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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Straight Talk for Women on the Spectrum |
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Posted: 25 Mar 2013, 6:31 am
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Replies: 140
Views: 37,309
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| Reading these posts makes me want to cry. Based on my experience, it would make no difference if your husband gets or doesn't get diagnosis, this is a personal thing and you shouldn't force him, it would bring more issues for you to deal with. The energy you are investing trying to get others to ac... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Straight Talk for Women on the Spectrum |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2013, 3:58 pm
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Replies: 140
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| Thanks for letting me rant a bit...and thanks for this thread... I stumbled into the Asperger's diagnosed after completing the EQ test, which I did in an effort to try to resolve some long-term behavioral patterns that have tremendously hampered my success as an IT professional. When I stumbled into... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers and unemployment |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013, 6:31 pm
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Replies: 52
Views: 13,856
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| I have managed to be on and off consultant and employee. I'm trying to get back into consulting and in the process found this organization, which tries to educate employers on how to provide for us. I thought all of you might find it of use asperger-employmentdotorg/ |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Starting a new documentary; if I fail, I kil myself |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013, 6:22 pm
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,015
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| I relate to your need to do something bigger than yourself to define you not as a wannabe, but as someone of some relevancy. The thing is that not even people who aren't on the spectrum can shake being ordinary. You might choose not to believe this and I am a walking proof of why you shouldn't belie... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Resources for Women with Aspergers Syndrome |
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Posted: 12 Feb 2013, 9:49 pm
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Replies: 105
Views: 172,417
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Resources for Women with Aspergers Syndrome |
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Posted: 12 Feb 2013, 2:09 pm
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Replies: 105
Views: 172,417
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| Thanks Kjas for having taken the time to provide this list...It's been of great help. I'm a 46 yo woman. What has your experience been about older women with AS? How does someone of my age who has finally been diagnose get some help? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: making decisions |
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Posted: 12 Feb 2013, 8:42 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,461
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| I'm very analytical and have to work had at dealing with the emotional part of decision. However, I still found that a lot of value on leaning on model thinking to make life-relevant decisions and have develop from that tiny little versions to deal with day-to-day simple, quick decisions. I think we... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Learning how to act to become more "humanlike" |
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Posted: 12 Feb 2013, 8:34 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,098
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| I'm 46 years old and just now got diagnosed because I learned well enough how to mask and sound like human. I'm a woman. The biggest lesson I have learned at an extraordinarily high price is that by masking WE ALL missed the signs and an entire life has been rather misplaced. It can hurt more to try... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ASD and growing up biligual |
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Posted: 12 Feb 2013, 8:30 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 526
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| I'm bilingual and could easily speak 2 more languages since I can easily read them. I was diagnosed very late, grew up in the country of my native language and moved to the states in my late teens. I'm a woman as well, so take this comments considering all the above. The one thing I wish is that I h... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: scale of -10 to +10, how do you feel right now? |
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Posted: 11 Feb 2013, 4:03 pm
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Replies: 35,607
Views: 1,998,577
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| I'm just now being diagnosed after so many misdiagnoses of depression and bipolar...I'm a 46 year old Latina and we just stumbled onto the possibility I have Aspergers even though I match 42 of 45 criteria for female aspie due to the results of empathy tests. It feels like I led a wasted life and th... |
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