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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ados-2 patronising and childish? |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2020, 5:21 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,814
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| A lot of people find the ADOS frustrating and childish. But (from what I've read) really the tasks are mostly just something to base a social situation around-they're designed to see how you interact with another person, rather than seeing whether you can do a puzzle or tell a kid's story (though ho... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does it help to 'accept' being alone forever? |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2020, 7:46 am
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Replies: 54
Views: 4,122
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| I have always had moderate success with going to interest/hobby groups and sticking at them. Expecting to go along and 'click' with someone the first time (or even second or third) is unrealistic for me. Other people seem to do that, and I'm baffled by their ability to do so, but I get to know peopl... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I finally got some noise cancelling headphones... |
| boating_taxonomist |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2020, 7:21 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 745
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| It depends on what you get-they're not all created equal. And most ANC headphones are designed to cut out background noise but still allow you to hear people talking to you, so they don't just universally block noise out, they cut out certain frequencies. You have to have realistic expectations-you ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you drink\consume alcohol despite being autistic? |
| boating_taxonomist |
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Posted: 13 Jan 2020, 6:35 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,771
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| 'despite being autistic' makes it sound like being autistic is necessarily a reason not to drink, and I don't think that's the case (though I can see lots of personal reasons peripheral to being autistic why someone might choose not to). I drink a pretty normal amount, which when I'm home by myself ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism or ADHD? |
| boating_taxonomist |
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Posted: 13 Jan 2020, 8:50 am
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Replies: 4
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| 'Special interests' are down to intensity and narrowness, length that they last doesn't really come into it. I think it's a myth tbh that most autistic people have this one thing they're into for a long time and know everything about. It seems very common instead to have very short lasting ones (or ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mindfulness and ASD |
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Posted: 30 Nov 2019, 7:25 am
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Replies: 22
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| I get a little annoyed it's become 'the thing' to recommend all the time. Like all things, it doesn't work for everyone for various reasons. Anything to do with mindfulness and meditation etc really irritates me (ends up having the opposite effect and making me angry and more stressed). I don't know... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Spending on hobbies/special interests ? |
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Posted: 07 Nov 2019, 8:11 am
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Replies: 73
Views: 12,513
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| My special interests tend to be quite short lived (at high intensity, sometimes they become normal hobby level interests once the obsessive phase has passed) so I very much try and avoid spending too much money on them when I first get into them. I know there's a high chance I will get obsessed for ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it a requirement to go to a night club at weekends ? |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2019, 6:32 am
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Replies: 15
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| FOMO (fear of missing out) is a thing most people experience in some way. It's normal to feel left out when it feels like 'everyone' is doing a certain thing-even if you have actually no desire to do and wouldn't enjoy that thing. This is especially the case when people like to talk about their shar... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How Long Between Knowing And Being Officially Diagnosed? |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2019, 2:06 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 676
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| Always felt kind of different, got told I was shy a lot so I guess I assumed well, that must be it. Then I got less shy but continued to have problems 'peopling' and I do recall having a few thoughts crop up at various times during my twenties. I remember taking the AQ test (and perhaps one or two o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Daydreaming too much |
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Posted: 22 Aug 2019, 8:50 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 392
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| It's called maladaptive daydreaming. I have heard it's apparently more common in people in people who are on the spectrum. I get it too, and mine are mostly negative (I used to worry a bit about their content-they don't involve me doing things to other people I might add-but I've since come across o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Spectrumizing the Spectrum |
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Posted: 12 Aug 2019, 4:11 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 645
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| I end up sharing this article almost any time someone mentions the spectrum, because it's a good explanation of why the way people often think of a 'spectrum' as a scale from severe to mild is wrong. That's not a spectrum, that's a gradient. https://theaspergian.com/2019/05/04/its-a-spectrum-doesnt-... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone else who didn't graduate at 22 ? |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2019, 2:36 pm
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Replies: 63
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| I was 26. I started uni at 22 and did a foundation year, and there was a whole mix of ages in it (lots of people in their 20s, but also a few people in their 30s and 40s). I then did a masters, and then ended up with 2 years out before doing a PhD. I was already starting to feel 'behind' with my und... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Going Round In Circles. |
| boating_taxonomist |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2019, 8:40 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 571
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| I think it's a really common way for people to feel whilst they're waiting for an assessment. Definitely similar to how I felt-back and forth between feeling really sure I was probably autistic, and doubting everything and worrying I was going to waste their time and end up feeling stupid and embarr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Camping and asperger's. |
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Posted: 29 Jul 2019, 4:05 pm
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Replies: 31
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| I've never been camping in a tent before. I worry about being vulnerable to murderers or rapists when in a tent. Unless you go to the moors in Scotland or something, most quiet places in the UK are considered "dangerous" to be alone or camping, being so serial killers or other psycho nutt... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Camping and asperger's. |
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Posted: 29 Jul 2019, 8:01 am
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Replies: 31
Views: 976
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| I didn't like it much when I was younger but only because I always ended up miserably cold. But I recently did a nice hiking trip alone and surprisingly really enjoyed the camping (still too cold though-even if better than previously-some improvement needed to my set up). It was really nice sleeping... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Struggling to accept my autism diagnosis |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2019, 5:58 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,331
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| I think it can feel quite confusing and overwhelming when you first start thinking you might be autistic. There's so much to process-so much information about autism and how it might fit into your life and how it changes how you've framed things in the past. And I think it's also very common to get ... |
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