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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Overthinking things |
| Nickysubanda |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2013, 4:46 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,182
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| Social phobia/panic attacks, I don't know if these are in the same cluster as AS, and I also don't know the comorbidity rate, but I assume you have researched it, yes? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why is WP full of old people? |
| Nickysubanda |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2013, 4:21 pm
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Replies: 138
Views: 7,332
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| I think Cody was being funny, whilst apparently entirely forgetting that AS is on the autism spectrum, and classically populated by people who take statements overly literally. (@wrongforum.com) :lol: <--emoticons: useful when deploying sarcasm amidst individuals on the spectrum For the record, Cody... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Gifted or Aspie? |
| Nickysubanda |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2013, 2:19 pm
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Replies: 80
Views: 10,747
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| Here's an instrument psychs use to distinguish between autism and giftedness in children: http://mcgt.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/%CB%86x-Giftedness-Asp.Dis_.Checklist.pdf That's SO helpful, thanks. There's much difficulty in reaching the conclusion of "Asperger's" for the so-called gifted indiv... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: helping 8 year old autistic kid deal with bullies |
| Nickysubanda |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2013, 5:29 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,780
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| (What follows is pure opinion) If it were me, I'd find out who he is and call his parents, call the teacher, call the principal. I'd become a nightmare for all future bullies of my kid, drag them (metaphorically) out into the sunlight kicking and screaming and point to him and say, "That kid right t... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: New to AS, new to forum |
| Nickysubanda |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2013, 4:50 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,609
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| Sure do feel for you. Here's to finding comfort in birds of a feather. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is your Isolated special skill or preoccupation? |
| Nickysubanda |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2013, 4:43 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,470
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| Music (ability is in Memory, not performing skill), science/nature (lifetime hyper-interest). Symbols and pattern-recognition (advanced though not superior)(probably). |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: best jobs for people with aspergers |
| Nickysubanda |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2013, 4:20 pm
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Replies: 248
Views: 214,195
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| Please say geologist, please say geologist! Tim Ok- geologist!! ! lol, Actually I do know an aspie guy that excelled in that field. Not a bad choice at all. Not too stressful, but entails facts and knowledge and other qualities an aspie is good at :D I majored in geology for 3 years and got most of... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: best jobs for people with aspergers |
| Nickysubanda |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2013, 4:16 pm
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Replies: 248
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| It seems like a person who is prone to picking up and discarding special interests should take care, whatever new job they get, to NOT make it an interest or passion, unless maybe it's a lifetime passion (and I still have reservations about that). A job can easily be just the next SI, and when the i... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: I'm 58 and just learned that I have Asperger's |
| Nickysubanda |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2013, 2:45 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 39,895
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| Hi Guru, I'm also new to all this, and the forum. Willard, I'm in the place where I learned about it maybe 3 weeks ago, went back and forth on it for a solid week, then finally decided this must be it. The ripples necessarily go backward, to change the landscape and provide rationale for "the troubl... |
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