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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Do You Think Dating Would Be Easier If You Were Neurotypical |
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Posted: 26 Mar 2021, 2:59 pm
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Replies: 69
Views: 1,942
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| It depends on how broad or narrow your definition of neurotypical is. I'm autistic, but the reason why I don't date and never did isn't autism but growing up with another psychological condition. If I wasn't autistic but had still grown up with the other condition things would probably be pretty muc... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mind-Blindness, Theory of Mind, and Fiction |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2021, 1:01 pm
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Replies: 52
Views: 30,647
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| Old thread and I didn't read through all of it, but... 1. Where do you think the rumor that Aspies hate reading stems from: difficulties tolerating as much socialization as NTs, are Aspies simply incapable of understanding fiction books because of a lack of empathy, or is this rumor simply the end r... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Allistic is slightly different from neurotypical |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2021, 9:05 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 595
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| People on here don't seem to agree which psychological conditions if any NT includes or doesn't include. However, in some cases when people use it to mean non-autistic they may be aware that that's not exactly what NT means and might be using it for simplicity or because it's the more well known te... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Allistic is slightly different from neurotypical |
| NorthWind |
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Posted: 20 Mar 2021, 12:54 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 595
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| People on here don't seem to agree which psychological conditions if any NT includes or doesn't include. However, in some cases when people use it to mean non-autistic they may be aware that that's not exactly what NT means and might be using it for simplicity or because it's the more well known ter... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Extreme Burnout |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2021, 8:37 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 847
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| Hi Pieplup, do you have people around you to help you? I'm sorry you're going through that. Do you have any schedules or responsibilities that you can place throughout the day to help you? Yes. No. I dont have responsibilities cause i cant do anything. I put my clothes away and i couldnt walk and s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Question about having some traits of DS without DNA evidence |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2021, 3:57 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 375
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| Downs Syndrome is Trisomy 21, which means people with Downs Syndrome have three copies of chromosome 21 instead of 2. It can vary a bit. Sometimes the third copy is just a normal chromosome, sometimes it's attached to another chromosome or maybe it could be missing a piece. But either way it's a big... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Sexual Assault by Another Person w/ an ASD Dx |
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Posted: 05 Mar 2021, 5:47 am
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Replies: 65
Views: 1,673
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| Yes, that people with ASD don't lie or don't abuse people is simply a myth with little basis in reality. Some people with severe autism might not understand how to lie and might not have good enough social understanding to intentionally abuse others. But people with level 1 autism generally can and ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is too much behavior blamed on autism? |
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Posted: 04 Mar 2021, 12:41 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 434
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| All children are born without language, without theory of mind, without emotional control and some other traits that can to varying extent be observed in some autistic people. A newborn wouldn't function well as an adult, but they also are not expected to. Just because something is normal at some de... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Predicting the future and other odd things that happen to me |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2021, 1:18 pm
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,004
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| Just because science doesn't have the tools to measure, or even discover, the mechanism behind something doesn't actually mean it doesn't exist. If a person in 1600 had a chunk of Uranium in their pocket every day, they would have no idea why they developed cancer. They wouldn't even know what the ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I am FED UP of the way autism is diagnosed |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2021, 11:01 am
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,766
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| If you don't think you have autism and you do well in life, why are you even being assessed for autism? A diagnosis without ever talking to the diagnostician face to face seems rather odd. There are so many things the diagnostician should assess that they can't possibly judge without talking to you ... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Always wanted someone to see me |
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Posted: 11 Feb 2021, 11:35 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 706
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| I am diagnosed with autism and do not have much difficulty reading body language, facial expression or tone of voice (as far as I can tell). I also don't struggle with metaphors. You need to have some difficulties in social communication to be diagnosed with autism, but which exact difficulties can ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: MASKING or MIMICRY??? |
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Posted: 07 Feb 2021, 3:30 am
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Replies: 93
Views: 1,914
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| There is absolutely nothing disturbing about this video...Mark Hutten is a certified counselor in the United States...He specializes in saving neuro-diverse marriages...I am forever grateful to God that i found him...Thanks to him, i am better able to understand my beloved (Aspie) husband...So that... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: MASKING or MIMICRY??? |
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Posted: 06 Feb 2021, 8:18 am
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Replies: 93
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| 'Masiking' feels like a more accurate description of what I do than 'mimicry'. For me the more important part of masking is hiding aspects of my true self, not pretending a false self. 'Mimicry' might be accurate for people who imitate specific people or characters, but I don't really do that. Calli... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are female Aspies Less Likely To Be Textbook Case? |
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Posted: 03 Feb 2021, 5:37 am
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,131
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| Hearing about how “female autism” is supposed to be so different and easy to miss/misdiagnose just makes me feel even more isolated because I can’t relate to it at all. But then again, I’m usually the exception that supposedly proves the rule. Same here. I'm classic to the common descriptors, which... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are female Aspies Less Likely To Be Textbook Case? |
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Posted: 03 Feb 2021, 5:33 am
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,131
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| - Prefer to be alone To some extent, but not always. - Completely socially clueless No. I don't think I'm too bad at reading facial expressions, body language and tone of voice and I'm not awful at realizing when people try to hint at something or imply something. However, in some situations I'm re... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Nothing in this world hurts more than being called "cringe" |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2021, 9:17 am
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Replies: 123
Views: 3,124
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| I don't use depressed except in the context of actually having depression. I've seen people use it referring to a fleeting feeling or sadness but I've also seen plenty of people complain about the word being overused. I can't say the same for anxiety. People might overuse the word 'anxiety' by exagg... |
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