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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: laziness poll |
| autisticelders |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2026, 8:30 am
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| I like having the option to choose, I like setting my own schedule and not being beholden to others to perform to their expectations. Retired after 50 plus years of mostly hard physical labor and usually a full time as well as one or 2 part time jobs. Retirement is great, I highly recommend it! :) |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Silver Price Madness |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2026, 7:48 am
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Replies: 36
Views: 511
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Late Diagnosis at 44 - Survivor, Writer, & School Assistant |
| autisticelders |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2026, 7:45 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 113
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| welcome, diagnosed at age 68 six years ago. You are among others who understand |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: It's the other way around in my world |
| autisticelders |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2026, 7:43 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 332
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| I have 25th percentile visual processing. I love bright lights except when I am in motion (a car, bus, train, etc) then it causes motion sickness. I wear dark glasses to help with getting sick. I use brightly lit rooms and work areas, have lots of bright area lights in my home too. I think having br... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: $5-6 rice and lentil 'struggle pots' that taste great |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2026, 3:04 pm
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Replies: 20
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| my grandma and my mother lived through the Great Depression and taught me many frugal ways to use food. People interested in learning how to eat nutritiously "on the cheap" can find good recipes in old cookbooks from the depression era. There are lots of good frugal websites for cooking an... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did autism become your special interest after late diagnosis |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2026, 2:58 pm
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Replies: 5
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| yes. diagnosed 6 years ago at age 68, I spend 2 to 5 hours a day reading, writing, searching for information and interacting with others with late diagnosis or seeking diagnosis. I began a blog before I got diagnosis, about my search for diagnosis, learning about autism and dealing with ageing all a... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: New here |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2026, 2:24 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 155
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| welcome, glad you are with us! |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello. |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2026, 2:24 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 95
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| welcome! glad you are here! |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: New forum member |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2026, 2:23 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 126
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| welcome! glad you are with us! |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: My introduction |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2026, 2:22 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 151
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| welcome! glad you are here! |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello, newly and late diagnosed old lady here! |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2026, 2:22 pm
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Replies: 8
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| welcome! Diagnosed at age 68 six years ago. Glad you found us! |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: My diagnosis |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2026, 2:21 pm
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Replies: 4
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| welcome! science doesn't have it all sorted out yet, but they are making gains. Its all a work in progress and and changes are ongoing. Learning all we can about our own neurolgoy helps us with self understanding and the ability to make self accommodations. Glad you found us. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Modern day autism stigma |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2025, 8:16 am
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Replies: 48
Views: 799
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| a few years ago I did an internet search (repeatable today) for "autism stigma" and found all sorts of articles for parents, caretakers, siblings, spouses of autistic people about how to cope with stigma around their autistic family member. I did not find one article about adult autism for... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ISO Support From Wrong Planet Community. |
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Posted: 17 Dec 2025, 2:10 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 189
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| you are among others who understand. Does your family have a therapist/social worker who can help you all learn better ways to communicate and understand each other? Do you have a therapist who you can talk to about these things? It seems so frustrating and difficult to think of you not being able t... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: New Member |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2025, 8:20 am
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Replies: 13
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| welcome, recent diagnosis is a lot to sort and the longer we have lived before the more there is to sort. You are among others who understand! ( diagnosed at age 68, six years ago) |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Trouble Recognizing Faces? |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2025, 3:25 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 487
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| look up "prosopagnosia" it is a neurological/developmental phenomenon that appears in about 2 percent of the population, causing us to struggle to recognize individual faces. There is a group with more information also, "faceblind.org" which is the official prosopagnosia research... |
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