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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Do you need a brash personality to "pull off" a class ring |
| BiffWellington |
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Posted: 16 May 2015, 10:48 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 399
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| I'm not the guy you would see wearing shiny Air Jordans, or a flat-brim hat with bill hanging to the side; I'm a mild mannered, introverted person who's slightly shy and warms up to people one he gets to know them. With that considered, does wearing a class ring come off as poser-ish if I have don't... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Learning programming? |
| BiffWellington |
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Posted: 14 May 2015, 6:17 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 2,644
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| I decided to pursue an "associate's in IT" when I was 24 shortly after graduated from 4 year school with degree in marketing, my passion was sports and psychology. Even before my diagnosis later that summer I graduated, I knew that I would succeed more with technical things; and less so wi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: If you could stop being an Aspie - would you? |
| BiffWellington |
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Posted: 13 Apr 2015, 12:30 pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 2,199
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| The same characteristics of my brain that make my social skills weak, make my ability to learn and apply programming easier than most. We have unique talents, the world needs people with unique talents. Besides, unique means generally scarce, which means higher value in terms of what the person brin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How long did it take to figure your life out? |
| BiffWellington |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2015, 11:07 am
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Replies: 56
Views: 4,132
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| Early 20s (currently mid twenties). I grew up being pushed to do well in school and be busy in high school, in college I went the opposite extreme and lacked control socially and academically because of underdeveloped assertiveness; between therapy and hitting rock bottom a year before graduation, I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Gauging and Judging Pain in Physical Therapy |
| BiffWellington |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2015, 8:57 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 528
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| From year of experience doing physical therapy (shoulders 2, back and legs 2); a common reoccurring theme is pain: the recovery process for any injury involves this subjective, "you'll know it" pain scale rating. I feel like this disconnect between me (and multiple other trainers in the pa... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is your take on autism? |
| BiffWellington |
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Posted: 03 Apr 2015, 1:24 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 840
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| As for early intervention ... I'm glad that the only label I received as a child was "gifted." That was bad enough ... hard enough being the teacher's pet all through school and being resented by the other kids. I'm glad that my parents kept me at the appropriate grade level for my age in... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is your take on autism? |
| BiffWellington |
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Posted: 03 Apr 2015, 10:48 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 840
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| I would go with neurological difference, what we lack in social skills, flexible thinking, ect. we make up for in perfectionism in the workplace, consistent moral compass, a disposition for honesty, the uncanny ability to focus for hours on a task or activity, seeing the world differently (which is ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you all think of Autism Awareness Day? |
| BiffWellington |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2015, 7:49 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,425
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| If I knew nothing of aspergers, and was exposed to autism awareness puzzle piece, I would think; fully autistic child or adult, low functioning, probably co-dependant on a care taker. Which kind of puts a "oh you can have mild autism...it's significant but it's not like you're handicapped or an... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can a person be both autistic and a narcissist? |
| BiffWellington |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2015, 4:52 pm
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Replies: 44
Views: 5,560
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| Yes, it's just like having autism and OCD, or autism and social anxiety disorder: it's likely to come with the territory. Lack of empathy is an obvious contributor, but lack of flexible thinking, a higher demand for control (mainly with environment), and repetitive patterns (manifested in special in... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Best keyboard for programmers (HIGH emphasis on ergonomics) |
| BiffWellington |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2015, 5:36 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 718
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| I'm not asking anyone to do research, but simply share their experience (especially if they're a programmer) if they have ventured out to try any exotic keyboards, specifically oriented for ergonomics, and have used it for years, being extremely satisfied with it. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Eccentricity vs Aspergers |
| BiffWellington |
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Posted: 07 Mar 2015, 3:18 pm
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Replies: 48
Views: 8,329
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| To touch on what earlier respondents said, eccentricity, as Tony Attwood puts it, is the ideal (and realistic) goal for every individual living with asperger's; it is having a few oddities, but to an extent that one is simply "odd" or "quirky": the symptoms are notable, but they ... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Does the "one subject a day" approach work? |
| BiffWellington |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2015, 6:45 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,647
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| If you took four classes and devoted one class a day to a subject (with some exception of coarse), can you learn the material as well as a NT would with the conventional "dabble a little everywhere" approach? What is your experience? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you do when you can't sleep? |
| BiffWellington |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2015, 6:39 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,618
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| I go in another room, wearing minimal clothes (lower body temp helps w/ sleep), turn the lights off (less light is better before bed), and read some sort of self-help book on my iPad in negative lighting mode (black backdrop with white/lit letters). I avoid eating an hour before bed (ideally 3 hours... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: General Question about Programming |
| BiffWellington |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2015, 10:17 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 793
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| Do you have to love it (and just not like it) to be successful at it in the workplace? Like if someone asked Do you like programming?" One guy says "I like it, I like putting the puzzle together and finding out how to solve the problem. After taking a level 1 and 2 course of it at my commu... |
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