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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What's noteworthy about your ASD? |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2018, 10:28 pm
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| Back to the main topic! ** hides face in embarrassment ** I can’t be the only one who did this... I hope... When I was a little girl, I thought all objects had feelings. I’d hug my backpack. Mom had to take out the garbage when I wasn’t around, because I would cry with sympathy for the unwanted, unl... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What's noteworthy about your ASD? |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2018, 10:01 pm
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| Yep....a really accomplished individual. And was classically autistic as a young child. Then, she became more "Aspergian" as time went on. I was also classically autistic when very young, more "Aspergian" as I aged. I never had the visual acuity and flexibility of Ms. Grandin, t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What's noteworthy about your ASD? |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2018, 9:51 pm
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| Grandin was also able to influence more "pragmatic" people who were involved in agribusiness. She’s changed many of the most heinous practices of the CAFOs - mainly by showing them how basic decency can save them money. In a way, she’s a perfect example of how autistics can be both extrem... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Masters Degree exhaustion |
| Veggie Farmer |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2018, 9:24 pm
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| Slightly off-topic, but I think it relates to what you’re feeling. A while ago I saw a youtube video that really addressed some lingering concerns I had been nurturing about focusing too much on goal-setting. I’ve hit major goals in the last few years that I thought would be absolutely life-changing... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What's noteworthy about your ASD? |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2018, 8:49 pm
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| ^^ This is the sort of thing which enabled Temple Grandin to invent all the things she's invented. An ability to see things that many people can't see. To visualize it. To dream about it. To see the minute details which can make the difference between greatness and catastrophe. One degree of angle ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post something that made you happy today. |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2018, 1:08 pm
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| I spotted a Monarch butterfly in the garden this morning. I let some of the cilantro and broccoli go to seed, so lots of new visitors have been fluttering by. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Do you read in voices? |
| Veggie Farmer |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2018, 10:13 am
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auntblabby wrote: ^^^ that is very interesting. I wonder if the bulk of professional writers are the same way?
I vaguely recall this topic coming up on the Amazon authors discussion page. I don’t know if this method is very common, but I don’t remember thinking I was unusual. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Do you read in voices? |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2018, 10:32 pm
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I only ‘hear’ voices when I’m writing. It’s like someone is dictating the story to me as I’m typing. I hear the characters’ voices in the dialogue sections.
If a character yawns, so will I. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What did you achieve today? |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2018, 10:15 pm
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ZZZTired wrote: I learned that by looking at my mistakes as learning experiences and less as failures, that I can overcome my depression and my problems all while not feeling bad about myself.
THIS!! !
I don’t know how to put in an image, but this deserves a triumphant pointy gif! |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What did you achieve today? |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2018, 10:00 pm
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| Weeded both of the black bean beds Celebrated jalapeño plants coming back strong from frost Planted swiss chard seeds Dug in first 50sq ft of new sweet potato bed Fixed broken sprinkler all by myself Chased escaped chickens out of garden, then fixed hole in fence all by myself Did lessons with son -... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Acceptance |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2018, 7:11 pm
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| I want to be a loner for the rest of my life. I'd rather be by myself than be awkward in social situations. All I'm capable of is intellectual conversations and off beat humor and I don't wanna do that. My desire is to joke around with neurotypical guys and flirt with neurotypical girls. I was neve... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Acceptance |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2018, 6:16 pm
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| When I first heard about aspergers, it was such a ‘no duh that’s you’ moment for me, there wasn’t any stress. I’d already learned how to handle mine through multiple life experiences. When I was still teaching, I had a young man as a student, who had it so good. He was smart, handsome, charming, fro... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: At least 17 dead in Florida School Shooting |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2018, 9:56 pm
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| We live a couple of hours from the site of the shooting. Our school district sent out an automated call on Thursday discussing a rumor about plans for an attack on a district high school later that day. My daughter said every phone in her classroom rang at once with that call and people freaked out.... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What was life like in the 1980's? |
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Posted: 14 Feb 2018, 11:00 am
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Replies: 243
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| What kind of music was being played on the radio during this time? I’m sure people in the big city were offered a bigger selection than me, but our two pop music stations played only top 40 hits, usually the same ones 7-8 times a day. (Bless WZZO, for they played classic rock!) Lots of Madonna song... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What was life like in the 1980's? |
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Posted: 14 Feb 2018, 9:20 am
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| I graduated high school in ‘89. I lived in a really small town an hour outside of Philly that was its own universe in many ways. I remember: We could tune in three FM radio stations - thankfully one was pretty good, because the other two were all Madonna and Duran Duran all the time. We didn’t have ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post something that made you happy today. |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2018, 4:53 pm
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fluffysaurus wrote: My dinner; roast chicken thigh, mash potato, broccoli, carrots, chestnut mushrooms, and gravy 
I’m goimg to roast Sarah Jane the next time she gets into the cabbage seedlings. Once I found her eating the cat’s chicken-flavored kibble. |
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