eye contact without focusing my eyes, but apparently that is worse than zero eye contact. Figures. I almost always have something in my hands so I can look down and play with it...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Avoiding Diagnosis?

candp
Posted: 07 Apr 2011, 1:07 am 

Replies: 2
Views: 658
Coming out of the woodwork to post this. My parents refused to let me be tested because they were concerned a diagnosis would be a larger stigma than the social problems I had. They were very concerned that my school labeling me as "special needs" would be detrimental to my academic progress (for ex...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Do I sound like an Aspie?

candp
Posted: 05 Dec 2010, 1:17 pm 

Replies: 9
Views: 1,401
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If it says you probably have Asperger's, go see your doctor.


Should you mention this test when you go to see a doctor? The man who designed it seems legit. (I ask because I keep getting a 42...)

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: What's the procedure for getting tested?

candp
Posted: 05 Dec 2010, 1:10 pm 

Replies: 8
Views: 1,230
. Did the diagram look like you? Yeah, I guess. I was farthest to the edge on what it called Perception, Hunting and Communication, but Social was more toward the middle. Makes sense. I definitely don't like doing a lot of social things and think they're meaningless, nonsensical rituals, but I go t...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: What's the procedure for getting tested?

candp
Posted: 05 Dec 2010, 11:23 am 

Replies: 8
Views: 1,230
Don't just pick someone at random from a listing. Find an organization in your area that works with autism. They should be able to refer you to professionals that specialize in autism. Good idea. Most of them seem to be for families or children, but I emailed the ones that didn't specifically menti...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: What's the procedure for getting tested?

candp
Posted: 05 Dec 2010, 6:13 am 

Replies: 8
Views: 1,230
I'm just out of college and I'll have decent health insurance again starting in January, as well as services provided by graduate school. Shortly after I left for college, several of my family members mentioned that, when I was quite young, they decided I fell somewhere along the Autism Spectrum; I ...
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