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 Forum: Stats   Topic: Visible age?

strongria
Posted: 17 Mar 2012, 10:20 pm 

Replies: 11
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When I was in my teens and early 20s, I looked older than my age. At 40ish, I look significantly younger than my age - grey hairs excepted! Apart from the grey hairs (which I could dye if I wanted to, my apparent age has changed very little in 15-20 years. Even not dyeing my hair tho, people usually...

 Forum: Stats   Topic: Level of education poll

strongria
Posted: 17 Mar 2012, 8:07 pm 

Replies: 27
Views: 4,640
Diagnosed autism (not Aspergers), acquired/traumatic brain injury, refractory epilepsy and some other stuff. Completed an Australian TAFE Diploma - equivelant to a US CC/Associate degree? Now on my 3rd attempt at a Bachelor. Dropped out the first time for health reasons. Dropped out the second time ...

 Forum: Stats   Topic: What is the severity of your autism?

strongria
Posted: 17 Mar 2012, 6:50 pm 

Replies: 58
Views: 52,220
My current official diagnosis is mild high functioning classic autism, but by the definitions given I'm "moderate" to "severe" (and was definitely "severe" when I was younger - I'm 40ish)

 Forum: Stats   Topic: What is your ethnicity?

strongria
Posted: 17 Mar 2012, 6:15 pm 

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Greek/German. 2nd gen in each case - my parents both migrated to Australia in their 20s.

 Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation   Topic: The term "Neuro Typical"

strongria
Posted: 11 Mar 2012, 5:57 pm 

Replies: 73
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Not everyone who is not autistic is typical. What's interesting, is how come they don't use the term for non-bipolars, or non-schizophrenics, or non-borderlines, or non-depressives? Actually, they sometimes do. Or more to the point, some people with mental health diagnoses identify as neurodiverse/...

 Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation   Topic: The term "Neuro Typical"

strongria
Posted: 09 Mar 2012, 7:24 am 

Replies: 73
Views: 13,223
Neurotypical was a term that likely a bunch of psychs that study autism coined to differentiate normal people from autistics. Consensus is that it was coined within the Autism community, first by a private group of people, then popularized by the "isnt" web site. I can't find any evidence to refute...
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