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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Boss (Almost) Never Around |
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Posted: 29 Feb 2008, 2:00 pm
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| So, its Friday afternoon, and I am sitting here all alone in my office. Again. Bored out of my skull. My boss is almost never here. She has to attend professional meetings and seminars and who knows what else to maintain her credibility in academia, probably way more than she needs to in order to ke... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: History Majors |
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Posted: 29 Feb 2008, 1:52 pm
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,600
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| That is sooo cool! I hope you get the grant, too. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Puzzle Brigade |
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Posted: 29 Feb 2008, 1:50 pm
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Replies: 1
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| Just did some nifty advocacy during my lunch hour. I work in a University library. Walking past a study room, I noticed a group was gluing a puzzle piece border on a poster display board. "Uh-oh," I thought, "they must be doing some sort of horrendous mis-presentation of autism." I ate lunch quickly... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Anyone here trying to get pregnant? |
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Posted: 29 Feb 2008, 11:27 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,925
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We are unofficially open to children. If it happens, great; if not, get a dog.  |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: does anyone have "arts and crafts" obsessions? |
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Posted: 29 Feb 2008, 11:24 am
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Replies: 107
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Current obsessions:
Knitting - forever and always
Fashion Reconstruction - cut up old clothes and sew new ones
Don't have time for [blasted FT job!]:
drawing - people, landscapes
painting - ditto
spinning/felting |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: History Majors |
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Posted: 29 Feb 2008, 11:12 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,600
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Ahhh...the social sciences. Critique everything in terms of race, class, and gender.  Maybe, one day, we can critique history from a neurodiversity standpoint. Many more situations would make sense, I think. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: .....you might be an aspie. |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2008, 3:23 pm
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Replies: 65
Views: 7,143
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| ....your boss sets out stim toys on the edge of her desk for you to play with while chatting. She lets you take your favorite toy back to your desk for keeps. ....you fill your cat's auto-waterer (two chambered dish) and modulate the tap flow so the upper chamber achieves equilibrium with the bottom... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Famous Aspie Authors |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2008, 2:57 pm
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Replies: 39
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Ok, I'm sure there is a thread for this already, BUT:
I listened to some audio clips of JRR Tolkien, speaking in English and speaking in Quenya (Elvish language). He sounds more fluent and confident in his made-up language than in English! That sold me on his having some AS traits. |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Any 18th Century English Lit. Fans? |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2008, 2:13 pm
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Replies: 2
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I find their language style and vocabulary to be refreshingly exact and thorough in contrast to our current American standards. Who are your favorite 18th century English authors or subjects?
Jane Austen is an acceptable addition. 
~Anna |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: .....you might be an aspie. |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2008, 4:43 pm
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Replies: 65
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| .....you write a love note to your spouse in binary. [no kidding...received one!] .....a relaxing evening includes Star Trek/LOTR/Monty Python, flannel jammies, and a cat. .....you attend your first political caucus and are relieved to see a bulletin with the exact schedule of events...and they stic... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: .....you might be an aspie. |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2008, 10:23 am
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Replies: 65
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| ....clowns scared you as a child and they still freak you out as an adult. ....you open three rolls of quarters, hoping to find all the minted state quarters...and are disappointed to be short two. ....you create a laid out map of said state quarters on your kitchen table. ....the state quarter map ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: My son is scared of thunderstorms |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2008, 10:17 am
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| Oh, yes, I was deathly afraid of t-storms growing up in Ohio. We had a basement where I would retreat to, even when the storms were rather light. My fear/anxiety peaked around age 10-11. After that, I did not have melt-downs or insomnia. It is hard to describe why I was afraid; it was not like an au... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Discussion for Parents WITH Aspergers? |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2008, 10:09 am
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Replies: 30
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| AspieStudentMom - I was actually considering starting a blog/site/forum for Aspie parents! My husband and I will (hopefully) conceive soon (sorry, TMI) and we are both Aspie. It is a brave new world, this parenting thing. I know I would need some better insight than what I could garner from NT inter... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Should an Aspie adult have children? |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2008, 4:53 pm
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Replies: 198
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| I'm married, met my wife at school when I was 15. Never dated anyone else. I'm now 38 and have been married 10 years. We have two beautiful aspie kids (7 diagnosed) and (4 undiagonsed) who drive us up the wall. I have a lot of fun with them; I have a family blog; http://gbollard.blogspot.com In add... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: When did you know you were different? |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2008, 4:11 pm
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Replies: 68
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| I realized I was different at about 11 years old, when the kids I was friends with in elementary school suddenly were not my friends any more in junior high. How did two months of summer break change everything about me or them??? Our shared interests were not 'cool'. Never really figured it all out... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: When you act NT... |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2008, 4:06 pm
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Replies: 35
Views: 3,550
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| Having been recently diagnosed after 28 years on the NT planet, it is really hard for me to distinguish between acting NT and acting Aspie. I've "faked" it for so long, it is all fuzzy grey lines. Being "around" other aspies is helping me realize where I can draw healthier boundaries in my daily lif... |
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