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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: You are very sociable, you can't be aspergers .... |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2013, 3:49 pm
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| Those several people have a point, I somewhat agree with them. You can't be blind if you can see. Ah, but some people who are legally blind have some visual perception. You can be an autistic extrovert. It's not very common, but it isn't like extroversion and autism are mutually exclusive. It would... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Self-criticism, worry about not meeting positive criteria |
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Posted: 23 Oct 2012, 3:41 pm
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Replies: 6
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| How does one know when one is being overly self-critical? Do you ever worry about perceived failure to meet positive ASD criteria? eg: "I'm supposed to be detail-oriented, how could I possibly make that mistake?" or "I'm supposed to have obsessive interests and use them to develop skills others don'... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Teachers actually "using" special interests? |
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Posted: 21 Aug 2012, 4:37 pm
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Replies: 4
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| In grade 5 we learned Lego/LOGO (like a primitive form of Lego Mindstorm, using the LOGO programming language), on an old (even then) Apple IIe. Lego and computer programming were two things I loved, I had done some BASIC before and as I recall, I had run out of things to read in that classroom, so ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: If Asperger's or HFA and employed, what are you doing? |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2012, 3:10 am
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,137
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| IT. I do a lot of programming that is oriented toward analysis and distribution of security-related data, systems and network administration to support the running of those systems developed via aforementioned programming, sometimes reverse engineering, sometimes advising other teams within the orga... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What Is Pathological About "Playing With Parts of Objec |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2012, 5:37 pm
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Replies: 22
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| I find these references to pulling toys apart interesting. I rarely pulled my toys apart, probably for the same reason that an early interest in electronics was directed instead to computer programming - my fingers were too clumsy to follow my brain's orders, and breaking something was (and is) The ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you like to take long showers? |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2012, 2:34 am
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Replies: 48
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| The warm water and isolation from the outside world tends to get me on a train of thought and I lose track of time very easily, in that case, I might take a 10-15 minute shower. Because of this tendency, when I am in a hurry, I will "play" a song in my head while I shower that I know to be roughly 2... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Dubstep appealing to Aspie's? |
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Posted: 27 Jun 2012, 2:44 am
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| As far as what Ishkur said about it, under "Big Beat" genre, he wrote: Ahh, Big Beat. This is the genre that finally made the homophobic frat house crowd finally accept that p**** electronic music at their Saturday night kegger parties. I mean, they still thought it was gay, but not as gay as that ... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Dubstep appealing to Aspie's? |
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Posted: 26 Jun 2012, 5:04 pm
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| As far as what Ishkur said about it, under "Big Beat" genre, he wrote: Ahh, Big Beat. This is the genre that finally made the homophobic frat house crowd finally accept that p**** electronic music at their Saturday night kegger parties. I mean, they still thought it was gay, but not as gay as that ... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Dubstep appealing to Aspie's? |
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Posted: 24 Jun 2012, 7:14 pm
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| I figure dubstep actually has a lot of mainstream appeal, as it's the least "gay" of all techno music, it tries to be really masculine and "grimy" and whatever. Lots of people that otherwise don't listen to EDM listen to dubstep, as it's acceptable music to listen to now, basically once in a while ... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Dubstep appealing to Aspie's? |
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Posted: 24 Jun 2012, 6:41 pm
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Replies: 122
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| Yes, if it's fast and/or complex enough to be interesting. I listened to a bit of drum 'n' bass and "IDM" before I was aware of dubstep, so I like dubstep that sounds somewhat similar, but heavily distorted, with incidental vocal samples, bass drops and rubato sections. If it's only half-time kick-s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Breadth of a special AS interest |
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Posted: 24 Jun 2012, 5:21 pm
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Replies: 9
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| The language in which I have read AS interests described seems to imply that the interest is quite specific, for example, locomotives manufactured by Clyde Engineering in the 1960s. Personally, however, I find myself to be more of an "all-rounder" than my (assumed) NT peers in my profession/interest... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is your learning style? |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2012, 4:39 pm
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Replies: 76
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Testing for Adult Aspergers |
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Posted: 17 May 2012, 2:31 am
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Replies: 30
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| I had 2 one-hour sessions, written tests that I took home and did in my own time, another one-hour session to adminster the Social Faux Pas Recognition Test and Mind In The Eyes, and a three-hour session for the WAIS-IV, all with a clinical psychologist, who then took a couple of weeks to write a di... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you think this was a good depiction of aspergers |
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Posted: 14 May 2012, 3:15 am
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq-VhfVwqp4&feature=youtube_gdata_player This was the first time I heard of aspergers that's why when someone suggested I had AS for the first time I was like....no way 1:14 5:32 those are the most important parts The Brains Uncle was a good depiction, the Carl ki... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Irritated by imprecise or unclear verbal communication |
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Posted: 14 May 2012, 1:35 am
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Replies: 8
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| Yes, all the time. At work, I often have to clarify "No, I said 'x' because I meant exactly 'x'", which is a little annoying when one is dealing with other technical IT people, who are supposed to be precision and detail-oriented. What they do is to "read between the lines" and assume I must have me... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's Severity: Part 3: IQ |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2012, 11:59 pm
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Replies: 55
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| FSIQ is known to be often inaccurate when measuring intellectual functioning of people on the spectrum due to the unusually wide subscore scatter. My VCI was 12-22 points higher than the other 3 subscores, for example. I answered, though. |
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