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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do most aspies born in autumn or winder? |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2018, 9:28 pm
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Replies: 23
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| As odd as it may seem, there is research linking month of conception to autism rates. You can see one such study here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3296777/. It was conducted in California and found that children conceived early in the calendar year were more likely to be diagnosed a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Cope with noice from neighbours? |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2018, 2:25 pm
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| Can you tolerate white noise? I am most bothered by irregular and/or chaotic noise. I am much less bothered by noise that is steady. As such, I have long slept with a fan running to reduce the likelihood of waking up to every little sound. Similarly, I will sometimes use fans during the day to drown... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What NT accepted behaviour flumoxes you the most? |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2018, 9:28 am
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Replies: 151
Views: 5,227
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| The modern-day obsession with taking selfies, no matter how mundane the situation or location. I don’t get why this has become a thing. Why would I want to commemorate—and presumably post to a social media platform—a visit to Aisle 3 of the supermarket or my commute home on the average Wednesday? |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Would government medical insurance cover sex drive reducing |
| RandomFact |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2018, 2:08 am
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Replies: 17
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| I suspect any official coverage that exists would only be available if the reason for seeking the services was to address sex addiction. In general, therapy services for addictions are covered under the mental health benefits of plans. Medications for addictions are covered under the prescription dr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Controversy in Mathematics- Aspie Male/Female Ratio |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2018, 1:39 am
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Replies: 19
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| Upfront, let me acknowledge that it is antithetical to the principals of academic freedom to reject a journal article strictly on the basis of politics. Accepted scientific articles are usually retracted only when the authors run additional analyses on the same data that change their conclusions or ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Babble - Anyone else? |
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Posted: 28 Aug 2018, 4:02 pm
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Replies: 12
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| I also have this problem. There are two notable thresholds. Once the background voice babble rises to a high enough decibel level to pass the first threshold, I have significant trouble staying focused on the person(s) with whom I am speaking. The problem is one of attention, not hearing. I can stil... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have You Ever Been Called Weird Before? |
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Posted: 28 Aug 2018, 3:42 pm
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Replies: 30
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| When I was still a kid, I would have considered it a good day if I was only being called “weird.” On other days, the junior high school boys had several other preferred adjectives for me, none of which would be appropriate to print here. As an adult, I still occasionally get called “weird,” but only... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: How to study? |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2018, 1:34 pm
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Replies: 6
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| This isn’t exactly an answer. But your question reminded me of event years ago watching a person who happened to be studying across from me in the university library. This was in the very early 1990s before we used the Internet and computers for absolutely everything, so people tended to study using... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Assessment and results. |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2018, 12:24 pm
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Replies: 4
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| Yes, there are many others like this and it is a perfectly appropriate space in which to find oneself. If you look up the “broad autism phenotype” or “broader autism phenotype” or “BAP,” you will find threads here at Wrong Planet, as well as websites elsewhere, that talk about people who have autist... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger empathy vs. Neurotypical empathy |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2018, 11:27 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,590
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| Cognitive empathy is the kind that autistics are described as lacking. However, as JSBACH notes, the issue is more about the decoding and understanding of another person’s behavior rather than fundamentally not experiencing an empathic response. Herein lies the problem with describing autistics as “... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autis mag-known for spamming? |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2018, 8:06 am
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Replies: 7
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| I can’t speak to that site’s spamming practices, in part because I don’t give out my real email address when filling out random surveys. I instead use something like 10minutemail.com to get a throwaway email address that I can give to the site just to obtain the survey result. Separately, I would ad... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Widespread belief in possible or actual autism-vaccine link |
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Posted: 23 Aug 2018, 3:15 pm
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| I am not sure what it will take to fully reverse the anti-science/anti-intellectual bent in ascendency at the moment. Humanity spent millennia at the mercy of infectious diseases. And after what is only a few generations of being less at their mercy, we now have a large chunk of society ready to unw... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: People annoy/irritate me |
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Posted: 22 Aug 2018, 10:49 pm
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| Do you know why the problem goes away for periods of time and then returns? Is there anything different going on in your life during the periods when you are bothered by people’s inconsistencies and lack of autonomy? I ask because I find that I am much less tolerant of irritating things that people ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Has this transgender movement gotten out of hand? |
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Posted: 22 Aug 2018, 2:57 pm
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| Okay I should tape a step back here. What is so bad about having a vagina or a penis? Can't a person just be happy with who they are and live with it, or maybe see a therapist about the issue, if it's causing them distress? Why bring the government into and make things like their restroom problems,... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Has this transgender movement gotten out of hand? |
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Posted: 22 Aug 2018, 2:09 pm
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| A practical definition of gender identity is the gender listed on driver's license or state identity card. I always have my driver's license with me when I leave the house. Your ID doesn't prove your "gender identity". *Your gender Identity* , is YOUR identification, not what anyone else ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is "history written by the victors"? |
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Posted: 22 Aug 2018, 12:30 pm
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Replies: 16
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| The victor often gets to control the dominant narrative that will be reflected in things like official history books, public art depicting a past battle, legal codes, etc. But rarely does the victor control the narrative fully. In some situations, aspects of a defeated group’s culture and beliefs wi... |
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