jedi74 - new member from au

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05 May 2010, 6:54 am

hi, im a 35 year old Australian male with a 10 year old boy with Autism (DX @ 3yo) Its also very likely have aspergers, I've had a few professionals who are dealing with my son suggest a diagnosis for myself, but i have chosen not to proceed as i have a good handle on things (my wife disagree's) and i dont agree that aspergers is a disability, more like a different way of thinking. My son getting diagnosed and learning about ASD's has answered a lot of questions about myself and made me feel less isolated, until then i thought everyone functioned like this. apparently not.

I have been running a local asd online support group for parents of asd kids. (about 40 families)

i work in industrial automation and process control which totally suits my interests and visual thiking.

I'm interested to talk online to some other parents in similar situations as i am not great at free flowing conversation in "real life" unless its specific. I find email/forums etc. much easier

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05 May 2010, 8:45 am

Hi, welcome here!

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05 May 2010, 10:19 am

Welcome aboard the Wrong Planet, jedi74.

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05 May 2010, 10:35 am

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05 May 2010, 10:51 am

Welcome to WrongPlanet, and welcome to my time warp.

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05 May 2010, 12:12 pm

What part of Australia?

So pleased to have you here.

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05 May 2010, 3:51 pm

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05 May 2010, 4:05 pm

I live towards the bottom of south australia near the victorian border

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05 May 2010, 7:43 pm

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05 May 2010, 8:49 pm

jedi74 wrote:

I live towards the bottom of south australia near the victorian border

That's near the Ediacara Hills region isn't it?

Those fossils discovered there, are some of the earliest fossilized traces of "complex life" known on Earth. You're so lucky.

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06 May 2010, 2:02 am

not even close ok your 1000ks out.

im at the very bottom which is the limestone coast

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06 May 2010, 3:26 am

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06 May 2010, 11:20 am

jedi74 wrote:

not even close

ok your 1000ks out.
im at the very bottom which is the limestone coast

Australia is huge.... but a tour guide could take one to those hills

(marked in blue).

I've read a lot about the Ediacaran fossils. They're beautiful, and scientists don't know really what they are... not exactly plants, but can't be animals (no defenses, no claws, no mouths) -- at that early time in earth history, there were only algae and fungi... some speculate those fossils were part of a "failed evolutionary experiment" and they don't know *what* those fossils were, and remain a mystery.

Anyway, what I've seen of Australia (through pictures) is beautiful.

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06 May 2010, 4:01 pm

i could hop in my car and drive there.
I have been up as far as crytal brook which is a few hundred ks from where you are showing me.

its very hot, dry and starting to be desert like up that way,

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06 May 2010, 4:31 pm

To WrongPlanet!! !

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07 May 2010, 6:03 am

Hello jedi74, welcome, enjoy your stay on the Wrong Planet!

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