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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autistic vs Has Autism |
| rse92 |
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Posted: 13 Jan 2025, 3:34 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,541
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Discriminatory hiring process? |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2025, 2:16 pm
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Replies: 53
Views: 3,611
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| Still no update on the Human Rights complaint filed November 11. I sent the company this email today: Hello, I was contacted about this opportunity approximately 3 months ago. I was interested, however I was not going to bring along a 'guardian' as indicated in the email. I've had many positions in... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I wish I could be young again... |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2024, 12:07 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 942
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| I will actually try to be helpful and practical in responding to you. I'm 65. No one looks forward to aging, but it happens to everybody. You will roll with it. What you are really scared of is losing your looks. As a man, I can't speak to it personally, but I have watched how both of my wives aged ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Former high school crush returns |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2024, 9:11 am
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Replies: 1
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I'll bet that since she just transferred to a new school, she would welcome having a friend she already knows there.
If she gets wind that you are there and you do not reach out to her, what is she going to think of you then?
You miss 100% of the shots you do not take. Just be her friend. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Am I late to do something |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2024, 9:06 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 388
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| If you are asking this particular question, then you probably already know the answer. Start to take action now. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Am I late to do something |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2024, 3:40 pm
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Replies: 15
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| Yes but only if you make it change. If you don't, it won't. The choice is yours. You are not helpless or hopeless. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: I work but have never worked full time. Is that normal? |
| rse92 |
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Posted: 17 Dec 2024, 4:13 pm
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Replies: 3
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| At some point you are going to need to get a full time job. Without one you will be a ward of others well into your maturity. Don't you want to be independent? Also, without a job it will be WAY more difficult to attract women, as I am sure it already is for you. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Why do people recommend working in IT/Computers for Aspies? |
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Posted: 18 Nov 2024, 12:45 pm
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Replies: 16
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| There's nothing innate in having ASD that makes us good with computer coding and IT work. You still need a modicum of intelligence. That being said, it is the type of work where you are judged primarily on results, not on how other other people feel about you. It is the kind of job where you can jus... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Insecure about struggles with hygeine |
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Posted: 18 Nov 2024, 12:35 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 301
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| I think you need therapy. Intentional disregard of personal hygiene could be a sign of mental illness. |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Just need to vent... |
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Posted: 15 Nov 2024, 2:35 pm
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Replies: 5
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| It's been a rough couple weeks. Male, 46, informally diagnosed aspergers. Struggling with family issues. Been married 23 years, two kids, both girls, 16 and 19. Both live at home. I have an extremely demanding job (60-70 hrs a week) that, fortunately, I am very well compensated. Wife and I have had... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Just need to vent... |
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Posted: 15 Nov 2024, 2:33 pm
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Replies: 5
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| You really made $4 million last year? You ought to be able to pay for a very good lawyer and a very good therapist to give you the advice you need. I doubt anyone here can commiserate with your situation. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Being Gaslit by Society |
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Posted: 08 Nov 2024, 4:37 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,023
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| I have noticed a trend over the past 10 years. I mention something and someone basically says you are a stupid neckbeard go away you don't know what the f**k you are talking about. Then I see it pop up on Reddit or New York Times a few years later, but now it has a name and all that jazz. It seems ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you think getting diagnosed matters? |
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Posted: 08 Nov 2024, 3:19 pm
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Replies: 46
Views: 3,509
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| From someone who was diagnosed, at the request of my wife, at age 60: Your psychiatrist is an idiot. Understand that most psychiatrists know very little about autism itself, and to the extent they are consulted, it is for symptom reducing drugs. If you want to get a diagnosis, get one. Any neurotypi... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Get Interviews But Not Jobs |
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Posted: 31 Oct 2024, 7:37 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,558
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If you have an autism diagnosis, you will be disqualified from the military.
I’m sure they will see your chronic unemployment at age 30 to be another red flag. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How Do You Know You Are Autistic? |
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Posted: 30 Oct 2024, 8:35 am
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Replies: 29
Views: 5,422
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| Before I was diagnosed, I had no idea. None. Others, my wife and my ex-wife, urged me to be assessed. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Advice regarding girlfriend |
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Posted: 30 Oct 2024, 8:33 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,682
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| Regarding the girlfriend's daughter, I would not be so quick to jump at a suspicion of autism. Sounds like it could be Borderline Personality Disorder. I've been there with a teenage daughter. |
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