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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Eating at a table with people you don't know |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2012, 1:34 pm
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Replies: 18
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| This is more than just about eating, I think. I've always had anxiety over eating with strangers so I have a strategy. First, I try to get a seat between people I'm comfortable with (my family). There's a kind of social ritual involved in picking one's seat and I've become quite adept at it. It invo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: the prevelance of overdiagnosis of autism spectrum disorders |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2012, 7:35 am
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Replies: 10
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It wouldn't have been just the language delay that gave the diagnosis, would it?
Other tests would include attachment to parents, pointing out things, gaze following, and other stuff. From what I understand, 2 years is probably the earliest age when these kinds of impairments can be observed. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What did you think Autism was... |
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Posted: 08 Jan 2012, 1:32 pm
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Replies: 30
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| I'm from the generation that went to school when autism was unheard of, and I'm one of the adults who was introduced to it by Rainman. Doesn't describe me, then. I've only become aware to the point of being knowledgeable in the last year, and only then after reading about AS and having a lightbulb m... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Food weirdness. |
| itsnot42itsas |
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Posted: 08 Jan 2012, 12:40 pm
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Replies: 28
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| I'm the pickiest eater I know, unlike my wife who eats almost anything. Texture is everything, far more important than taste. Generally, food doesn't interest me in the slightest, I eat because I must. The smell of certain cooked foods almost makes me retch. For 50 years or more (before I considered... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you have a large head? |
| itsnot42itsas |
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Posted: 03 Jan 2012, 3:22 pm
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Replies: 20
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| Autistic children develop a larger than average head in infancy followed by a period of less than usual brain development, so the net effect is almost no difference, perhaps a little larger but not significantly so in studies. The brain goes through a period of discarding redundant tissue after birt... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers Syndrome - Presenting your case? |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2011, 5:41 pm
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Replies: 25
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| The doctor asked me questions like whether I cook on gas or electricity. I don't understand this question. Anyway, I hardly do cook. But it is on electricity. That's interesting. I think it's a literal interpretation question. Maybe some extreme auties/aspies would answer "Neither. I cook on my oven" |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is "social inappropriateness" |
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Posted: 24 Nov 2011, 1:25 pm
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Replies: 15
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| I am almost over-polite, so much so that I sometimes wonder if I seem patronising. I'm not certain I'm on the spectrum, though. Attwood suggests that this behaviour is to make sure that you don't attract any attention, and it doesn't preclude a diagnosis. I'd agree with that, I can't bear confrontat... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Am I an unusual high functioning aspie? |
| itsnot42itsas |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2011, 5:22 am
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Replies: 37
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| We are born with it, so they cant deny we dont have it just because some of us get through life a bit easier. That's an interesting point. Like you I've read lots of posts on here and realise I just aren't that "disabled". That criterion is sort of a stumbling block for me, it might make the differ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Am I an unusual high functioning aspie? |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2011, 4:53 am
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Replies: 37
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| I thought that the criterion "The disturbance causes clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning" is like a master switch, and if you can't fulfill this it doesn't matter how many of the other symptoms you may show - you're not AS. Is this wrong... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Stimming |
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Posted: 17 Nov 2011, 12:39 pm
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Replies: 35
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| My stim is so minor I wonder if it counts. Only my family notice it and have commented. But, I do it quite a bit and without thinking so I guess it must be. I wiggle my toes, each foot alternately, and if I'm laid in bed I might alternate the wiggle with my fingers as well. Often, I realise I've syn... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does "Social" Interaction include professional ? |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2011, 10:46 am
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Replies: 3
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| What is the panel's opinion regarding business communication? I've never had a problem picking up the telephone and ordering something from a supplier, or visiting a trade outlet and asking for what I need, and discussing the finer technical points. I don't need to know how the salesman's family is ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Article on inconsistency in diagnosis and the fate of AS. |
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Posted: 08 Nov 2011, 4:17 pm
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Replies: 17
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| It's pretty obvious that nobody is really checking up well enough on these idiots to be certain they're actually following the DSM criteria. Steady on. Maybe these idiots are referring to Baron-Cohen's book which says: In Asperger syndrome, IQ is at least average … In classic autism, IQ can be anyw... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it hard to make social gestures you know you should do? |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2011, 3:19 pm
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Replies: 17
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| I detest social ritual. It feels completely pointless to me, although I realise objectively that it does have a function. Me too. The one that really makes me cringe is the hug with or without the cheek kiss. Even people I just met an hour ago want to hug me when they leave. I hate it. Even when I ... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Taking What People Say Literally |
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Posted: 29 Oct 2011, 4:42 pm
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Replies: 5
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Recently I saw my Doc, he asked me how much I was drinking, I said I make sure I take at least 2 litres daily.
Then when he said "alcohol?" I said zero, nothing, never ever have.
I used to think a broken arm meant that part of it was laid on the ground, I was very young at the time. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: FaceBlind |
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Posted: 27 Oct 2011, 9:38 am
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Replies: 12
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| Yes and no (!). Of course I know my family, though, if, say, I'm meeting them somewhere I have to look and ask myself if this is the person walking towards me. I can pick up detail that others completely miss, though. My father-in-law has a cousin who is a near-clone of father-in-law's own mother (l... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Hi, There! (I'd Like Your Opinion!) |
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Posted: 25 Oct 2011, 12:54 pm
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Replies: 58
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| The DSM manual actually doesn't allow for history, and is only interested in current symptoms. Really? So what does the following actually mean (from DSM-IV TR): There is no clinically significant general delay in language (e.g. single words used by age two years, communicative phrases used by age ... |
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