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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: "This is my house, my rules!" |
| WhiskeryBeast |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 12:54 pm
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Replies: 67
Views: 39,237
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| No. Just because they're younger doesn't mean they're inferior to you. Giving an explanation is just plain respectful. I volunteer with kids a lot, and I have never found a situation where I can't give a good, logical reason why the kid needs to do something. If I can't give such a reason, I have n... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone else just really dislike sleeping? |
| WhiskeryBeast |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2012, 7:23 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,440
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| I absolutely love sleeping. I find myself sleeping throughout the night, waking up for a few hours, then going back for a 2-3 hour nap. What I don't like is having repetitive nervous/anxious type dreams. One I have over and over involves me being back in high school, and a test is given and I have p... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Being nude |
| WhiskeryBeast |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2012, 7:16 pm
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Replies: 305
Views: 50,047
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| I like air drying after a shower and sometimes lounging outside naked if conditions are right. But mostly, I have a bunch of comfortable clothes I can wear and for the most part, do. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Aspie lady care taker of High Functioning 11 y/ boy |
| WhiskeryBeast |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2012, 2:13 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,847
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| Thanks so much for your input. My idea about putting subjects up which were not being discussed that day worked very well and I only had to remind him a few times. He understood that we wouldn't go to the vacuum repair store if he couldn't follow the rules and did not seem upset about that. I might ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Aspie lady care taker of High Functioning 11 y/ boy |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2012, 8:11 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,847
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| At this point, I can tolerate very little of it because it is the same few questions, every day, for sometimes 9-10 hours a day every five minutes or so. I am thinking of putting up some sheets of paper with subjects he isn't allowed to talk to me about written in bold black letters and I will direc... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Aspie lady care taker of High Functioning 11 y/ boy |
| WhiskeryBeast |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2012, 11:00 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,847
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| Thanks all with the replies. I never did the repetitive asking of questions or the verbal stimming that he does, so these are completely new things for me. I have told him before that we are not going to talk about a subject anymore and he seems to understand that. I think I will try to have him rep... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Aspie lady care taker of High Functioning 11 y/ boy |
| WhiskeryBeast |
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Posted: 01 Dec 2012, 1:37 am
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Replies: 11
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| Hi all. I am a 30 year old Aspie lady (no children of my own) who has recently been tapped to take care of a high functioning autistic boy, aged 11. I take care of him 3 days a week, for 8-9 hour shifts. He is home schooled, but visiting his mother right now in my state and is not doing any kind of ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: perception of sound? |
| WhiskeryBeast |
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Posted: 06 Feb 2011, 1:17 pm
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Replies: 2
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| Nope, this happens to me all the time. The scariest is when someone is speaking directly at me but it still comes to me as gibberish. I know they are saying something, but my brain is not interpreting it right. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: What are some self employed jobs for aspies? |
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Posted: 06 Feb 2011, 1:15 pm
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Replies: 4
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| I love working with non profits too, but with the job economy the way it is, it isn't so feasible anymore. I am lucky to have a wonderful NT husband who does most of the bread-winning. I also supplement my income by being a personal shopper. I have a client who has agoraphobia and also lives with hi... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Your favorite (or most interesting) newly discovered specie. |
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Posted: 06 Feb 2011, 1:10 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,017
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I have recently became enamored with anteaters. They are not a new species, but I find them to be so very unusual.
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: what to do |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2011, 1:46 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,833
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| Honestly, it sounds like you really don't want anyone's advice at all. You keep saying negative things towards MountainLaurel about his/her advice, past experiences and how it will never apply to you in a million years. Dude, life is too short to be unhappy. Someone doesn't return your affection? Fi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do other AS people / kids have a hard time falling asleep?? |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2010, 11:44 am
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Replies: 37
Views: 7,076
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| I have always had a hard time falling asleep. Now that I am an adult I usually turn to OTC sleep aides, but I do know that cutting out any caffeine before 3 pm, drinking some milk before bedtime and having a soothing shower helps for me to send me off in the right direction. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Uncivilized |
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Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 11:06 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,429
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| I think that everyone back then was needed and appreciated as a part of a bigger community. The point was to make things move forward in a positive direction for the community. There would have been several places that a person with AS could fit into and be a part of a community. Also, it has been d... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Panties |
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Posted: 20 Dec 2009, 6:29 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 548
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| I wear full-butt coverage granny panties, I cannot stand anything that rides up my butt. I just hate the feel of g strings or thongs. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: How did you go about meeting your spouse? |
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Posted: 20 Dec 2009, 6:23 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,778
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| I met my husband through a dating website. We are both "off" that we just fit together. |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: I confess... (mature version) |
| WhiskeryBeast |
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Posted: 24 Oct 2009, 5:09 pm
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Replies: 895
Views: 25,266
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| I confess that I am stuck in a sexless marriage... and that my eye is roving. |
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