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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Recent data shows 3.3% of children on the spectum |
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Posted: 24 Nov 2019, 4:06 pm
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| The title of this post makes it sound like females aren't on the spectrum at all. I guess we female aspies may as well be unicorns because no one thinks we really exist. Or perhaps the male-dominated audience of WP *wants* girls and women on the spectrum to be ignored. :x lol my bad i just thought ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Recent data shows 3.3% of children on the spectum |
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Posted: 24 Nov 2019, 3:44 pm
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| http://www.health-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/health/asd-children-ni-2019.pdf a recent Northern Ireland school census has found that the autism rate in children has gone from 1.2% in 2008/9 to 3.3% in 2018/19, with males in particular going from 1.9% to a whopping 5.1%. this is 1/20, ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you guys get on this IQ test? |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2019, 3:21 am
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Replies: 113
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| judging from the scores posted in this thread, perhaps there is some merit to the claim that autists have higher average IQs than NTs after all 1. Selection bias - those who score low are less likely to share their results 2. Is intelligence equal to pattern recognition? Because this is what the te... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you guys get on this IQ test? |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2019, 2:06 am
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| judging from the scores posted in this thread, perhaps there is some merit to the claim that autists have higher average IQs than NTs after all |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you guys get on this IQ test? |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2019, 3:19 am
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| I didn't even make a guess on the last few because I didn't know where to start, and I figured if I got the question right by accident the result would be less accurate. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you guys get on this IQ test? |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2019, 9:53 pm
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| I got 128 which is around where I usually score on these online tests. Most of them seem to be rather limited in the type of intelligence they test though, for instance like many others this was mostly based on pattern recognition. Some people have unbalanced cognitive profiles and would have a high... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Were you in denial at first? |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2019, 10:34 am
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| When I was first diagnosed with autism I refused to accept it, even though I had little idea of what it entailed. I'm not sure why exactly, I suppose we instinctively desire not to be different as it can be dangerous to stand out amongst the tribe as we rely on social acceptance and group cohesion f... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Mathematical Challenges To Darwin’s Theory Of Evolution |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2019, 10:12 am
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| We will likely never know. :D My personal theory is that the "code" to build human DNA may have always been there. That it assembled based on some preference bias, not entirely based on randomness. "Preference bias" would explain apparent improbability. Physics tells us that the... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Why do almost all 'incels' blame their situation on looks? |
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Posted: 03 Aug 2019, 3:33 am
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| I think it's all about combinations. Being an average-to-ugly NT has the neurotypical advantage. Being a good-looking Aspies has the looks advantage. EDIT: Money/stability often helps in these situations as well! Being both average-to-ugly WITH Asperger's is a recipe for disaster. Not for all, but ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Why do almost all 'incels' blame their situation on looks? |
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Posted: 03 Aug 2019, 3:12 am
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| the easiest thing; to blame it on a thing you have (self-allegedly) no control over 8) 8O oh hey, isn't that the 'plat du jour' Well it's not like we have much control over our autism either though right? But I suppose there may be more room for improvement in terms of social skills and confidence ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Why do almost all 'incels' blame their situation on looks? |
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Posted: 03 Aug 2019, 2:52 am
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| Apparently this was not the case for Elliot Rodger, according to this Psych Central article and this Forbes article . Can you provide evidence that he was diagnosed with ASD? But you're apparently right about Alek Minassian, according to this news story . Anyhow, the above-linked Psych Central arti... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Why do almost all 'incels' blame their situation on looks? |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2019, 7:19 pm
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| If you've ever spent any time observing or engaging with the incel community it becomes clear that many or even perhaps most of them are on the autism spectrum. Most of them aren't just losers in that they can't get laid but they're also unemployed, lack friends, have severe social anxiety and depre... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Mathematical Challenges To Darwin’s Theory Of Evolution |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2019, 5:17 pm
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| Seems a bit inane to me. They aren't saying "evolution is wrong", and "Genesis is the literal truth, and the earth is only six thousand years old". They are saying that the modern view that "evolution through natural selection" explains it all is only mostly right, but... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Antifa sympathisers are ‘whitewashing’ violence: Andy Ngo |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2019, 8:23 am
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| Secondly, Orwell literally joined an armed anarchist militia in order to fight fascists. If he was alive today he would be an antifa member. That doesn't describe antifa at all though. Unless you think this gay asian journalist's mission is to establish the fourth reich. They're too dumb or radical... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Mathematical Challenges To Darwin’s Theory Of Evolution |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2019, 7:49 am
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| I'm not interested in arguments from improbability because they assume a limited number of trials whereas I believe that given enough time all physical possibilities will be actualized and so all improbable events are actually inevitable. I'll be interested once you determine that evolution or natur... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: What's worse in terms of one's looks/attractiveness? |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2019, 7:26 am
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| I mean when you're autistic does it really make any difference? not to toot my own horn but I'm pretty good looking by all accounts and I had girls show interest in me and try to engage with me at school but I just froze up and ignored them because of my crippling social anxiety and because I didn't... |
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