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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Second Thoughts About Autism Speaks |
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Posted: 16 Jul 2009, 12:41 pm
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Views: 3,098
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| The reduction in Down Syndrome had no societal ramifications, The only way that we can consider the reduction of Down Syndrome by abortion is if we value qualities which people with Down Syndrome do not have or exhibit differently as somehow less. Or because the parents love their future children a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I might have SID (SPD)--looking for your perspectives |
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Posted: 13 Jul 2009, 6:20 pm
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Views: 661
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| I had this exchange with my therapist via email today (some info removed). Me describing my symptoms: Hey, I was just wondering whether you knew anything about sensory issues. From the start I've suspected that anxiety isn't the whole story behind my episodes, with sensory overload as the potential ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: A Very Rude Customer! :( |
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Posted: 13 Jul 2009, 5:58 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 4,802
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| "ret*d" in the mainstream is generally just a word used to express frustration or remark that someone wasn't particularly "smooth" about finishing a task--they did something inept, or else it's used to describe an idea that, in hindsight, was pretty bad. Some people are really mean, but I'd say the ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Got "Thinking in Pictures" for my birthday. |
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Posted: 13 Jul 2009, 5:45 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 650
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| I totally agree, Janissy. Another thing that I wonder about is this. She now understands that not all people on the ASD spectrum think in pictures. But has anyone really studied, scientifically, how people in general think? I mean, it seems to me that in the general population, some people will thin... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: The BrutallyHonestThreataboutsocializationwithNTs |
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Posted: 13 Jul 2009, 6:49 am
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Replies: 44
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| 1.) social status is EVERYTHING. If you don't have it, it's your problem I'm the first to say it's important and it's hard to resist being drawn into the status network, but it isn't EVERYTHING, and it's only a guiding principle to a minority of people. And even some of those will try to help you g... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Thinking people like you....finding out they don't? |
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Posted: 12 Jul 2009, 11:19 am
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Replies: 83
Views: 20,549
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| Actually, most neurotypicals don't think like me and probably wouldn't have been able to come up with that, either. It's the rare NT that analyses to this level, indeed. But what I mean is that an Aspie analysing to this level could never reach these conclusions, simply because we work from differe... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Should or shouldn't "be yourself" if you're on the |
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Posted: 12 Jul 2009, 10:25 am
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| Well, a lot of the time counter-culture people have their own in-group and culture and are obsessed with doing the right things to have a higher social status, too. I do agree that, in general, it's just about finding the people who aren't like that, but they seem to be more highly represented among... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: he walked away from me, said i love you,and no contact since |
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Posted: 12 Jul 2009, 12:42 am
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| Ouch. This thread's having a weird effect on me. I get the NT clinginess side, because I'm an NT with an anxiety disorder and all this is an expression of anxiety, but the Aspie side resonates with me. I'm dx'd with conversion disorder, planning on asking my therapist why we're not using the word "c... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Thinking people like you....finding out they don't? |
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Posted: 11 Jul 2009, 11:52 pm
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Replies: 83
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| holdingLight, thank you for sharing your insight, it was a huge revelation to me and, indeed, those are the types I've met in my life. It's going into my folder of great WP member quotes. Thank you! I was worried my schema might have been too personal/subjective and not generalizable to other peopl... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Should or shouldn't "be yourself" if you're on the |
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Posted: 11 Jul 2009, 10:45 pm
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Replies: 29
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| Just keep trying and keep up your hopes and count your blessings (meant in an entirely atheistic way). A lot of social encounters are disappointing, even when they first seem promising. People generally advise someone to just "be themself" when (a) they think anxiety might be the problem or (b) they... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: NT doesn't know if someone has ASD |
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Posted: 09 Jul 2009, 5:30 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 995
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| Hi all, I might just be projecting the fact that my therapist thinks I have some constellation of Aspie symptoms along with my history of befriending, admiring, falling for, and otherwise socializing with people with Asperger's, but I think that a new potential friend might have ASD. Or maybe not. A... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Thinking people like you....finding out they don't? |
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Posted: 09 Jul 2009, 5:05 pm
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Replies: 83
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| @several people Just because someone complains about you, behind your back or to your face or both, doesn't mean they don't like you, or that they never liked you and you were misinterpreting earlier signals. Especially people you have to be around all the time, like roommates, are going to get anno... |
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