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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Want to completely overhaul my "life" |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 8:01 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 329
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| This is a good notion. You describe your life much like a more outdoor version of Dilbert. Sometimes it's hard to tell if you are poking fun at your circumstances or figuratively beating yourself about the head and shoulders with your narratives. If you have a solid, accurate self-image that reflect... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: At least 51 dead in Texas floods, with dozens still missing |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 7:55 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 209
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| My husband told me last night that this happened before! In 1987! The same river, with campgrounds! https://youtu.be/27tHVDbtDwE?si=fmo77wVNqNV7virl Why, oh why, didn't they learn from this and put the campgrounds higher? So many more people died this time! I am hydrophobic anyway, but this disaster... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Abortion Law |
| SocOfAutism |
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Posted: 18 Jun 2025, 2:21 pm
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,039
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| You know, I tried pretty diligently to get some hard numbers on abortion in the US a few months ago for a personal project I have been working on. I wasn't even trying to find the answers to more difficult questions such as "why" a woman or girl might have an abortion. I just wanted to kno... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Struggling with diaper changes and odd new behaviour |
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Posted: 04 Jun 2025, 7:22 am
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Replies: 31
Views: 6,174
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| How well is he able to reason and have a conversation with you? And do you have any idea how he views you at this point? Most NT kids come to the realization that being wet and sloppy is unpleasant, so they learn to regulate themselves in these early years. I agree it sounds like he enjoys the sensa... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Elementary School Field Day |
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Posted: 04 Jun 2025, 6:56 am
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Replies: 0
Views: 2,213
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| My kid is about to graduate from the fifth grade. He has not been to a field day before- you know, where there are outside games all day long for the kids and the teachers and parents get to help host the games? I had not been to one myself since the 1980s when I was a kid. OMG it was wonderful. I l... |
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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: 4,512
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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? |
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Posted: 07 May 2025, 8:13 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 10,016
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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: 7,210
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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 |
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Posted: 02 May 2025, 10:15 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 7,221
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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: 21
Views: 10,003
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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: 9
Views: 5,505
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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: 3
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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: 5,281
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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
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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: 13,821
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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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