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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Living with Autism in the 80's |
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Posted: 22 May 2013, 12:37 pm
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Replies: 31
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| [quote/]How long ago did you get your diagnosis? How fast did you write this? (not trying to be rude - in very real terms churning this thing out in six months or less is just a grandiose display of a special interest - like the 12 books I read just after my own diagnosis)[/quote] I received my diag... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Living with Autism in the 80's |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2013, 2:49 pm
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Replies: 31
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| I was born in 1974, twenty years before Asperger's existed as a diagnoses, and I had no end of problems growing up. From Kindergarten through elementary, middle, and high school! In college I was a mess! I was finally diagnosed at 38 years old!! ! Thankfully that diagnosis changed my life. I have si... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Resources for Women with Aspergers Syndrome |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2013, 2:42 pm
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Replies: 105
Views: 166,969
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| Great List! Just wanted to let you all know that I am a woman who was not properly diagnosed until I was 38 years old. I have written and just published my memoir, Twirling Naked in the Streets and No One Noticed, which is about my life growing up with undiagnosed autism. It is now available on Amaz... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: I'm looking for aspie writers for a new magazine. |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2012, 10:06 am
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Replies: 5
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Just a quick follow-up, PM me if you are still working on this project.
~Aspie Writer |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Do any aspie writers have this problem? |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2012, 10:05 am
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Replies: 16
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| I am in a Fiction Writing Workshop right now, and I am have a hard time with short stories. All my story ideas wind up being way too long and complex for the flash fiction that we are currently working on. Its driving me a bit crazy, but it is a good lesson on writing toward word counts. Writing to ... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: What inspires your writing? |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2012, 1:16 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,761
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My kids, and not when they are behaving either. It is when they do the craziest things that leave me scratching my head. Those are the things stories are made of.
~Aspie Writer |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: i am writing a book on autism. |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2012, 12:55 pm
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Replies: 6
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In today's new world of media and publishing, I would definitely consider self-publishing and promotion, and/or independent publishers. Good Luck
~Aspie Writer |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Aspie authors writing social interaction |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2012, 12:49 pm
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Replies: 732
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| i'm an aspie writer who expects to have his novel published (once i'm finished nitpicking it, of course). alpha readers tended to point out how one of my main characters was a jerk, an as*hole, etc. i was totally taken aback as the character was behaving as i would have and, knowing the character's... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Ask-an-Aspie for fiction writers? |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2012, 12:41 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,958
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| Learning to write fiction can be therapeutic for us aspies; however, painful therapy. Studying and learning to develop characters and write character sketches highlighted my deficits when it comes to understanding other's complex emotions. Writing consistently inconsistent characters is an extreme c... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Do any aspie writers have this problem? |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2012, 12:35 pm
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Replies: 16
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| I definitely get distracted by too many ideas running through my head at the same time--and if I get interupted it is extremely difficult to get back on tast. What has helped me getting the ideas on paper and out of my head is simple freewriting. Just open a notebook, or word doc and keep writing fo... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: I'm looking for aspie writers for a new magazine. |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2012, 12:31 pm
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Replies: 5
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| Hi, I took a look at your website and leave a comment to a post, but I keep getting an error message. |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Looking for Female Aspie Writers |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2012, 11:28 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 840
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I've just begun my own blog, see in siggy line. I would love to share stories, articles, and content..maybe write for each other little bit. Check out the site and tell me what you think. I will do the same.
~Aspie Writer |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Women Who Write on Aspergers - Links Wanted |
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Posted: 29 Jul 2012, 5:47 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,950
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| I'm a 38 yr old married, writer and stay at home mom with Asperger's who just started a blog. Link is in my signature. |
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