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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Prom Night? |
| Xinro |
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Posted: 22 May 2012, 9:12 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,433
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| I went to my senior prom. I was supposed to go with a girl I was seeing, but my parents objected since she didn't go to the same school as me and was a year older (also, they still weren't quite comfortable with my bisexuality yet, which played into it a lot). I went as the only person without a dat... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: What apps have helped you? |
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Posted: 22 May 2012, 1:19 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,138
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| Can you still get out of milk on app stores, or is it exclusive to android/other app stores, because I can't find it on the apple app store :( it sounds like something I've always wanted, but never thought of needing. I'm not sure. I got it from the Android store, so it might not be available on iO... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: What apps have helped you? |
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Posted: 22 May 2012, 11:15 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,138
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| Earlier this year I got an app on my phone which allows me to make very precise to-do and grocery lists called Out Of Milk. My life hasn't been the same since I got it - it's incredibly helpful when dealing with executive processing issues where I can't figure out what to do first or when I'm stress... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Supervisor conflicts / Non-verbal at work |
| Xinro |
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Posted: 27 Jul 2011, 11:41 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 707
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| Most of the time I'm fairly verbal. I can't say I find it super easy to talk to people and I'm pretty shy, but I can speak without problems once someone talks to me usually. When I get stressed or excited I sometimes will lose words - they'll just go poof out of my sentence and I can't figure out wh... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: AS and fire alarms |
| Xinro |
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Posted: 06 Jun 2011, 10:12 pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 6,151
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| I didn't mind the ones in k-12 school, but the ones in my college dorm drive me nuts. They send me into a panic, and they always go off when I'm relaxing in my PJs with my shoes off, so I have to scramble to put something more suitable on, gather up some stuff and get out, all while listening to tha... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What things SHUT DOWN your "social" abilities? |
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Posted: 06 Jun 2011, 10:09 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,071
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Lack of sleep
People talking to me too much/Too many people
Uncomfortable clothing/seats/shoes/etc
Being touched lightly
Stress/Nervousness
Being around people I don't like
Touching certain textures
People talking too fast
Not being given specifics |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "It's not possible to survive and think that way!" |
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Posted: 06 Jun 2011, 2:38 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,709
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| Anyone else get bull like this from NTs? My wife sent me to the grocery store this morning. On the list was a request for three single-serving containers of "Vanilla-Honey" yogurt, made by a certain company. I could find the vanilla flavor, and I could find the honey flavor. But I couldn't find any... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "It's not possible to survive and think that way!" |
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Posted: 06 Jun 2011, 12:36 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,709
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| ... Then how am I still alive and talking to you? A friend of mine told me today that it's not possible to think in absolutes the way I do and continue to survive and essentially told me that I was faking it as an excuse for messing up. I often think in absolutes and don't think to ask questions abo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you hate the taste of water?? |
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Posted: 30 May 2011, 10:22 pm
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Replies: 62
Views: 11,299
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| I dislike the taste of water overall and always have, but it's been made worse recently through a little psychological trick called the Garcia effect. When I was really sick with Lyme disease last summer, I was on a nasty nasty medication called Doxycycline. I had to take it without food and with a ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do your comormids cause you more difficulty then autism? |
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Posted: 28 May 2011, 7:41 pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,510
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| If I'm not on my medicine, yes. My anxiety is a severe disability if I'm not taking medication - it sends me into panic attacks and disrupts my entire life. However since I'm on medicine, it doesn't do much beside make me a little paranoid on occasion, something which I can brush off. Prosopagnosia ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Sensitive ears and electronics. |
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Posted: 28 May 2011, 6:57 pm
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Replies: 62
Views: 7,158
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| If a TV is on mute near me, I have the urge to Hulk Smash it and will try just about anything to turn it off if I can. I can't stand that electronic sound - it puts my nerve on edge. People with mosquito ringtones drive me nuts too. Right now I have a touch of tinnitus (that buzzing sound in your ea... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone feel like hurting themselves? |
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Posted: 28 May 2011, 6:52 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,351
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| I sometimes hurt myself a little bit, not anything bad, but just hit myself with small objects or whip my arms with pieces of beaded string. This is probably because I'm a masochist with no way to release it right now. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Emergency cards |
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Posted: 28 May 2011, 6:34 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,173
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| I'm in the process of making a card that describes a few basic things about my AS in case I'm in an emergency and my stress makes my symptoms get worse. Mine has my name, address and a little about the accommodations I need from medical personnel or law enforcement, like why I rock and hit myself, a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: When someone accuses you of staring |
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Posted: 28 May 2011, 6:29 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 7,898
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| When I was in elementary school I would stare at people all the time without realizing I was doing it and always got in fights with people over it. Now when I accidentally stare at someone, I just avoid looking at them after I realize I'm doing it, totally look in the other direction and ignore that... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Furries |
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Posted: 28 May 2011, 6:25 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,769
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| I'm not a hardcore furry or really much of one, but I do like hanging around them and occasionally act like one. Several of my friends are furs as well, and I have a few furry avatars in Second Life. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Onion ridicules people with autism. |
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Posted: 29 Apr 2011, 10:35 pm
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Replies: 154
Views: 19,802
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| I thought both their reporter with autism videos were funny. The Onion is known for being irreverent and they never discriminate or lay off touchy (or even absurd) subjects. |
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