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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Do you experience pain?

WanderingAengus
 Post subject: Re: Do you experience pain?
Posted: 17 Jan 2022, 4:07 pm 

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I had this problem with migrating pain in my teens. When my anxiety disappeared, so did the pain. These days, I can bring the pain back just by concentrating on my body more. I think the reality of the problem - for me - was an anxious obsession with physical sensations. I was dealing with sensory o...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Is this an example of an autistic Shutdown?

WanderingAengus
Posted: 11 Jan 2022, 8:03 pm 

Replies: 17
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It doesn't sound like it to me. Shutdowns can be pretty diverse, but the essential feature that separates them from things like depressive funks, etc, is that they happen in response to a specific kind of stimulus. A feeling of being overwhelmed immediately precedes them. What you're describing soun...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: CDC BS

WanderingAengus
 Post subject: Re: CDC BS
Posted: 09 Jan 2022, 7:38 pm 

Replies: 14
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I was just looking at the CDC report found here and had to stop because it has such apparent issues. First they note their data is based entirely on 8 year olds with the justification that most children are identified - "information was collected on children who were 8 years old because previo...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Autistic infantilization

WanderingAengus
Posted: 09 Jan 2022, 6:58 pm 

Replies: 44
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The numbers of aspies hanging from their mother's apron strings while still packing at least high school education is nauseating. Why 25-year-olds haven't been taught to use a bus and why they themselves seemingly haven't decided to try it on their own is a mystery. Yeah, definitely couldn't come d...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Are aspies nice people?

WanderingAengus
 Post subject: Re: Are aspies nice people?
Posted: 18 Sep 2021, 10:01 am 

Replies: 36
Views: 3,388
Based on my experience, no. People with HFA tend to be pretty fixated on their internal thoughts/opinions and immediate world, which can be good or bad, depending on their nature. Rarely, I've seen it make people very introspective and altruistic/loyal when their personality already leaned in that d...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Are you a Genius?

WanderingAengus
 Post subject: Re: Are you a Genius?
Posted: 17 Sep 2021, 5:50 pm 

Replies: 24
Views: 1,651
If you're interested in learning more about the perspective of someone who meets the quasi-clinical standards of a "genius," I think there are better places you could look. The journals, correspondences, and memoirs of highly gifted people might be exactly what you're after - they make for...
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