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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: pressure treatments |
| lawpoop |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2009, 6:33 pm
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| Does anyone here who considers themself on the AS spectrum get any kind of pressure treatment? I'm referring to the kind of thing like Temple Grandin developed qhere she gets squeezed in a cattle machine. I bought a workout weight vest, but that doesn't really do the trick for me. I was looking into... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: List of Aspie traits? |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2007, 1:16 pm
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Replies: 39
Views: 4,237
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Mirror wrote: have mindblindness
lack TOM
have Faceblindness
What's TOM?
Also, how severe is your faceblindness? How do you recognize people? Can you pick up other clues such as voice or gait? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: List of Aspie traits? |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2007, 3:04 pm
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| Now that I've thought about it, what I actually want to do with compile a list of weird quirks that don't seem at all to relate to the high intelligence or social dysfunction of Aspies. This might be used to confirm a diagnoses for someone who is borderline. For instance, hand-flapping. If you have ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: List of Aspie traits? |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2007, 2:37 pm
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| Hello all! I think it would be cool to compile a list of generally-recognized Aspie traits. Having been diagnosed with Asperger's, I'll start: Add your own, agree with those on the list, or comment! 1. Thinking in pictures. 2. Monotone speech 3. Weight on chest aids in sleep 5. Walking on balls of f... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Whats with white people and cold weather? |
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Posted: 27 Sep 2006, 12:07 pm
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Replies: 42
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| I get SAD. I try to remain in denial of winter for as long as possible. People make fun of me for wearing shorts in December. Oh, petty you, it must be very cold in Florida, according to my uncle who lives there. :roll: Month Avg.High Avg.Low Mean RecordHigh RecordLow Jan ~~ 62°F ~~ 38°F ~~ 50°F 84... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Whats with white people and cold weather? |
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Posted: 27 Sep 2006, 12:03 pm
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Replies: 42
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| people are lighter skinned near the arctic and anartci. And the anthroplogists measure 'where the sun don't shine', like the armpit and groin, so they aren't just measuring amount of skin tan. And there is a biological reason -- you need a certain amount of sunlight to synthesize vitamin D. Melaton... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Whats with white people and cold weather? |
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Posted: 25 Sep 2006, 8:14 am
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Replies: 42
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| I haven't heard of a skin color latitudunal gradient among western hemosphere natives, who live from the arctic to tierra del fuego. They might have been here 40,000 years, which might translate to two thousand generations. Skin color ususlly has variation among human groups, so it seems that natur... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Whats with white people and cold weather? |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2006, 9:58 pm
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Replies: 42
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| This is something that never fails to both beguile and entertain me every winter. Not being caucasian, I do not understand, so please, someone here help me out. What is with white people and cold weather? Specifically, without fail, every winter, I see many many many white people walking around wit... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Studying abroad |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2006, 9:34 pm
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Replies: 4
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| I have lived abroad extensively, at least for an average American. After high school, I was a yearl-long exchange student in Finland. Finland is well known for a sort of 'silent' culture, so they are more accepting of quiet, nerdy types, but it also makes it harder to find friends. Also, from all of... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Gun "control" - to protect or disarm the citizens? |
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Posted: 20 Sep 2006, 12:30 pm
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Replies: 350
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| The greatest problem with most people in Europe is the fact that they look upon themselves as subjects, not citizens, so that they don't have it with their mothers milk to demand their rights so to speak. Second they make the mistake to trust the government just for being the government. This is a ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Want to be a pilot - will AS stop me? |
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Posted: 20 Sep 2006, 12:19 pm
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Replies: 14
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| Being a pilot would be an ideal job for an aspie, I think. As a pilot, you are captain of the ship. You are the boss. There are rules and procedures for everything. It requires concentration and a logical mind. Communication with co-pilot, crew and ground crew is not based on BS, backslapping and ne... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Post ONE fact about yourself (and your asperger's) |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2006, 2:09 pm
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| When I look at numbers or letters, they clearly have a gender, and somewhat of a personality. For instance, 4 is female, and nice, 9 is female, and a real b***h. 1 is male and a natural leader, 5 is male and a sneaky jerk and a liar. Come to think of it, most of these characters are male. I consider... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Grow content with age ,without love |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2006, 2:12 pm
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Replies: 21
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| I'm 56, never been married. I'm fine. It helped a lot to figure out the aspie thing - all these years I thought I wanted a hug, what I really wanted was a weighted blanket. Aspie or not, it's important to sort out which is what, and to take care of yourself. If/when you find love/marriage, it'll th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: sleeping with pressure? |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2006, 9:45 am
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Replies: 7
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| Hey folks - I was recently diagnosed with Aspergers' syndrome. I read one of Temple Grandin's books where she talks about using a modified cattle grappling machine to exert enough pressure on the trunk of her body so she could sleep comfortably. After reading this, I realized that I enjoyed this kin... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: I need opinions please |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2006, 12:23 pm
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Replies: 6
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| This was obviously cooked up by some onion-reporter wanna-be. There is no name of the newspaper, no date, nothing that could be used to authenticate it. It has a phony look and feel. The statements made were so over-the-top from the very beginning, I can't believe any student who really believed thi... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Computer rebooting when I use CD/DVD drive.. |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2006, 10:43 am
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Replies: 9
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| I have to disagree 180 degrees with deep-techno. Ad-aware is a marvellous free program. Use it to clean your system, and then double check its work with another adware program -- you'll see that it doesn't install *any* adware. I don't know how good of a job Norton does, but you won't be able to uni... |
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