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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Were you a gifted child? How are you seen as adult? |
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Posted: 18 Oct 2013, 3:38 am
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Replies: 203
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| I read somewhere that girls can get worse after they hit puberty, something makes Aspergers features more strong. I remember starting to feel very tired and also depressed during the high school years. Would be interesting to learn more about that phase and why it happens. Never heard about that ..... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Were you a gifted child? How are you seen as adult? |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2013, 1:02 pm
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| Some close friends with whom I can talk about the things I love still think I'm talented; BUT I think it's just because I know a little more than them. I'm sure that if someone really professional checked my knowledge they would find lots of gaps. So I think it's no giftedness, it's just the obsess... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Were you a gifted child? How are you seen as adult? |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2013, 12:57 pm
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| I think I was seen gifted as a child not because I was gifted but because my interests were not typical for a child/teen. At least not in the small town where I grew up. I got excellent marks in history because I could suddenly quote Plutarch but I've always had very bad memory and it cost me huge e... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Sounds that you cannot STAND!! ! grrrr!! ! |
| FirstDay |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2013, 2:54 pm
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Replies: 106
Views: 14,870
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| - The sound of shower water, vacuum cleaner, or any other lasting monotone noise - Any loud unexpected sounds (making me startle) - High-pitched human voices, especially if the person speaking is nervous or agitated (and, the worst thing is that it's my mother's normal mode of speaking) - Many peopl... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Reasons for some specific stims |
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Posted: 04 Aug 2013, 4:29 pm
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Replies: 45
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| Stimming doesn't necessarily have to relieve stress or reduce anxiety. I have rocked and swayed and stimmed in various ways since I sat up as a baby, and my stimming was not to relieve stress or reduce anxiety, but just something that I did by default while feeling like my normal self from childhoo... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: None of us really believe Intense World Theory, right? |
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Posted: 25 Jul 2013, 4:46 pm
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Replies: 57
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| How far back did you read to find this old thread? I just typed Intense World Theory in the search bar :) and found the Markrams' interview and this thread. Is picking up old threads mauvais ton? I'm new here so I don't know. I agree that modern life affects not only autistics but all the people wh... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: None of us really believe Intense World Theory, right? |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2013, 11:52 pm
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Replies: 57
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| They suspect that extreme stimuli at a young age could lead to nightmarish results for the young developing child, that could lead to permanent changes in neurology, as opposed to older individuals with autism. It makes sense to me, because I see some individuals with autism in the present day, muc... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Overlap in autism and giftedness (diagnosis often confusing) |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2013, 4:05 pm
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Replies: 19
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| I can relate to this except that in my case the process is going in the opposite direction. I had IQ=147 when I was 17; now when I'm 37 i't between 100 and 128 (test results vary depending on my condition). It's not that I give much weight to IQ as a tool to measure intelligence; but the figures ar... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Overlap in autism and giftedness (diagnosis often confusing) |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2013, 11:37 am
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| This may sound a bit strange but ever since I have been living on my own my ability to think deeply on subjects such as autism and the way my brain works has become more and more unlocked so to speak, I describe this as if my mind would be a library but during my years as a child/teenager most sect... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Overlap in autism and giftedness (diagnosis often confusing) |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2013, 11:10 am
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Replies: 19
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| Here's an instrument psychologists use in differentiating the two in children--maybe it will give you some insight. http://mcgt.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/%CB%86x-Giftedness-Asp.Dis_.Checklist.pdf Thank you for the link, it was interesting, I wonder, wouldn't many people present a mixture of Gi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Learning "normal" behavior with age? |
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013, 2:04 pm
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Replies: 34
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| I have improved a lot since I was a child. At the age of 7 when I came to school I was an absolute idiot. I couldn't remember my classmates' names or faces. I couldn't talk to them because I didn't understand half of what they were saying. I knew nothing about the relations between them. I couldn't ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Gender double standard and Autism |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2013, 6:04 pm
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Replies: 158
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| I've seen plenty of shy women easily intergrated into a group despite making visibly almost no contribution. Someone once said to me that women tend to act as one unit when they are together in one place and I think that's a true and helpful observation. Well maybe that's right, but this "unit" is ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Gender double standard and Autism |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2013, 9:20 am
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Replies: 158
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| Wow I'm back on Earth, and sex is still an important issue :) I don't think I can add much to the topic because I am 1) a "mild case" and 2) female (envy me OP :wink: ) Anyway, I couldn't have sex until 20 or so because I was too weird socially and totally isolated and misunderstanding all these thi... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Connecting is natural, and bad social skills are a barrier |
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Posted: 10 Jul 2013, 11:47 am
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Replies: 39
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| Yeah the one thing that I would wish from my AS friends is to be more communicative and tell me their feelings. My friend was very high functioning and I did treat him just like any other of my friends, maybe that was a mistake of mine and I didn't understand him completely because of my limited kn... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mild Autism + Highly Sensitive Person |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2013, 9:28 am
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Replies: 56
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| Is there a new long-term goal that you would like to pursue, marshall? Would you like to study again or do some project on your own? That might give you motivation and energy and undull your life. The problem is I cease caring about my "goals" if I'm not around other people with similar enthusiasm.... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mild Autism + Highly Sensitive Person |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2013, 4:04 pm
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Replies: 56
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| I think the thing that Elaine Aron doesn't get, is that there's multiple kinds of sensitivity. I see at least three kinds: a) sensory sensitivity - this is the person who hates crowds, hates rough textures, hates loud noises, hates flashing lights, etc b) social sensitivity - this is the person who... |
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