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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Annoyed that people think I'm high-functioning |
| ChristinaTheHobbit |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 11:11 am
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Replies: 26
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| Am sure that you're aware that your complaint makes no sense. ChristinaTheHobbit's complaint makes perfect sense , and the remark she's complaining about is by no means a compliment, even if an NT pretends that it is. I have said for years it's insensitive and condescending to even use the term &qu... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Annoyed that people think I'm high-functioning |
| ChristinaTheHobbit |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2015, 8:02 am
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Replies: 26
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| This is mainly a rant in hopes that there are other people out there who can sympathize. I get really annoyed when I tell someone I have autism and they're like "oh, you must be very high-functioning!" I think it's supposed to be a compliment, but it honestly just belittles the struggles I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies in Oxford |
| ChristinaTheHobbit |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2014, 12:24 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 998
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| I just got my acceptance letter to study abroad at Oxford for a term! I'm really excited for the opportunity. But now I have to navigate a new culture and legal system for this. Right now I am filling out disability forms for Oxford and am in contact with the program that I am going with over this i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Stimming and Anti-Anxiety Meds |
| ChristinaTheHobbit |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2014, 2:02 pm
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Replies: 0
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| So over Christmas my doctor put me on the anti-anxiety drug Lexapro for my Generalized Anxiety Disorder. This is the first time I have ever been on an anti-anxiety drug and since I have been on it I noticed that I'm not stimming as much. Living at college certainly provides a good bit of sensory inp... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you stim more in public or in private? |
| ChristinaTheHobbit |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2013, 10:27 am
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Replies: 17
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| I stim more in private, but if I am stressed in public I will start stimming. I also stim around the few friends I have because I know I can trust them and they are used to it. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Examples of "stimming" behavior in HFA/Asperger's? |
| ChristinaTheHobbit |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2013, 9:53 am
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Replies: 49
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| Stimming runs the gamut for different people as we all tend to have different preferences and tendencies. I am fairly textbook in that my stims are mainly rocking, hand flapping (while ducking my head), "droning" (humming a single note), and bouncing. However, I also experience full body tremors whe... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did you hate your parents? |
| ChristinaTheHobbit |
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Posted: 04 Dec 2013, 5:37 pm
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Replies: 21
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| My parents are one of my biggest supporters in life. Are there times we don't get along and get spitting mad at each other? God yes. But I've never hated them. My tie with my parents and sister are very strong and something that is helping me get through life and finish college. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Fear in My Relationship |
| ChristinaTheHobbit |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2013, 12:26 pm
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Replies: 4
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| It's finally happened, and a lot sooner than I had ever dared to imagine, I'm in a relationship. Over the past two terms at college I have developed a strong relationship with a nice young man a year ahead of me. This term took a turn for the awkward and somewhat romantic which culminated in him ask... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Newbie |
| ChristinaTheHobbit |
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Posted: 04 Oct 2013, 8:57 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 879
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Greeting and welcome to dark side 
It's nice to meet you, I hope you enjoy the forum. It's always nice to have another girl aboard! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Good books on aspergers |
| ChristinaTheHobbit |
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Posted: 04 Oct 2013, 8:51 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,506
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Jensen wrote: Tony Attwood: "A complete guide to aspergers syndrome" for a start.
This book really helped me earlier this year when I got my diagnosis. It's a great resource for helping to make sense of yourself in light of an AS diagnosis. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone else love to learn facts and information? |
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Posted: 04 Oct 2013, 8:49 pm
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,158
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| Given that I am a bibliophile, a love of learning and knowledge goes hand in hand. I also have a good rote memory and can store little facts for many years. Now if only I could do this with school knowledge.... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone here fit the aspergers stereotype? |
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Posted: 04 Oct 2013, 8:47 pm
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Replies: 33
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| I am also borrowing Redrobin's list since I don't have very good words of my own to describe how I fit, or rather don't fit, into the stereotype. Great at putting together complex jigsaw puzzles . No Loved stacking things as a child . Not really, but give my patterns and shapes and I had a hayday. W... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: High, Low, Moderate. |
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Posted: 04 Oct 2013, 8:29 pm
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Replies: 17
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| My verbal and intellectual skills are deemed high functioning and my IQ got me labeled with AS. I consider myself between high functioning and moderate given some of my difficulties functioning (forgetting to eat, forgetting to due essential tasks, having trouble keeping a schedule on my own, etc.) ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Public Meltdowns and How to Deal with Them? |
| ChristinaTheHobbit |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2013, 1:45 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 8,958
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| First off, thanks for all of the replies! I have been in contact with my school's disability activists since I found out I have AS. The college is small and very encouraging towards those on the autism spectrum, in both academics and resident life. However, that doesn't help what other people think ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Public Meltdowns and How to Deal with Them? |
| ChristinaTheHobbit |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2013, 2:24 pm
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Replies: 14
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| Last weekend I was hidden away in my dorm room (which has become somewhat of a sensory haven for me) when some idiot on the floor below me set off the fire alarm. This was the first time at college that I have experienced their fire alarm. It wasn't too loud from the confines of my room and though I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: So Apparently We're Pedophiles |
| ChristinaTheHobbit |
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Posted: 07 Aug 2013, 12:54 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,685
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| I don't know how people get away with publishing such things. But it does look like there is backlash against her article. |
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