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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A way to financially support WP |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2006, 7:11 am
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Replies: 70
Views: 8,938
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| I would strongly caution people not to donate until WP has a proper, elected board of governance that is directly responsible to the members. As someone who has donated in the past, I was very upset to read about how money was being spent on publicity agents. And now there has been a suggestion that... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Dangers of Self-Diagnosis? |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2006, 1:54 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,886
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| Having AS is not the same as being crazy. AS is simply a style of thinking and processing sensory input. The crazy ones are the people who can't deal with the way that people with AS minds function. The advantage of understanding about AS or any similar behavioural characteristics is largely about g... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Do you have a gaydar? |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2006, 6:26 pm
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Replies: 80
Views: 1,217
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| You dont need a radar to detect male-insecurity in the US. You have to swim through male-insecurity to get anywhere. Haha, touché. It'd be funnier if it weren't true. :/ It's obvious when you arrive at any US airport... all those (in)security detectors :-) My gaydar is completely unreliable. It wou... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Snow Cake - A film about autism |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2006, 6:18 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,021
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| Some clips here (zipped Windows Media file). |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Ladies, does it turn you on to see a man using power tools? |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2006, 6:32 pm
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Replies: 45
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Clipped to my belt, I have a Palm with an expanding display and a copy of "powerOne graph" which I can manfully whip out and finger in the most complex of calculations with my light and subtle touch.
So how come all the women (and men) in my office aren't just swooning at my feet?
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Dewey :: test what is your score? |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2006, 5:47 pm
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Replies: 108
Views: 19,322
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| I don't think that this tests anything at all useful. I managed to score a ridiculous 19 points, yet I'm pretty certain that my answers made sense both for me and the general population. Perhaps the score has been calculated wrongly by the page? |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: How did you come up with your username? |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2006, 10:01 pm
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Replies: 301
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| I found it interesting to see most of the G-Force/BotP/Gatchaman characters on WP when I arrived, as I would probably have taken Keyop as a second choice if Jetson was already in use. Of the five, he was the one I most identified with, even though I didn't stutter. Do I get double kudos for using b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: An interest in radios and tinkering |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2005, 1:17 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,586
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| I know that several people around here remember the vacuum tube radios. Remember? Some of us still use them! I got my first valve am/shortwave radio from my step-grandfather, who was going to throw it away because it didn't work. I managed to figure out what was wrong and repair it (just a huge ele... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: "communication" problems at work |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2005, 11:15 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,988
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| Oh, and I forgot to mention, that his contract ends in September and won't be renewed unless he can address his "communication problems." :( What does he do? Considering that his communication issues are part of his brain structure and therefore something he can't help, that's pretty much the same ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Talk In Binary! |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2005, 3:07 am
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,359
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| 0101001101100011011011110110111101110100011100110010110100100000 0111100101101111011101010010000001101110011001010110010101100100 0010000001100001001000000110111001100101011101110010000001100011 0110111101101101011100000111010101110100011001010111001000100001 0010000001001101011011110111001101110100... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: "communication" problems at work |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2005, 2:39 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,988
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| Has anyone ever tried telling their employer that they are Aspergers, or is that a very bad idea? They may not know what AS is, or worse have inaccurate preconceptions. I think that it is better only to be explicit about what you need to work well. For example, if it is possible, ask for a quiet pl... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: "communication" problems at work |
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Posted: 17 Dec 2005, 5:14 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,988
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| Unfortunately, it's a jungle out there... The problem with the work environment is that there are a significant number of people who will do anything to further their own careers regardless of the consequences for other people. If you are impaired in your ability to read people's underlying motives... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: AS traits |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2005, 8:35 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,392
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| I agree about the reading such lists with caution. And I also have to say that that particular list seemed to have just about everything but the kitchen sink on it. Some items even seemed contradictory. It is a list of personality traits adults with AS might show, not a set of AS symptoms (many of ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: AS traits |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2005, 2:08 am
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Replies: 12
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| Roger Meyer has a good list of adult traits (as well as a lot of other writing). Well recently ive been doubting whether i have AS, but going by that list im now pretty certain i am. You need to read such lists with caution. Everyone exhibits such traits to some extent - the question is whether or ... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: What Fictional Character Are You Most Like? |
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Posted: 15 Dec 2005, 4:25 pm
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Replies: 65
Views: 9,761
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Wolfgang (River Phoenix) from Explorers.
Come to think of it, I could also be one of the rubberised aliens, who talk entirely in film quotations  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Stimming/Fidgeting |
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Posted: 15 Dec 2005, 3:33 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,421
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| There was a young man on my flight last week who was obviously somewhere on the spectrum from the stimming. He was: - rapid leg bouncing (left, then right, sometimes both) - hand flapping(hand just above lap, rapid shake at about 5Hz and about 5cm movement) - rapid thumb twiddling, periodically alte... |
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