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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you type better than you speak? |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2015, 10:45 am
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Replies: 51
Views: 2,927
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| I definitely type better than I speak. Handwriting - not so much. As mentioned, it gives me more time to analyse what I'm saying, edit, re-check, etc. When speaking, I'm too distracted by the person/people I'm talking to, freaking out about how I appear/sound to them, self conscious of my gestures, ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: eye contact: person vertically scanning your face means what |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2015, 12:59 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,298
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| Aren't you guilty of that yourself? It's a common way to avoid eye contact without looking like you're not listening/interested. You're still looking AT the person, at their face, but avoiding eye contact, and also avoiding staring at a specific area which might make people self-conscious by moving ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: NTs acting ASD confusion |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 11:18 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 972
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| Have you seen the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" movies or "Napolean Dynamite"? They do a great job of showing how the social hierarchy works in school. I haven't, but I'd always assumed those kinds of movies were caricatures - exaggerated, over-simplified farce, illustrating nothing mo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What to Eat? |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 10:34 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 763
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| Maybe its unfair to use autistic traits to manipulate your kids into healthy habits, BUT - involving the special interest function might help. I did this to myself when I would routinely forget to eat for days at a time. I deliberately created a special interest in a specific area of food - kaiseki-... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: NTs acting ASD confusion |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 9:49 pm
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Replies: 9
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| That is a fascinating idea. Which ironically enough hadn't even occurred to me. Do people actually do this? It sounds like something hosted by David Attenborough. If this is some kind of dominance display, what criteria is being used to determine hierarchy will likely be even more incomprehensible. ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Pets for attachment? |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 9:18 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 907
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| I'm more sensible about it than perhaps that sounded - I have had pets before, but it was years ago, living with my family, and since then I have wanted to, but put it off as I thought it wouldn't be fair to the animal with my rather itinerant lifestyle. I had a cat last (@ kiriae) and was great wit... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies on the road. |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 9:03 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,906
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| I'm on the road a lot and do a lot of driving. This was one of those weird autistic things that never affected me. I also drive heavy-rigid trucks, forklifts, motorbikes, you name it. I love driving - it's almost meditative. Only times I ever got a ticket was 1) didn't realise the registration was d... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Pets for attachment? |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 4:26 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 907
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| Sorry - lots of questions at present. Recently I've been considering getting a pet. Moving to a new flat soon may allow one, and I'm curious if this could be beneficial. I don't attach/bond much at all. I'm friendly and open to enjoying things, but ultimately detached in terms of any emotional conne... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How can I be less stupid? |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 3:59 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 918
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| Lists. Lots of lists. I have lists for everything - day to day lists of what I'm intending to do each day, lists of important things to tell people - eg doctors, jobs. Lists of groceries or items to buy, lists of dates/appointments, lists of numbers and people, lists of things that happened that mig... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Were you a late talker? |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 3:41 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 960
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| Speech seems to be another one of those inconsistent autism things. It also depends on how well you adapt, or if you do. I spoke on time developmentally, no stammering/stuttering or Tourette's or other autism related speech issues - until I recently had some voice problems and started speech therapy... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Increased sound sensitivity |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 3:31 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 819
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| Yep, this is transitional too. And I did mention that I would rather be homeless than continue dealing with people in this situation. People think that's nuts, as if you'll put up with anything rather than the street, but in many ways, being homeless is easier, living like an intelligent animal rath... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Is it possible to become bisexual at the age of 22? |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2015, 10:11 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 7,264
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| Here's some ideas - 22 is quite young, and your brain hasn't fully developed as such by then. As you said, people on the spectrum can tend to develop later than neurotypical people. Perhaps what an NT man would have realised at say, age 15, you hit at 22? It has been said that sexual orientation und... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Increased sound sensitivity |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2015, 9:13 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 819
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| I know sound sensitivity is common among people with ASD. It's always been an issue with me - common ones like people chewing loudly/with their mouths open, sucking their fingers when eating, or repetitive sounds like a dog barking, fan ticking, or someone repeatedly singing the same song. But recen... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Question To Trans People |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2015, 8:33 am
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Replies: 12
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| Yep. Most other transfolk I've talked to dislike gatekeepers also on heteronormative, cis normative discriminatory grounds. Breast augmentation for cis women or penis enlargement for cis men is also "irreversible" surgery, but there are no invasive medical hoops there. Others dislike the f... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: I don't want to be known or recognised. Plz forget me |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2015, 8:09 am
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,972
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| Definitely. My favourite restaurant, been going there ten years or more, they never chit-chat me. They recognise me and my grandmother who goes with me, but they just acknowledge us with a smile (and know my order, I have ordered the same meal every week for ten years after all) and never get famili... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: If people aren't tools then what are they? |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2015, 7:33 am
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,896
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| Viewing people as tools isn’t psychopathy it’s an approach, a format to use to achieve an objective. A compensation for not understanding relationships a common feature of asd. It provides a structured way to interact and it’s designed and effective for survival, independence, but it doesn’t work f... |
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