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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies look younger than they are? |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2012, 10:32 pm
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I'm 34 and still get asked for ID at the bottle-o (minimum drinking age in New Zealand is 18.)
When people ask me I usually grin and say "Thanks for the compliment!" |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How to stop obsessions? |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2012, 10:31 pm
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| Real bummer when someone won't talk to you, but it's good that you recognise the need to give her some space. I would suggest find something broader but related, onto which you might shift your interest, perhaps. Immerse yourself in an alternative hobby or interest that doesn't involve particular sp... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: digging holes |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2012, 10:26 pm
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Replies: 7
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| I'm renting so I don't think I could! And not into gardening either. But for the repetitive action to clear my head I do like to shuffle a pack of cards or something like that. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: most annoying aspergers myth! |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2012, 10:25 pm
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Replies: 97
Views: 17,862
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| I don't think that "physically weaker" is accurate -- I'm fairly strong in my arms too, not so much in my legs -- but some people have less physical co-ordination and so cannot utilise that strength as well. The one that pees me off, as a writer, is "lacks imagination". I know of many aspies with ex... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Um, I'm an aspie that lies . . . |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2012, 10:22 pm
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Replies: 85
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| Official diagnosis is costly and difficult to obtain, and open to even professional disagreement. Not everyone can afford it, for starters! You might be wrong as a self-diagnosed aspie, but even professionals (so called) can be wrong at the end of the day. There's no reason for any elitist attitude:... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Social Media / ASD. |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2012, 10:15 pm
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Replies: 17
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| I was never able to understand what social media is for. If you see the person, no need for Facebook to communicate with them. And if you don't see them, what do you want to update them about you for? Also, I have different levels of disclosure with different people - boss, family, friends - so I n... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Social Media / ASD. |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2012, 8:22 pm
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Replies: 17
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| Hi guys. Sorry to be a bother. I'm looking for some help on a project I'm doing for "Creative Non Fiction" at uni. on the use of facebook, forums and other social online media by people with ASD. I understand if you do not wish to respond -- time is precious and all that. However I would be absolute... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Why do a lot of men hate Twilight so passionately? |
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Posted: 30 Apr 2011, 5:34 am
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Replies: 89
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| I have no opinion of Twilight itself as I have neither read or seen it (yet-- my mum bought me a copy for Christmas one year and I do intend to read it at some point; oh hell it won't cost me anything but time!) I do think it's kind of weird the hate that is going around for this -- being as I am a ... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Characters You'd be Friends With |
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Posted: 30 Apr 2011, 5:27 am
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Replies: 135
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mirela wrote: And I think I speak the same "language" with Phoebe (Friends).
Help her out with an orchestral arrangement for Smelly Cat, and I'm sure she'd love ya for it. |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Aliens in an Indiana Jones movie??? |
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Posted: 30 Apr 2011, 5:14 am
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Replies: 17
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| Aliens in Indiana Jones is no weirder than any of the other crazy sh...stuff that's happened in Indiana Jones. |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: What are 10-15 movies you want to see this summer? |
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Posted: 30 Apr 2011, 5:13 am
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Replies: 8
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| Summer?? What is this... Summer, of which you speak?? |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Make a random pop culture reference. |
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Posted: 30 Apr 2011, 5:10 am
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IdahoRose wrote: Die, die we all pass away
Don't wear a frown, 'cause it's really OK
You might try and hide
And you might try and pray
But we all end up the remains of the day
Speak for yourself. I plan to live forever. |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Is it likely that Adolf Hitler had Asperger's? |
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Posted: 30 Apr 2011, 5:07 am
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Replies: 11
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Two points:
* Why does this belong in the Entertainment section??
* Personally I think Hitler was a psychopath, not aspie. |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Favorite scenes. |
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Posted: 30 Apr 2011, 5:04 am
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Replies: 21
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| hmm... This is a very good question, and one that I will have to think about a bit more, so don't be surprised if more answers come... But, off the top of my head. Pirates of the Caribbean : The first scene with Jack Sparrow when he's sailing into Port Royal on a sinking ship. Just struck me as one ... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Saddest Disney movie??? |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2011, 4:53 am
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Replies: 23
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Does Pixar count? Because if so, then Up.
If not then I'll have to think about it a bit -- Honestly the dead mum thing in Bambi had become a bit of a cliche by the time I'd seen it. (Which was not so late in life.) |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Great cartoons of the 90's |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2011, 4:46 am
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Replies: 13
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| Most of this time I would have been in my teens and early twenties, but I really liked those Nickolodeon cartoons that weren't just trying to be gross -- like Wild Thornberries and Rugrats. But Ren & Stimpy, Rocko, Aah Real Monsters and some of those others now strike me as being kind of shallow... |
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