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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Being a few years behind in growing up

Polgara
Posted: 24 Aug 2008, 12:33 am 

Replies: 33
Views: 4,073
I understand that's pretty consistent. I think I read somewhere you can figure about 8 years behind in emotional maturity. Looking back, and at my kids, I'd say that's pretty close to right. Decisions that I made at 18 and 22 make more sense in retrospect as more like if I had been 12 and 16. I thin...

 Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation   Topic: Bully, 12, investigated for rape

Polgara
Posted: 23 Aug 2008, 8:45 pm 

Replies: 67
Views: 17,148
The psychologist said: ‘I am not prepared to speak to him because he hasn’t taken his Ritalin. If it happens again, go and report it,’ ” said her mother. I have such a problem with that. It sounds as if the psychologist won't talk to the kid if he hasn't taken his medicine? Why not? If he's that sc...

 Forum: News and Current Events   Topic: Teasing escalates to murder in Tennessee

Polgara
Posted: 22 Aug 2008, 9:42 am 

Replies: 18
Views: 2,520
Quote:
kid with a terminal illness


Unless there's a new kind I haven't heard about, alopecia just means all you hair falls out. Not terminal.

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Chicken Soup for the Autistic/Asperger's Soul

Polgara
Posted: 21 Aug 2008, 11:07 pm 

Replies: 67
Views: 9,633
Given the known preference for concrete imagery amongst Aspies: CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE ASPERGER'S SOUL Ingredients: 1 lb chicken, boneless, diced 1/2 lb carrots, diced 1 lb egg noodles... Ten NES consoles Nine Star Trek (TOS) characters Eight sessions of WoW Seven anime series Six railroad lines Five...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: What exactly is understood by "autistic thinking"?

Polgara
Posted: 21 Aug 2008, 10:56 pm 

Replies: 15
Views: 2,026
Social dyslexia.

 Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology   Topic: So I'm a Macintosh Technician now...

Polgara
Posted: 09 Aug 2008, 12:10 am 

Replies: 4
Views: 1,319
When he was much younger I was discussing with my Aspie son the differences in our brains and those of "other people", and I told him it was like having a Macintosh mind in a Windows world! :D Of course, all I have is Macs! Drakeman, do you work for a company I would be familiar with? Like, Powermax...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: something I learned today!

Polgara
Posted: 09 Aug 2008, 12:05 am 

Replies: 17
Views: 2,365
The side of my family from whence Asperger's proliferates, is the same side that has really big feet.

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Post Songs about Autistic people

Polgara
Posted: 03 Aug 2008, 1:00 am 

Replies: 69
Views: 10,058
Quote:
Through Glass


It's a great song and appropriate, but watching the video I kept trying to figure out how they did that!

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Literary works that every aspie should read...

Polgara
Posted: 02 Aug 2008, 4:45 pm 

Replies: 53
Views: 4,470
I read "Never Cry Wolf" by Farley Mowat in junior high school and it really helped me figure out how to interact with average people. He spends a good deal of time observing and learning about the social rules and habits of wolves. I sort of applied that to the social rules and habits of the people ...
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