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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Do ALL Aspies or Auties dislike bieing hugged or touched?

KariNicole
Posted: 21 Aug 2014, 10:42 pm 

Replies: 167
Views: 34,679
I like hugs from family and friends - and seek them out from the little boy i babysit all the time - but if its someone i'm not really close with, i generally tense up and awkwardly reciprocate. I hate those greeting type hugs that people at church give. Hell i don't even like shaking hands with chu...

 Forum: Work and finding a Job   Topic: Is being a cashier a bad job for an Aspie?

KariNicole
Posted: 13 Aug 2014, 9:00 am 

Replies: 18
Views: 4,550
I'm a cashier, have been for a year and eight/nine months. I like how structured and routine it is - set breaks and lunch, i always know what to expect out of any given work day, etc. I learned how to socialize to a passable degree with customers by copying what other cashiers were saying to their c...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: To get diagnosed or not?

KariNicole
Posted: 07 Apr 2014, 9:10 pm 

Replies: 6
Views: 470
Yes, like the second person (i dont remember your name) said, for me its very much tied up in how i view myself. I was always told that i just wasn't trying hard enough or that i was lazy, in effect that it was all my fault, so in that sense to have an official diagnosis would be helpful. Like the f...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Allowing Yourself To Be Aspie

KariNicole
Posted: 07 Apr 2014, 8:20 pm 

Replies: 39
Views: 2,691
When i was little I engaged in all sorts of stereotypical behaviors - mostly flapping and mild echolalia. There was literally a time in which half the time instead of replying to someone i would reply to them in pokemon and never understand why they couldn't understand what i was 'telling' them. I t...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: To get diagnosed or not?

KariNicole
 Post subject: To get diagnosed or not?
Posted: 07 Apr 2014, 7:55 pm 

Replies: 6
Views: 470
Like the title says, I am wondering if i should try to get a diagnosis of autism. I heard that the DSM-V (I'm american) doesn't list aspergers as a diagnosis anymore, and that it just has 'autism spectrum disorder' and under that you can be high or low functioning. Eitherways, all my life i've felt ...
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