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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: being filmed in public sucks |
| JamesW |
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Replies: 6
Views: 73
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| I am not a lawyer, but as I understand it, it's legal in the UK if it doesn't interfere with an individual's 'reasonable expectations of privacy'. https://filmlondon.org.uk/resource/filming-people is an excellent resource. It's not a legal guide. It describes what (professional) filmmakers 'should' ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Does age always matter in starting a career ? |
| JamesW |
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Posted: Yesterday, 7:19 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 127
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| The Royle Family's Liz Smith didn't become an actor until age 49. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Neanderthal DNA has been implicated in autism |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 19 May 2024, 3:19 am
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Replies: 23
Views: 529
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| Great, now people are going to think we're a bunch of stereotypical smelly, primitive, antisocial ape-men who speak in grunts as we drag our knuckles on the ground. Which really isn't accurate to Neanderthal people. Except the smelly part, as all humans are smelly. That isn't grunts. That's Klingon. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Are they harassing me? Your opinions. |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 18 May 2024, 2:10 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 450
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Jamesy wrote: They were doing weed around a friends house and they spend some of the evening laughing at me with their friend. I do stand out I guess
In my experience, when people are doing weed, they spend their time laughing at everyone and everything. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Microsoft Teams |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 16 May 2024, 4:03 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 310
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| So far, I've got a form response welcoming me to MSND and inviting me to apply for positions at Microsoft. (No, I don't want to work for Microsoft.) Neurotypicals have been complaining about how irritating it is for years, and Microsoft has simply ignored them. I wonder if they will listen if enough... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Microsoft Teams |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 15 May 2024, 6:20 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 310
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| Microsoft heavily promotes itself as neurodiversity-aware, and has a recruitment program for neurodiverse people, called MSND. However, neurodiversity awareness isn't particularly borne out in their products. I've just written to them asking them to include an option to disable the little three-dot ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Have you ever gotten aggressive during a meltdown? |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 14 May 2024, 1:56 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 11,699
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| Yes. The aggression itself goes no further than making an angry face which to a lot of neurotypicals is very threatening. I don't even know I'm doing it. Now I know about it, I try and recognise it coming, and count to ten, take deep breaths, make excuses and leave the room, etc. Nobody ever parks i... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: America is a nightmare |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 14 May 2024, 9:13 am
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Replies: 75
Views: 1,697
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| I don't think Trump will win. But a lot can happen between now and Nov. I wish I knew what I could do to fight against Trump winning. I'm not American, so I have no right to tell Americans which way to vote, or indeed to vote at all. But as citizens of the world, we all share global media. So, what... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Trying Harder Makes it Worse |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 14 May 2024, 5:38 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 575
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| Theo, you're quite right. When I ran into something I couldn't handle, I used to try and compensate for it by trying harder to act like 'normal' people would in the situation. Of course it made it worse. There is no solution without first understanding the problem. Now that I know I'm autistic, I ca... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The influence of the Internet on your life |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 14 May 2024, 5:29 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,120
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| I was online before the internet existed, in the mid-1980s, via online services and bulletin boards. Read Indra Sinha's "The Cybergypsies" for an idea of how it was back then. It sparked an interest in programming. I still make a living at it today. I met my beloved wife online. That was b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: destroyed your life |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 13 May 2024, 1:59 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 935
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Nothing. I'm still here.
In the context of autism, most importantly, I'm still just as autistic today as the day I was born. No more, no less. I just know more about it now. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: long term grudges |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 12 May 2024, 2:20 am
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Replies: 33
Views: 5,772
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| I find long term grudges are cured by alcohol and memory loss For me it was the other way round. Alcohol was caused by long term grudges. That's a large part of why I can't hold grudges any more. how is this "the other way around". Its the same thing Cyber said. Hang on while I try and ge... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Pressure |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 09 May 2024, 7:55 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 583
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| Recently someone tried to buy me a drink (alcoholic) when I’d already had enough. I said a polite no thank you, can you get me an orange juice instead, but they kept pressuring me into drinking more. I kept saying no to them, I must have had to repeat no about 7 or 8 times. I found it strange that ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: You may be a Liberal if... |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 09 May 2024, 7:47 am
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Replies: 67
Views: 2,250
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traven wrote:
Microsoft appears twice on that flag... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can you tell the difference between teasing and an insult? |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 09 May 2024, 5:51 am
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Replies: 39
Views: 7,102
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| I'd modify that somewhat, and say that as an autistic person I can't always tell the difference between teasing and the truth (whether it's an insult or not). This can have pretty horrible consequences. There was a kid at school who was, in the argot of the time, 'weirder' than me. One day a bunch o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Charisma On Command YouTube channel |
| JamesW |
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Posted: 09 May 2024, 5:42 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,043
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One of the first videos Charisma On Command offers me is called 'STOP LOOKING AWKWARD.'
The channel is not appropriate for me as an autistic person. |
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