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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: black female aspies? |
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Posted: 14 Nov 2009, 3:19 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,797
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| I'm multiracial-black, white, and creole( native american, french, and spanish ancestories), and I indetify as biracial. |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: list of female AS traits |
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Posted: 07 Nov 2009, 9:42 pm
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Replies: 271
Views: 64,593
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| Wow, I'm a textbook case too. I, especially, liked that they included the part about balancing male/female roles or thinking of oneself as both in a way. And the part about comfortable clothing and not doing "girly" things with other women. It's strange, I used to think that a lot of those things we... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: *Financial Dependence? On Who/What? Does it Matter?* |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2009, 11:38 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,593
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| I voted family, although I also depend on the state, but the amount is very small, not enough for me to pay rent in most places, and certainly not enough for rent, food, utilities, etc. I have worked, lived on my own in the past. I have also been dependent on a partner, which didn't go well in my ca... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Confusing ADHD and autism |
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Posted: 03 Nov 2009, 10:53 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,030
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| This is what I'm trying to figure out now. I've been going to shrinks for about 7 years with all sorts of diagnoses, and only got the ADHD and the other two psych diagnoses listed in my signature in this past year. I'm taking Ritalin which helps some, but I have sensory and other issues that don't s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers and music obsession |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2009, 7:08 pm
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Replies: 129
Views: 48,299
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| Oh, I do this too. I can listen to one or a few songs constantly, for days and weeks on end and not tire of them. When I had a faster internet connection, I would watch certain music videos on youtube obsessively. I also can't read and listen to music at the same time, but I almost always have to ha... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Dyspraxia confusion |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2009, 6:42 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,645
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| I was diagnosed with dyspraxia, actually motor apraxia as a young child around 4 years of age, maybe earlier, after having grand mal seizures at ages 2 & 4. I was late with meeting motor milestones, but not verbal ones. I could walk around age 1, but my mother has told me that I was reluctant to... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Great article in Boston Herald |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2009, 8:38 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,278
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| I liked the article too. I find that some people seem to think that a lot of neurological/ psychological difficulties are fake or rather that the people who have them are faking it. It seems to be a new kind of bias, rather than the old kind where you were discriminated for having a condition, which... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Hi, Hope I'm Still Welcome Here |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2009, 8:19 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 984
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Thank you, Aimless, Tim_Tex and sinsbodly.  It's always a little weird joining and re-joining online communities, as they are called these days.
By the way, I like the Whitman quote in your signature, sinsbodly. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Hi, Hope I'm Still Welcome Here |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2009, 6:43 pm
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Replies: 8
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| Hi everyone: I hope I'm still welcome here.......I know people post and leave suddenly sometimes, and they weren't for real. My computer was fried by lightning, so it took me a while to get another. And I do have a diagnosis. Not exactly Asperger's but, it's Adhd, ptsd, and Schizotypal Personality D... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspie Elitism |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2009, 11:18 pm
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Replies: 192
Views: 15,925
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| garyww: I understand and respect your position on this. Thanks for the clarification. It's so hard to figure out people's motives. People use conditions, that they rightfully experience sometimes, as a crutch, just as much as those who are just looking for an excuse, and never even had the experienc... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspie Elitism |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2009, 9:53 pm
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Replies: 192
Views: 15,925
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| I don't think all "African Americans" see their supposed difference as better than that of whites. Some may, and usually the types of people I've encountered who do, don't do it temporarily, it's not a phase. And usually leads not to healing, but instead more racism. I say this as a person who was b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspie Elitism |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2009, 7:21 pm
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Replies: 192
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| ephemerella: Just to clarify, I'm not talking up AS traits. Intelligence isn't an AS trait. I'm not even saying I enjoy whatever "traits". Like nearly anyone, on the spectrum or not, there are things that I like about myself, things that are useful characteristics to have, and things that aren't, th... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Does anyone else HATE sex sometimes? |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2009, 4:08 am
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Replies: 95
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| Wow....and all this time I just thought I was going crazy or losing my interest....Coming from a non-heterosexual perspective....Lesbian sex is primarily what many people would categorize as "foreplay". Or rather there is less of a clear distinction between where the foreplay ends and the f-ing begi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspie Elitism |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2009, 2:16 am
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Replies: 192
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| Anemone: " What I find confusing and stressful is that I have a very high IQ, but I can't hold down a job (and couldn't work long-term anywhere even with accommodation), so what is autism, and what is functioning? In HIQ land, there is a vocal minority that believes that if you have a high IQ, you c... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Were The Feminists Aspies? |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2009, 12:57 am
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Replies: 68
Views: 5,157
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| millie: I hope I didn't come across as thinking that you have a problem with feminism. I didn't/ don't think you do. I've been thinking a lot about my own body, sex, gender, etc. over the past 3 years or so. I've always felt, blurred, as you put it, which is a good way to say it, growing up, but did... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A "quirky" question! |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2009, 11:27 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,632
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| I don't do the trash compacting thing, but I don't see why it would be weird. Takes up less space. Count me as another person who can't leave a room until a certain song has stopped. I do the evenness thing to some extent....I always like my shoes to be lined up, and people who put mix up their left... |
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