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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Selective Mutism Question

wkirk
 Post subject: mutism
Posted: 01 Nov 2009, 10:25 am 

Replies: 36
Views: 3,717
When I get stressed (as is almost always true in social situations) my mind slows waaay down. I find myself processing what was said about 1-2 minutes ago and if it’s a really fast, aggressive conversation with multiple people talking, I become confused and can’t keep up at all. Even if I’m able to ...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Can anyone gives examples of Empathy?

wkirk
 Post subject: empathy
Posted: 30 Oct 2009, 7:26 am 

Replies: 30
Views: 34,140
What evaryone said is accurate, for me. I can (usually) understand the situation, simulate the appropriate emotion and synchronize with the group. I have never been able to initiate an emption, like some NT’s who serve as the group’s emotional leaders. There’s another intermediate group of NT’s (I t...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Can anyone gives examples of Empathy?

wkirk
 Post subject: empathy
Posted: 29 Oct 2009, 1:06 pm 

Replies: 30
Views: 34,140
The central problem is an absence of emotional intelligence. Since both empathy and sympathy require EI, their lack is a symptom, not the basic problem. For a long time, I was sure that people having an emotional outburst were acting. It didn’t seem real, just a ploy to gain an advantage or attentio...

 Forum: Adult Autism Issues   Topic: Adam and I

wkirk
 Post subject: Adam review
Posted: 28 Oct 2009, 3:19 pm 

Replies: 5
Views: 239
WOW ! Great review. I too loved & learned from Adam (saw it twice and would have gone several more times but it disappeared). My understanding is that it was very well received at Sundance and that a major studio purchased it with the intention of doing a remake. The studio then released it on a...
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