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 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: my teen is failing 8th grade due to executive dysfunction =/

RayErnest
Posted: 08 Mar 2011, 5:28 am 

Replies: 24
Views: 4,584
This is not an executive dysfunction issue. This is an organizational issue and the only way to address it is to get him into a strict habit of using a binder, putting the homework assignments in their proper section in that binder the second he gets them, getting home, taking the out, doing them, ...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Can't relate to Temple Grandin

RayErnest
Posted: 06 Mar 2011, 12:54 am 

Replies: 16
Views: 3,450
The two main components defining autism are a pervasive interest exclusive to most else and an inability to understand body language and / or social interactions appropriately. Temple originated with classic Kanner's, and so most people with Asperger's likely can't relate to her. There has been grow...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Resigned to Loneliness

RayErnest
Posted: 05 Mar 2011, 4:47 am 

Replies: 46
Views: 6,005
I agree it's not necessarily a bad thing......like any other form of pain, it has a purpose (to tell you to get the problem sorted out). Only trouble is unrequieted loneliness, i.e. when you get the pain but can't do anything to fix it. Even that's not as bad as it looks, because there are always p...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Resigned to Loneliness

RayErnest
Posted: 05 Mar 2011, 4:41 am 

Replies: 46
Views: 6,005
stroke, heart attack, and home invasion lethal violence, are the trio of [generally] un-detected terminators for the hermit. out in the sticks where i live, the local birdcage liner occasionally has an obit blurb about a loner found decomposed in his/her tin can or under a country bridge, with no s...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Not respecting authority - Aspie trait?

RayErnest
Posted: 03 Mar 2011, 4:18 am 

Replies: 62
Views: 12,166
I'm a Libertarian Socialist. I don't see anything wrong with having a natural suspicion of authority and that it is now classifed as a disorder seems completely over the top and sad to me. Oppositional Defiant Disorder is a little bit more than just not respecting authority. It has more to do with ...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Resigned to Loneliness

RayErnest
Posted: 03 Mar 2011, 4:07 am 

Replies: 46
Views: 6,005
Loneliness is not bad. It's a good thing. It's a trait that should be admired. I just don't think it should be called loneliness. Loneliness tends to be a word that has a depressive connotation to it. Loneliness tends to infer that one is sad about being by himself. I operate better by myself. I ope...
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