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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Jokes. |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2014, 2:46 pm
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Replies: 10
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| In my family, people made a lot of jokes. My little brother (also autistic) memorized entire joke books, one of which was about four hundred pages long. I get puns, as long as the words involved are the sort that can be found in the dictionary; I can figure out slang, but it takes me a long time, so... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can you hold down a debate? |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2014, 2:32 pm
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Replies: 56
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I am very good at debating. When I can talk, that is.  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Being someone's pet |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2014, 2:25 pm
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Replies: 14
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| I used to get that a lot when I was younger. I was a very, very obediant child. Some of the bossier and more socially adept of my peers would "befriend" me, becasue they realized I would basically do whatever they said. "Going along with it" was just how I socialized. I recall some of my "friends" u... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: need some help with speech |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2014, 1:48 pm
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Replies: 7
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| It happens to me. Like, I suddenly lose the ability to think in words for a while. I don't really know what to say, except to find another way to communicate. It's also a good idea to practice stringing scentences together when you're like that, if you feel up to it. It'll be slower, and simpler tha... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Compulsively copying sounds |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2014, 1:41 pm
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Replies: 5
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| I compulsively copy sounds I hear (not words) without intending to. Something falls off a shelf, and hits the floor, and I compulsively copy the sound. Sometimes I have to say it a few times until it's right. When I was a child, we had cats. Consequently, I became an expert at replicating cat-sounds... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why did my IQ change so much? |
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Posted: 21 Aug 2014, 5:30 pm
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Replies: 16
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| I think I just discovered the answer. Having performance anxiety affects visual spatial skills way more than verbal skills. When I was a kid I probably just thought the IQ test was a game. Could be . . . I doubt it, though. I suspect your visual-spatial skills didn't test lower because they looked ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: can they find a cure for us? |
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Posted: 21 Aug 2014, 5:11 pm
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Replies: 62
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| noidentity0-- Wow. It sounds like you're having a really hard time. Practically every poster has said "no" or "not any time soon to the possibilty of a cure. You probably don't need to hear it again. Sometimes, life sucks. Like, really, REALLY sucks. You can't fix everything, you can't change other ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How school has affected me. |
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Posted: 21 Aug 2014, 4:04 pm
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Replies: 14
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| Kindergarden - loved school, loved life, loved self Grade 2 - hated school, self, life Grade 9 - successfully challenged a course Grade 11 - dropped out of highschool In school, I lost my nerve. I had a few very bad teachers, and lots of bullying. I actually really liked the academic part, especiall... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Being shamed into not liking special interests |
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Posted: 21 Aug 2014, 3:22 pm
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Replies: 21
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| From ages four to ten I had a kind of weird one (fascination with illness, especially incurable or terminal). It freaked people out, so I hid it, and eventually crushed it. Then got obsessed with more socially acceptable things like non-euclidean geometry and building small machines out of cardboard... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Body gets stuck? |
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Posted: 21 Aug 2014, 3:10 pm
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Replies: 7
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More like there's a delay, or something. Takes more conscious effort to move, but all of my brain-power is tied up in the loop, so . . .
I thinks it's kind of the same. Thanks, guys. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Gluten free diet helps with autistic behaviour |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2014, 10:52 am
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Replies: 11
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| Haven't tried it myself, but my cousin swore it worked wonders for her children. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Discipline what works what doesn't |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2014, 10:40 am
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Replies: 25
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| I think the most important thing when disciplining children is to make sure they know what they're being punished for. Children need rules and punishments to be consistent (especially children on the spectrum). Also, talk to your children about their behaviour, and discuss rules and punishments. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Body gets stuck? |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2014, 10:22 am
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Sometimes I can't move, and my mind goes in a loop sort of like
var i = 100;
while (i >= 10) {
document.write ( "<br>");
i = i++;
}
(It doesn't terminate, and the computer freezes.).
Or I just can't control my body. Do you ever get this? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do people describe you as? |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2014, 9:42 am
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Replies: 17
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| Pedantic, loner, quiet, driven, overly polite. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How NT is my stim? |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2014, 11:14 pm
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Replies: 7
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| That's a very good point @ NiceCupOfTea. I think there's a difference between fidgetting and stimming, but it's tricky to say what's a stim and what isn't. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How NT is my stim? |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2014, 8:44 pm
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NiceCupOfTea wrote: I could be wrong, but I thought stimming was a feature of severe autism rather than Asperger's.
Nope. Lots of Asperger's people stim.
frodz-- That's an interesting one. Keep in mind that specific stims don't really separate AS from NT. I know NTs who rock. Good luck. |
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