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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: ESPN profiles young surfer with Asperger's |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2009, 7:20 pm
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Replies: 20
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "The Asperger's Stare" |
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Posted: 21 Jun 2009, 2:02 am
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Replies: 233
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I still think this is the most perfect example (even if Wittgenstein wasn't autistic):
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Here is an unusual character! |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2009, 11:25 am
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Replies: 5
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| Ludwig Wittgenstein was famously eccentric. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: how sociable were (are) your mother and father, what affect |
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Posted: 17 Jun 2009, 10:54 am
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Replies: 50
Views: 4,858
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| My parents are extremely social people. What influence did this have upon me? I don't know. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Historical Persons Who May Have Been on the Spectrum |
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Posted: 14 May 2009, 1:27 am
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Replies: 39
Views: 4,286
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: When U told people about ur AS, what response did U get? |
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Posted: 12 May 2009, 9:38 pm
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Replies: 43
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MathGirl wrote: Yeah, because the title was too long.
I see. Thanks. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: When U told people about ur AS, what response did U get? |
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Posted: 12 May 2009, 3:37 pm
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MathGirl wrote: Did you get a positive or negative response, and what kind of people gave you a positive or negative response? Elaborate =)
You substituted "U" for "you" in the title but not in the post itself. Why? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How much of a misfit are you in WrongPlanet? |
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Posted: 12 May 2009, 3:36 pm
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Replies: 60
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| I feel here as much an alien as anywhere else. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: AS and Schizoid (again...) |
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Posted: 12 May 2009, 3:32 pm
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Replies: 25
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| I am afraid of SPD because I know nothing about it. I think of the movie "A Beautiful Mind" when I think of it and that is all. So would I rather be Josh Hartnett in "Mozart and the Whale" or Russell Crowe in "A Beautiful Mind?" You are confusing schizophrenia (from which Crowe's character, John Na... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Life is a game |
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Posted: 10 May 2009, 12:23 am
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Pugly wrote: What's the definition of game?.
This is exactly why life is not a game.
See §66 in Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism, Sexuality |
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Posted: 08 May 2009, 8:37 pm
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Replies: 10
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| Is it strange that when you read about famous Aspies many have a bizarre unclear sexual history like Lewis Carroll, Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein, Hans Christian Andersen, Woody Allen, Alan Turing etc Woody Allen has aspergers? Thomas Jefferson? Where did you learn this? I don't know about Wood... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ever been called out? |
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Posted: 29 Apr 2009, 11:59 pm
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Replies: 43
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Danielismyname wrote: I just lacked eye contact, stood side-on ...
Side-on. Do you mean you lean to one side while standing? If you do, on the 'unburdened' side, does your foot stand tip-toed instead of resting flat on the ground? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Loss |
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Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 12:04 am
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Replies: 13
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| It was preciselythe same for me when my grandmother died in 2002. Having learned much more about her after her death I often think of her. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: So, what are we? |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2009, 10:44 am
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Replies: 16
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Suicidal Ideation as a fuzzy, daily constant |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2009, 11:30 pm
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Replies: 71
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autisitc/AS traits in order of prominence |
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Posted: 03 Apr 2009, 6:51 pm
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Replies: 31
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| Interesting. 1.) Obsessive interests; 2.) Always thinking; 3.) Dominating conversations; 4.) Sameness; 5.) Self-involved and lack of empathy; 6.) Inability to multitask ("tunnel vision"); 7.) Oversensitive to touch and light; 8.) Stimming; 9.) Eye contact; 10.) That toe-walking business. I sometimes... |
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