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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: ASDs ignored due to the new UK 'Welfare Reform' Bill |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2011, 8:46 am
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Replies: 25
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| The NHS may be free, but medication isn't, and nor is care for some. If a person genuinely can't work or has difficulty getting themselves into a position to work, they need some means of living. This is what the disability allowance should provide. The £25/week is the regular jobseeker's allowance,... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Are aspies more likely to be bisexual? |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2011, 8:23 am
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Replies: 72
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| Sorry to quote from way back, but I thought it was pretty interesting... Women with aspergers are more likely to be androgynous, so there's definitely something going on with gender. BBC article: Male sex hormone testosterone 'interferes with empathy' I know people give hundreds of reasons for why p... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: ASDs ignored due to the new UK 'Welfare Reform' Bill |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2011, 6:37 am
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| The new UK government are putting a new system into place to replace Disability Living Allowance. This new system however seems to rely on a shocking new test which misses a lot of major problems. The government themselves have admitted (see the Guardian article below) that the test is weakest when ... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Muse fans (and AS?) |
| HamOfCydonia |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2010, 11:15 am
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Replies: 9
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| The most obsessive Musers I have met tend to be either in their mid 20s or 40+. There are about forty of us who routinely meet queueing up for gigs around the world, and a lot of them are older. |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Best song intro's |
| HamOfCydonia |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2010, 7:53 am
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Replies: 18
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Knights of Cydonia by Muse! Not only is it absolutely fabulous, but the intro lasts a good two minutes.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_sBOsh-vyI&ob=av2e[/youtube] |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Ennio Morricone/Old Western Soundtracks |
| HamOfCydonia |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2010, 7:50 am
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Replies: 9
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My favourites are L'Uomo Dell'armonica (Man With A Harmonica), Per Qualche Dollaro In Piu (For A Few Dollars More) and Il Tramonto (The Sunset).
I LOVE Morricone! |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Muse fans (and AS?) |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2010, 7:45 am
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| In my experience (of people on the Muse messageboards and those who queue up with me at 5am to see them) a lot of Musers are very obsessive. If there's ever a poll on NME for instance, Muse will win it simply because all the Muse fans will sit there for three days voting over and over again. And I d... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Muse fans (and AS?) |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2010, 7:38 am
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Is there anyone else on here who is obsessed with the band Muse?
I am, and I find that all the Muse fans I know are particularly obsessive. Much more obsessive than fans of other bands.
It's made me wonder if there are many Aspie Musers! |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Stopping someone touching you - ideas? |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2010, 6:47 am
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Replies: 13
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| Sorry about the delay in replying, I've been away! My mum tends to take the stance 'you're an adult, deal with her yourself'. If I make a big fuss she eventually intervenes, but usually not before. I find it very difficult to deal with her myself (as I am sure you have gathered from the original pos... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Stopping someone touching you - ideas? |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2010, 10:42 am
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| Okay, she started doing it again after less than a day. And when I reminded her, she said that I never said anything about her not touching me, and that it was a 'funny conversation' not a serious one because she was laughing at me when I was explaining it. I can see that the control issue might pla... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Stopping someone touching you - ideas? |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2010, 5:35 am
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| I am not sure if it is out of affection or deliberately to annoy me. In the past when I have tried removing myself from the situation, she has got very confrontational about it and then acted as if she 'won' by me leaving. I have had a conversation with her about it today and she laughed at me a lot... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Fun Asexual Quiz |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2010, 7:23 pm
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Replies: 28
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I got Asexual Fetishist.
Hadn't really considered myself much asexual before, but it actually kind of makes sense... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Social skills training for careers |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2010, 7:05 pm
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| I am trying to become a fine artist. All my art is very good, I know this, and I have no problems with the technical part of the job, but I am really struggling to become known and make sales at this stage of my career. I have been invited to exhibit in various different places, but the difficult pa... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Stopping someone touching you - ideas? |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2010, 6:56 pm
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| I will try that. Hopefully it will work. The thing is, she must know that it upsets me - I've told her so many times! |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Stopping someone touching you - ideas? |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2010, 6:35 pm
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| I have a sister who is twelve. She is eight years younger than me and NT. She knows that I'm an Aspie and that I really hate being touched, but she touches me all the time. I really hate it. And it isn't just that she comes over and puts her hand on my arm or something (which I would hate, but would... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: what are you listening to THIS VERY SECOND? |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2009, 2:54 pm
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Replies: 67,438
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