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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: RFK Dr. Phil Town Hall |
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Posted: 07 May 2025, 8:39 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,675
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| Well, honestly, I don't mind that a lot of these issues are getting air time. I'm old enough to remember when US food was NOT so bad. The milk and bread and even the canned food didn't make everyone sick. I wish we knew who exactly would be looking into these things he brings up. As you say, he come... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Do Bad People Have It Coming? |
| SocOfAutism |
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Posted: 07 May 2025, 8:13 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,001
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| I wonder if you guys (people on the autism spectrum) might have trouble judging the quality of life of your enemies. And not just you, I wonder if there are particular social groups that may find it easier or harder to judge if "bad people" (enemies) are either reaping easy gains from thei... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "you can do anything you set your mind to" |
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Posted: 07 May 2025, 8:03 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,340
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| I've always gotten this toxic positivity from my family, with mixed results. It's always stifled my ability to introspect, because why do that if "you're so smart" and are able to do literally anything despite little evidence for it. I like that. "Toxic positivity." Sometimes th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I feel like an emotional sponge |
| SocOfAutism |
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Posted: 02 May 2025, 10:15 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,520
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| I have heard of this happening with people who are "wired different" in one way or another. I do not think it is a general autistic thing, but I think autistic people are one of the populations who are more likely to experience it than neurotypical people. What you are experiencing is empa... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Rude customers, employees and day laborers |
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Posted: 02 May 2025, 9:59 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,641
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| Thought one: Now that I think about it, there do seem to be a lot of rudeness and unpleasant people at Home Depots. I wonder why. Thought two: I actually guffawed out loud at several of the incidents you described so vividly. Thought three: If you had some kind of youtube or other monetized channel ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Almost hit by a car |
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Posted: 02 May 2025, 9:52 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,581
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| Is there a specific route you can take that will put you out of the way of unruly motorists? |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Embarraced siblings |
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Posted: 02 May 2025, 9:49 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 799
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| I agree with Tim. It sounds like your younger son is learning normal social skills for his age, which can be rough and unkind. He'll come out on the other side of it okay, but it sounds unpleasant for now. I only have one son. He has ADHD and chatters incessantly. There have been times that people w... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Accommodating diagnosis-avoidant autistic family member |
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Posted: 02 May 2025, 9:38 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,505
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| ^ Wowwww. That just blew my mind with insight. I often wonder about people I know that said they were one or the other yet seem to be so similar to each other, which makes me confused. The outcomes are almost identical, but it's the internal processing styles that are completely different. Many peo... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Accommodating diagnosis-avoidant autistic family member |
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Posted: 02 May 2025, 9:19 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,505
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| This is hilarious to me because your explanation helped me understand something that JUST happened. I was sitting on the couch using my laptop, when my SIL noticed that the battery for the garbage had died. She told me that the battery was dead, but I knew already. I let her know that the batteries... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: mistaken for homeless |
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Posted: 02 May 2025, 9:00 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 8,364
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| ShortFat, I very much enjoy your posts. You remind me a bit of my husband, who lives an opposite world life from you, but relates things in a similar way. He is successful as an accidental result of his oddities and it seems like your misadventures often go the other way. I truly think you are a suc... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: RFK Dr. Phil Town Hall |
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Posted: 02 May 2025, 8:41 am
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Replies: 2
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| https://youtu.be/08RfaITutKk?si=elCkaxwSoxG1f8m6 I don't know about you guys, but I find it difficult to keep up with what RFK is doing. All the articles I see are either 100% for or against him. This video is long, but it has him just talking about his general agenda. I think Trump has said he's &... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: WHEN YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT ABA THERAPY |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2025, 10:49 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,317
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| I was talked into trying ABA therapy for my ADHD child, who was diagnosed with autism even though we knew he did not have it (what would *I* know). Before ABA he was completely out of control, with daily fits, and was sometimes violent. We were unable to have him in public school because sometimes t... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Accommodating diagnosis-avoidant autistic family member |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2025, 10:33 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,505
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| My husband has Asperger's and our 11 year old son has ADHD (medicated). Our adult niece also has ADHD (unmedicated). We have autistic family members on my husband's side and ADHD people on my side. I am neurotypical. I think autistic and ADHD people have fundamental problems understanding each other... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: RFK's "Autism Register" - shocking data collection methods |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2025, 10:16 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,914
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| Um... Do you guys really think you are not already cataloged? I am (was, I guess) an autism researcher. These are the ways the government knows if you are on the autism spectrum: *If you were diagnosed in a school *If you were diagnosed in a doctor's office *If you were diagnosed at a therapist or p... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: death penalty possible despite autism diagnosis |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2025, 9:59 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,549
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| I was glad to hear he didn't get to use autism as a defense. He also has this weird thing that he says he experiences called "visual noise" where he sees something like static. Hm. This would have opened up a dangerous path to taking away personal decision making rights and rights to one's... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Not Autistic Not ADHD But Not Normal |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2025, 9:47 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 6,495
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| Autistic people, but also some other types of people who are developmentally different, tend not to have the same sense of social dogmas as those of us who are typically developed. (A dogma is an idea which is accepted as objective fact.) This is because there are certain times in childhood when mos... |
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