| Author |
Message |
Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Just got my assessment... |
| autisticelders |
|
Posted: 04 Oct 2024, 3:16 pm
|
|
Replies: 2
Views: 232
|
| the numbers don't mean much, but if you get a written summary, it usually explains your worst struggles and your best strengths. If you did really well in some sections of testing and really poor in others, that is a classic sign of autism, which is "uneven neurological development" in nat... |
|
 |
Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Senate Punts On Autism Act |
| autisticelders |
|
Posted: 03 Oct 2024, 8:50 am
|
|
Replies: 1
Views: 174
|
| thanks for this post. watching with interest. |
|
|
Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I have an ADHD assessment coming up |
| autisticelders |
|
Posted: 03 Oct 2024, 8:43 am
|
|
Replies: 11
Views: 464
|
| an assessment generally has several parts. The tester will ask you about your childhood and your past and look for evidence of autism in the way you speak, move, respond, etc. They will give you tests on paper or ask questions that talk about the way you struggle in the world and also look for your ... |
|
|
Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asserting needs |
| autisticelders |
|
Posted: 03 Oct 2024, 8:34 am
|
|
Replies: 6
Views: 292
|
| with a lifetime of compliance training (back when that was based on physical punishment) I learned to please and appease others at any cost to myself and learned what I wanted never made a difference or was of interest to anybody. I finally got therapy and was taught that the way I had learned to su... |
|
|
Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you feel stressed around fast-talkers? |
| autisticelders |
|
Posted: 03 Oct 2024, 8:26 am
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 519
|
| yes, can't do it, with audio processing at only 35th percentile it is absolutely impossible to keep up with "real time" conversations, presentations, audio podcasts, tv, or anything else. I find my best understanding through reading and writing. I was not made to interact in "real tim... |
|
|
Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Why is Sound Rare in Early Recollections? |
| autisticelders |
|
Posted: 02 Oct 2024, 6:29 am
|
|
Replies: 2
Views: 222
|
| thought provoking. I rely on sound far more than visual input and it is definitely included as early memory of so many events. the sound of words eventually had more meaning for me and the sound of my own voice saying those words as I speak and read dominates my processing today. Sound is still extr... |
|
|
Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Parent forced to put son in care as no gov support |
| autisticelders |
|
Posted: 02 Oct 2024, 6:23 am
|
|
Replies: 7
Views: 499
|
|
|
Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: New BBC Documentary on severe autism |
| autisticelders |
|
Posted: 02 Oct 2024, 6:22 am
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 552
|
| thanks for this post Carlos. |
|
|
Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi, new here!! ! Newly Diagnosed!! |
| autisticelders |
|
Posted: 02 Oct 2024, 6:20 am
|
|
Replies: 7
Views: 318
|
| as a student of history and having studied my own family history, I have often visited cemeteries. not a single thing odd about that. welcome |
|
|
Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Could being beaten for years somewhat mimic ASD traits? |
| autisticelders |
|
Posted: 02 Oct 2024, 6:15 am
|
|
Replies: 22
Views: 1,125
|
| yes, trauma and autism can present similar "faces" to behaviors. I have read many articles from around 2015 that urged doctors to diagnose trauma instead of autism. But today it has become accepted science that trauma forms more easily around autistic individuals due to our sensory process... |
|
|
Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi everyone |
| autisticelders |
|
Posted: 02 Oct 2024, 6:09 am
|
|
Replies: 9
Views: 278
|
welcome, happy to see you here.  |
|
|
Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello from Mississauga, Ontario |
| autisticelders |
|
Posted: 02 Oct 2024, 6:07 am
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 161
|
| welcome! we are almost neighbors, I live at the tip of Michigan's mitten. Glad you found us! |
|
|
Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Emotional support (Seeking diagnosis in my city) |
| autisticelders |
|
Posted: 02 Oct 2024, 6:02 am
|
|
Replies: 8
Views: 425
|
| https://autismnebraska.org/screening-diagnosis-educational-identification/ start with local autism associations, even ones for kids or parenting. Lots of parents have found diagnosis. Tell them you are looking for adult diagnosis and somebody may be able to give you a referral to the profesional the... |
|
|
Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Erm.... Hello? |
| autisticelders |
|
Posted: 29 Sep 2024, 6:53 am
|
|
Replies: 9
Views: 236
|
|
|
Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello,I’m new! |
| autisticelders |
|
Posted: 29 Sep 2024, 6:52 am
|
|
Replies: 8
Views: 209
|
|
|
Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello there |
| autisticelders |
|
Posted: 29 Sep 2024, 6:51 am
|
|
Replies: 9
Views: 231
|
| welcome! horses have been my number one passion since I was 4, I will be 73 next week. glad you found us! |
|
|
| Sort by: |
