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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ... |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2009, 12:20 pm
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ... |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2009, 11:16 am
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| As a person who has been "outed" for committing, shall I say, far more serious transgressions against societal norms, I am all too familiar with the type of situations and reactions you have experienced. I can only offer to keep a few things in mind to maintain perspective. 1. An unexpected revelat... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ... |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2009, 11:10 am
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| We don't often blanket ban. We can but it doesn't happen as often as you'd think. The forum does have issues with trolls/rules and all that. We have a warn system that we use. Don't get me wrong, out of a forum of 11,000 or so members we have about 5 problem folk and even then they're not just there... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ... |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2009, 9:05 am
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ... |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2009, 6:44 am
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Questions from an NT |
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Posted: 13 May 2008, 11:34 am
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| 1. Why is eye contact so difficult sometimes? 2. I was surprised to learn that some AS people are always aware of their clothes. Is this true for everyone? 3. Do some AS kids truly want to be more social but can't or don't know how to? Or is that if they are anti-social it's b/c they like being tha... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Diagnostic Coming Up |
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Posted: 12 May 2008, 12:20 pm
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| I currently live in Warrington but am Scottish. Yes, I was worried too that I wouldn't be diagnosed as AS as that would have left me wondering why I was broken. Also, I was worried about the fact that i have learned a lot of coping strategies and might have looked NT (which apparently I don't to tho... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Diagnostic Coming Up |
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Posted: 12 May 2008, 9:05 am
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| I'd also just like to say thanks to everyone who replied here. I'm glad the whole thing went far more smoothly than I was anticipating. I now have to tell the DVLA and that's a worry but my diagnostician said that she'd fight my corner if they "get on their hind legs" about the whole thing. Still fe... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Diagnostic Coming Up |
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Posted: 03 May 2008, 8:37 am
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| I've just had my diagnosis and I have been diagnosed as having AS. *Phew* Everything makes sense now. It was at my house and the person doing the diagnosis said that when I opened the door they knew I was AS right away and then everything after that just kept reinforcing this. *Phew* Now I can get o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Diagnostic Coming Up |
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Posted: 29 Apr 2008, 9:51 am
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| Cheers, folks. Well, Saturday is almost here and I'm getting more worried about it. I think my main worry is that I just don't get a true diagnosis and I'm left thinking, "they've gotten this wrong. Nothing else fits the symptoms". I suppose it's a matter of waiting and seeing. I'll let you all know... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Diagnostic Coming Up |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2008, 1:21 pm
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| On the 3rd May I have my diagnosis for AS and I'm quite worried about it - if I get a negative diagnosis then nothing makes sense and I'll be in limbo, if I get positive diagnosis then I can move on and possibly learn more coping strategies but I'll have an official label as disabled. That's lose-lo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Official Diagnosis and DVLA |
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Posted: 07 Mar 2008, 12:41 pm
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Yes, you are legally obliged to inform the DVLA of a diagnosis of AS.
They then make an assessment (somehow) as to your fitness to drive. This is where I'm unsure and would like to know exactly how they make the assessment. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: People using "nt" does my head in |
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Posted: 07 Mar 2008, 12:34 pm
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| NT itself is not a pejorative term. All it is is a way of describing the "average" person - the person of typical neurodevelopmental state. It can in no way be inferred from it's language that an NT is somehow worse than anyone else and it neatly sidesteps the issue of non-AS, that is, it would be l... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Official Diagnosis and DVLA |
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Posted: 07 Mar 2008, 12:06 pm
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| My GP has referred me for an official diagnosis of AS. This is something that I am not to uspet about (but being labelled as disabled will always bother me) and I have had a few years to come to terms with what AS means to me. Anyway, I have found out that should I obtain the diagnosis I will have t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: IQ? |
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Posted: 12 Feb 2008, 11:40 am
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Replies: 88
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| Einstein (people seem to be fixated with him) had been measured at around 170. I'm measured at 156 Actually, I don't think Einstein's IQ was ever measured. Didn't they just estimate it based on his accomplishments, like they've done with other famous figures? I think that's why everyone has been gi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: IQ? |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2008, 9:09 am
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Replies: 88
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Einstein (people seem to be fixated with him) had been measured at around 170.
I'm measured at 156 |
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