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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: question about being treated condescendingly

heather37
Posted: 18 Oct 2008, 11:31 am 

Replies: 10
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I think that particular generation (people who are in their 50s and 60s now) lived in a culture where being older than someone gave you a higher status, when kids were still supposed to be "seen and not heard". That viewpoint clashes with our current belief that "young is good", so people who bough...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Obsessions?

heather37
Posted: 18 Oct 2008, 11:22 am 

Replies: 19
Views: 3,318
I forgot to add that my likely AS spouse is obsessed with cars and specifically information about cars. In the past he has been obsessed with airplanes (specs and other info) and flying. He tends to have a very obsessive persoanlity in general and can be like a walking encyclopedia about a lot of th...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Obsessions?

heather37
Posted: 17 Oct 2008, 11:45 pm 

Replies: 19
Views: 3,318
I obsess and re-obsess. My current obsessions are skiing (both downhill and cross country) and my dogs (2, both female pugs). These obsessions have been ongoing for some time now. I periodically re-obsess about travel, specifically to Europe, and that re-obsessiong can go on for a couple weeks and t...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: When did you start to know you were different?

heather37
Posted: 17 Oct 2008, 11:52 am 

Replies: 115
Views: 11,417
something I am missing, something I can't do, that everyone else takes for granted, and is so natural That is AS in a nutshell. And that's why the other women targeted you. Hi - new here (just posted in another thread for newbies). When I read through the last couple of messages, in particular, for...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: Hi, new here

heather37
 Post subject: Hi, new here
Posted: 17 Oct 2008, 11:13 am 

Replies: 9
Views: 988
Hi, been lurking for awhile and finally decided to post :) I have never been officially diagnosed with Asperger's however from the research I have done on my own, I am pretty sure Asperger's is the case. I am 37 years old and for the vast majority of my life I have felt there was something 'wrong' w...
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