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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: what is it with Asperger's people and anime? |
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Posted: 01 May 2008, 9:30 am
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Replies: 52
Views: 10,912
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| It's not all Aspies either ... oh, I like Anime well enough, but I couldn't quote squat, I just enjoy it. However, Aspies do tend to have an obsession, and Anime is something easy to obsess over. My main obsession is a video game. Even there though, I don't take it quite as far as some. Before video... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Alex's testimony for the IACC meeting!! ! |
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Posted: 13 Mar 2008, 1:26 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 8,005
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Yay Alex! 
I really hope that people listen to what you're saying. I'm becoming more and more frustrated by the way the Autism Speaks message is being rammed down my throat everywhere I go anymore. Can't even shop at Toy-R-Us for my kids anymore because of them. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The name 'Wrong Planet' |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2008, 12:36 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,790
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| I've always assumed that it was because of the common feeling among the aspies that I know personally that they were born on the wrong planet. All my life, I've felt so completely out of step with people around me. I sometimes thought the expression "walks to the beat of a different drum" was made j... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Most Difficult Book You've Ever Read? |
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Posted: 11 Mar 2008, 4:11 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 5,211
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| Last of the Mohicans ... never did finish it. I've found that a lot of older novels are really difficult for me to read. I also find the "Wheel of Time" series difficult, for the same reasons. Way too descriptive. I have to force myself to keep slogging through page after page of descriptive text. I... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: homeowners - I need help! |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2008, 8:47 am
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| lmao ... Sea Salt ... Either you're joking (I really can't tell) or you're very new to cold weather locations. The kind of salt you buy at the hardware store specifically for putting down on sidewalks. Hell, in my neighborhood, they sell 50lb. bags of it @ the grocers to. Here http://www.amazon.com/... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: mother of 9 year old aspie boy wants him to make friends any |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2008, 9:46 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,035
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| A couple of people have already said it, but I'll add in my 2¢. My mom always assumed that I needed friends, and was constantly pushing at me to go make them. Drove me ... and her ... nuts. I generally did have ONE good friend (we moved a lot, so it was a different friend), in retrospect I would bet... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: homeowners - I need help! |
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Posted: 04 Mar 2008, 5:01 pm
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Replies: 8
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| I salted mine when that happened, to break up the ice dams ... and then had the roof replaced the next summer with a 2 layer roof that doesn't let ice dams form in the first place. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you get 'stuck'? |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2008, 11:05 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,783
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| Yes, all the time. It has to be the most challenging part of doing my job. I get further and further behind on projects when my phone rings because of it. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: The next one to call me "Ma'am" gets it! |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2008, 3:14 pm
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Replies: 16
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| Worse, I've been called ma'am face to face. That's what I get for being fat I guess. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Article on Autism featured in this month's WIRED magazine |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2008, 10:13 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 4,758
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| Very interesting article. I hope Amanda keeps up the good work. I know I would be extremely stressed dealing with so much attention. I can't help but wonder just how many who have been classified as low functioning are in reality just someone who's language we haven't bothered to learn. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are Cats Aspie? In memory of Clawdia |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2008, 3:05 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,972
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| I always used to tell the school that if I were in charge of handing out teaching certificates for teachers to be allowed to work with Spectrum people, I'd require them to teach a cat three dog tricks first. It can be done but they'd have to humble themselves into getting out of their own heads and... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you naturally drawn to other Aspies? |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2008, 2:59 pm
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,054
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Well, you certainly don't scare my little girl. Or my boys for that matter.  |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: How do you answer this? |
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Posted: 22 Feb 2008, 2:01 pm
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Replies: 9
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I usually do some smart ass reply.
For example:
"The price of crude"
"My blood pressure"
"The sky"
etc. The one I hate is "How are you doing?" ... though, my cure for that one is to tell them, in excruciating detail. |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Anyone gone 'off' TV? |
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Posted: 20 Feb 2008, 9:36 am
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Replies: 48
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| Haven't watched TV since November 2006, and don't miss it. Like someone else, I do watch DVD's and play video games on it. With the rise of Netflix though, I really don't see the need for broadcast television anymore. |
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: jason211 |
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Posted: 20 Feb 2008, 9:29 am
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Replies: 1
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Cure for Autism? What the big deal? |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2008, 2:42 pm
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Replies: 26
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| shaggydaddy said it clearly here is the thing. Autism is a genetic condition. There is only 1 known cure for genetic conditions: Genocide. We are not talking about curing a disease, we are talking about keeping people from being born. And if you don't think that's what would happen, just look at wha... |
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