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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it common for some aspies to not like their condition ? |
| Jonfon |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2023, 3:38 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 20,073
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| I think most of us are unhappy. There are users on this forum who might dispute this, but you only have to look at the statistics. We have one of the highest, if not the highest suicide rates out of any group in the world. Tony Atwood, a leading authority on Autism, estimates that up to 25% of subst... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Imagining Autism in the future |
| Jonfon |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2023, 1:31 am
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,708
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| I see a future where autistic children are specially trained to guide humanity through the challenges and difficulties of a world in crisis due to mismanagement, war, overpopulation, rising temperatures etc. Using our unique perspectives and skills we will help humanity survive it’s own failures, a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and climate change |
| Jonfon |
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Posted: 01 Aug 2022, 2:49 am
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Replies: 46
Views: 3,147
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| I have a cynical view on this. First of all I am sure climate change is real. To fix it will require innovation and that innovation will come from Aspies. People like Newton, Tesla and Elon Musk. My cynicism comes in when I ask what happens after a group of our best thinkers saves the world? Do we s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Rudolf Heß and maybe Heinrich Himmler be an aspie? |
| Jonfon |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2022, 5:43 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,046
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| Both were small and physically inept. Ideal targets for bullies. If they were Aspie on top of that, they would have been bullied more. There was often speculation that Hitler was bullied by Jews, but maybe these two as well? |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: A VERY serious issue regarding singlehood, dating |
| Jonfon |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2021, 8:26 am
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,169
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| Unfortunately physical attractiveness is at a "premium" for women. Just about every man looks for this first. A woman has the right to choose her husband. If she is physically attractive she will have a lot of suitors. Money, social skills and stability are most likely what she's looking f... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Down feeling never going to be neurotypical |
| Jonfon |
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Posted: 01 Aug 2021, 4:35 am
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,457
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| Getting my first unofficial diagnosis in my mid thirties was a relief in that I could finally understand what was wrong to me and explain to my family, who had never accepted that I "couldn't just be normal". As the Euphoria wore off I realised that there wasn't a cure and that, despite be... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Black and White |
| Jonfon |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2021, 11:42 am
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,578
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| I was born Jewish and bullied relentlessly by Jewish kids. They all knew not to eat Pork and that Jews were persecuted throughout history but nobody seemed to think there was anything wrong with calling the physically clumsy kid names or mocking his social inadequecies. This extended to young adults... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Seems like the classically autistic members stopped posting |
| Jonfon |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2021, 3:51 am
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Replies: 41
Views: 4,086
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| I am probably Edna's 6th type of autistic and am really looking to join a community that works together to improve our lives. It's a shame if this site is in decline. I don't think the world is in any rush to help us, we need to work together to help ourselves. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Autistic man found guilty of murder |
| Jonfon |
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Posted: 12 Jul 2021, 5:13 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,367
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| I don't condone this for a minute, but if someone is ostracised by society and finds acceptance within an extremist fringe group, they are vulnerable to radicalisation. Anyone who struggles socially, be it aspies, people with learning disability, people with physical disabilities, short or physicall... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Gambling Addiction |
| Jonfon |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2021, 2:39 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,858
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| I had an extremely bad gambling addiction for over 20 years. By right I should be very rich through a successful IT career and some shrewd investmenets, but everything I ever made ended up in the bookmaker and casinos pockets. I actually only managed to get on top of it when I realised I was an Aspi... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Reporting unethical therapists |
| Jonfon |
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Posted: 27 Jun 2021, 5:40 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 378
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| About 6 years ago I was told by a therapist I probably have aspergers. We finished the 12 allotted sessions and he suggested I find someone more suited. I went to 3 more who all claimed to know about aspergers but none of them did. One of them was actually helpful and was happy to end things when we... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is anyone else's memory like this? |
| Jonfon |
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Posted: 26 Jun 2021, 12:25 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 752
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| I am very much like that and I have concluded it is the "type" of memory that is different. The long term memories are of events, often involving other people. The things I forget quickly are things like people's names and what I was going to do. We are known for remembering lots of facts ... |
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