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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Double-Standards: The Irony of Empathy and Autism |
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Posted: 07 Nov 2014, 12:29 am
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Replies: 25
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> Jamgrrl
Thanks I see what you mean |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Double-Standards: The Irony of Empathy and Autism |
| Samian |
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Posted: 06 Nov 2014, 1:46 am
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Replies: 25
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| One thing that's certain is that people always know how they want to be treated in any given situation - I just wish I knew what that was!! !! !! Actually, to let you in on a little secret, people don't always know how they want to be treated. They often know how they don't want to be treated, whic... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Double-Standards: The Irony of Empathy and Autism |
| Samian |
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Posted: 03 Nov 2014, 9:18 pm
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Replies: 25
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| I found this article very interesting. I'm a little surprised to see it on page 2 already considering the volume and value of the content. I've reseached empathy a tiny bit myself and it seems to be one of those concepts that has a multitude of meanings to people. It's not easy to pin down the exact... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is Aspergers its own disease or an umbrella of others? |
| Samian |
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Posted: 23 Jun 2014, 10:34 pm
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Replies: 14
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| I tend to think it's a bunch of things all lumped together. maybe in the future - researchers will be able to unbundle it in the process of better understanding how autism works. I hope so. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: for older members: what was it like to have autism back then |
| Samian |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2013, 11:35 pm
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| Hey Willard, I can really relate to what you wrote too! I'm a few years younger but the story is much the same. I tried really hard to fit in and it largely just caused me more anguish - in hindsight I should have just joined the computer club and hung out with my own kind. I think the teachers must... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: General Asperger Questions |
| Samian |
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Posted: 27 Oct 2013, 9:06 pm
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Replies: 14
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| Welcome to Wrongplanet! the answers you seek are probably here - be patient , whatever you try will take some time to figure out and get working. Aspergers is a stable condition in adults and will not resolve itself with or without effort. one can only realistically expect it to make incremental imp... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Pill for crowded meeting? (a question) |
| Samian |
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Posted: 08 Oct 2013, 1:13 am
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| Whatever you decide to do - try any medication at home around people you know before going public with it. ask if you can cut the pills to take smaller doses. sometimes half a tablet works better than the full dose. Valium is not for everybody - it's safest to try it first before your meeting and se... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Genetically engineered foods as a cause of Autism |
| Samian |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2013, 1:27 am
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| Hate to break it to you but autism was around a long long time before people started engineering food. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Recently Diagnosed |
| Samian |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2013, 10:35 pm
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| I can relate, business networking can be hard work. I find smaller workshops easier to cope with. evrybody is there for the same reason and it gives you something to talk about at the breaks. My suggestion would be to cut yourself some slack and try to find ways of dealing with situations and people... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Would a therapist really help me? I am skeptical. |
| Samian |
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Posted: 07 Aug 2013, 11:59 pm
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Replies: 18
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Someone said to me once that therapy should be mandatory!! !! - I think so too but then I'm lucky to have a good one.
BE prepared to try again if the first one doesn't work out.
good luck |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone have articles about Social Anxiety in Aspies? |
| Samian |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2013, 8:17 pm
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| seems nobody knows about this - I was hoping for info as well..... I'm getting some help with social anxiety. My therapist recons that you need a certain degree of empathy to suffer from social phobia in order to worry about hurting the other persons feelings etc. She thinks not all those with autis... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Denial? Official Diagnosis? |
| Samian |
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Posted: 11 Jul 2013, 10:46 pm
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Replies: 3
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Do yourself a favour and talk to your doctor. You may just have trouble with anxiety, social phobia, etc and if you get some help now you can save yourself years of agony. Keep in mind most GP doctors are crap with matters of the mind so try to insist on a referal.
best of luck, |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do NTs have an automatic ability that Autistics lack? |
| Samian |
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Posted: 10 Jul 2013, 10:33 pm
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| Have you ever known a person who was poor at math? couldn't calculate a percentage in their head? or on paper? - they have a weak ability in that area. I can calculate most stuff in my head without any effort but I don't know what the hell is going on in many social situations - the more complex one... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Your Most Problematic Sensory Issue? |
| Samian |
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Posted: 10 Jul 2013, 10:20 pm
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Replies: 51
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Heat - esp. sun on my head feels painful and I never get used to it.
Random loud sounds and people noise - my hearing is very sensitive.
touch - unexpected touch on my back makes me jump.
labels on shirts feel like sandpaper.
that's my list! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is social skills training unfair? |
| Samian |
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Posted: 27 Jun 2013, 9:28 pm
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Replies: 8
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Seems like social skills training would be no different than for example teaching deaf kids to lip read.
the ultimate goal is just to help them get on better in the interactions they have with other people. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Expressing Doubts: First Scientific Refutal Of Asperger's |
| Samian |
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Posted: 27 Jun 2013, 4:43 am
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Replies: 151
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I can't beieve this is up to 7 pages......  |
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