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Duff767
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27 Apr 2009, 11:41 pm

Not quite sure yet if I'm going to give my full name on here yet, so for now, you can call me Duff.

I was diagnosed with autism at age two. Not aspergers, although at many points in my life I have believed it to be that. However, after years of research, experience and self-discovery, I'm still not sure of who I am in terms of this diagnosis. I am currently 19 and off at college, so I suppose I didn't do too bad for myself, least not yet anyway.

I still have a lot of the classic symptoms: poor eye contact, the occasional stim, organizing randomly, hyposensitivity, poor social skills, and some auditory processing issues, although my younger brother has much worse APD than I do.

I'm mainly here to see who else is in the same boat as me, and hopefully find some answers to these questions. And I'm doing it for my mum, who suggested a forum at the very beginning. Didn't seem like the best of ideas until recently.

So, anyways, hello to everyone, and I hope to enjoy my time here.

Duff



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28 Apr 2009, 12:24 am

Welcome to WP!



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28 Apr 2009, 2:22 am

Duff767 wrote:
Not quite sure yet if I'm going to give my full name on here yet, so for now, you can call me Duff.

I was diagnosed with autism at age two. Not aspergers, although at many points in my life I have believed it to be that. However, after years of research, experience and self-discovery, I'm still not sure of who I am in terms of this diagnosis. I am currently 19 and off at college, so I suppose I didn't do too bad for myself, least not yet anyway.

I still have a lot of the classic symptoms: poor eye contact, the occasional stim, organizing randomly, hyposensitivity, poor social skills, and some auditory processing issues, although my younger brother has much worse APD than I do.

I'm mainly here to see who else is in the same boat as me, and hopefully find some answers to these questions. And I'm doing it for my mum, who suggested a forum at the very beginning. Didn't seem like the best of ideas until recently.

So, anyways, hello to everyone, and I hope to enjoy my time here.

Duff


To be able to respond, I have to stem to music, playing one song over and over....

You have similar things I have lived with growing up to the present... those on the spectrum, it is different for each one of us. I was diagnosed as autistic with ADHD at 4, was non-verbal until ~ 4 1/2, and almost institutionalized. I was able to read at around 3 1/2 and write around 4, just did not talk... I still have difficulty holding eye contact to this day although have gotten better throughout the years.

I have difficulty retaining and maintaining relationships, but have no problem going up to people and starting conversations and such, when I can force myself to be not so muh of an introvert... Light sensory issues is my biggest, then with sudden loud or just loud noises also is an issue for me. I have gotten better at communicating by writing but still have difficulty with verbal communications...



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28 Apr 2009, 10:15 am

Greetings, and welcome aboard the Wrong Planet, fellow-traveler Duff.


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28 Apr 2009, 4:29 pm

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28 Apr 2009, 5:42 pm

:lol: 8O Hi im new here i have high funcutioning autism and ocd Lol hope i can get used to this =)



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28 Apr 2009, 6:57 pm

Duff767 wrote:
Not quite sure yet if I'm going to give my full name on here yet, so for now, you can call me Duff.

I was diagnosed with autism at age two. Not aspergers, although at many points in my life I have believed it to be that. However, after years of research, experience and self-discovery, I'm still not sure of who I am in terms of this diagnosis. I am currently 19 and off at college, so I suppose I didn't do too bad for myself, least not yet anyway.

I still have a lot of the classic symptoms: poor eye contact, the occasional stim, organizing randomly, hyposensitivity, poor social skills, and some auditory processing issues, although my younger brother has much worse APD than I do.

I'm mainly here to see who else is in the same boat as me, and hopefully find some answers to these questions. And I'm doing it for my mum, who suggested a forum at the very beginning. Didn't seem like the best of ideas until recently.

So, anyways, hello to everyone, and I hope to enjoy my time here.

Duff


Qilani wrote:
:lol: 8O Hi im new here i have high funcutioning autism and ocd Lol hope i can get used to this =)


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