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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Workplace Bullying? |
| Kelsi |
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Posted: 29 May 2010, 8:41 am
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Replies: 16
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: A positive sign of things to come? |
| Kelsi |
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Posted: 29 May 2010, 8:32 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,251
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| "Software testing and Asperger's Syndrome Fri, 04/09/2010 - 18:22 — Infoxchange Team Infoxchange Australia is planning to develop a software testing social enterprise that employs people who have Asperger’s Syndrome with support from Social Firms Australia (SoFA) and Alpha Autism. The enterprise wil... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Workplace Bullying? |
| Kelsi |
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Posted: 18 May 2010, 8:01 am
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Replies: 16
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| I stayed in a job for years despite the very subtle and insidious bullying that went on. I stayed because I liked the work, because I kept trying everything I possibly could to improve the situation, and because I believed that eventually the bullies would leave. However, no matter what I did, the b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: occasional inability to speak . . . . . |
| Kelsi |
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Posted: 18 Oct 2008, 6:54 am
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Replies: 22
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| As others have mentioned elsewhere, it would seem that in response to stress/distress overload, we either meltdown or shutdown. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Recommendations |
| Kelsi |
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Posted: 18 Oct 2008, 6:16 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,497
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For the females here (or for anyone seeking to understand AS females) this book is fantastic:
"Women From Another Planet"
by Jean Kearns Miller |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Handling my Emotions |
| Kelsi |
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Posted: 18 Oct 2008, 4:15 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,268
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Vashna,
It sounds like you may be an empath. This is a wonderful talent if you learn how to protect yourself. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Fear? How can I control it, because it is controlling me |
| Kelsi |
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Posted: 18 Oct 2008, 3:55 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,040
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| Could be post traumatic stress disorder. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: When did you start to know you were different? |
| Kelsi |
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Posted: 18 Oct 2008, 3:50 am
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Replies: 115
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| You know, the more I think about it, it's the NT women who are the ones who take it upon themselves to uphold social norms. 95% of the time, "why can't you ______, you just don't do that/why can't you do that!" comes from an NT who is female. This is why, even as a aspie female, I never had too man... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A hypothetical situation |
| Kelsi |
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Posted: 18 Oct 2008, 3:33 am
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Replies: 19
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| I would love to live in such a community. I am well aware that we are all unique individuals, and we would not all get along all of the time - however, it would be MUCH easier than living in an NT community. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Help needed in understanding meltdowns |
| Kelsi |
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Posted: 18 Oct 2008, 3:02 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,624
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| My understanding of meltdowns is that they are the expression of a stress overload. AS people experience stress differently to NTs. NTs experience stress in incremental increases, which can be managed and reduced fairly easily, preventing them from reaching overload. AS people however, seem to exper... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Cultural differences? |
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Posted: 17 Oct 2008, 9:19 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,133
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| merrymadscientist, I have found cultural differences between regions of my own country which affect how comfortable I feel, and how much of an act I need to put on. Unfortunately I find myself currently living in one of the regions which is less tolerant of diversity and where the locals act like 's... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Cultural differences? |
| Kelsi |
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Posted: 17 Oct 2008, 9:11 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,133
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Rebecca_L wrote: A British doctor diagnosed my daughter (at three months old) wish ADHD....
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Quotes or sayings that keep you going in life. |
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Posted: 17 Oct 2008, 8:42 am
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Replies: 29
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| These are for you Bradleigh: "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear." - Mark Twain "He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong." - A... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Quotes or sayings that keep you going in life. |
| Kelsi |
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Posted: 17 Oct 2008, 8:35 am
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Replies: 29
Views: 12,515
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| "Reality is the sole Truth." - Juan D. Perón "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." - Voltaire "It is... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Quotes or sayings that keep you going in life. |
| Kelsi |
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Posted: 17 Oct 2008, 8:23 am
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Replies: 29
Views: 12,515
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| “Being well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society is no measure of mental health.” - Krishnamurti "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." - unknown "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little." - Edmund Burke "If you can’t see th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why would anyone stay undiagnosed?? |
| Kelsi |
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Posted: 17 Oct 2008, 8:01 am
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Replies: 68
Views: 6,229
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NetNinja wrote: I suppose though if people were honest I could ask how many older men are on this site pretending to be 17 and i would probably get the same result
I doubt that this would happen much on this site. Autistic people are more honest than NTs. They are also less likely to be 'ageist'  . |
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