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15 May 2020, 7:31 am

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I think my 1st school in Bangkok was ahead of its time in signalling there might be things that needed looking into. What should or should not have been looked into after the negative result for cerebral palsy I'm not sure. I know my parents didn't push the issue. Maybe it was a case of 'Thank God for that' and not wanting to accept there were problems.


Huh?

I thought that you were a Brit.

I didn't know that you lived in Bangkok Thailand!


Yes -I'm a Brit. My father worked for the Foreign office , and was posted to Bangkok from 1961-1964 . His last posting before taking early retirement was consul general in Atlanta from 1981-1985 .



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15 May 2020, 7:46 am

Ahh...like here in the suburbs of our nation's capital. All the kids you go to school with are either military brats (who had already lived all around the world as children because their parents were stationed everywhere), or are State Dept Brats ( who also lived all around the world because their parents were stationed everywhere). :)



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15 May 2020, 8:08 am

There were a few with fathers in the military at my prep school. My being at prep school was a source of parental conflict . My mother wanted my father to transfer to the Home office.



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15 May 2020, 6:50 pm

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Anyone else get this from a non autistic person or persons ?

Not really.

If anyone had, I would've asked the same question.
I'd start with their idea of human VS normal, learning styles vs learning disabilities, circumstances vs comorbidity. :D
If and only if they're interested to learn beyond that, I'd be willing to make their heads hurt into culture shock. :lol:


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15 May 2020, 7:07 pm

If someone said that to me, I would tell them that I’ve been diagnosed by a qualified psychiatrist (which I have), so unless the psychiatrist was “pretty confused,” I probably knew a lot more about it than they did because I’ve been living with it for 27 years. If they didn’t believe me and it was someone I’d be talking with again, I’d bring official proof the next time (I don’t hold grudges, but I do not let things go).


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20 May 2020, 4:13 pm

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I sometimes get "you don't seem really autistic to me" - I guess because I don't look and act like Charlie Babbitt and can mimic small talk and other social interactions well enough to fit in most of the time.

Ive had a few "well I guess that its quite fashionable these days" comments. This makes me cross.



Wow, even 60-year-old men aren't safe from that accusation!

That's part of why I just don't tell people unless it comes up.


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