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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Aspies and legal age? |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2012, 12:21 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,604
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| In terms of emotional maturity, I was about 2 years older than I was throughout high school, due to skipping a year level in primary school. I also got along better with my older relatives (most of my older cousins are closer to my mother's age) than my younger relatives and I tended to follow aroun... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: I can't concentrate on studying |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2012, 11:50 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 9,195
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| This is me! I cannot concentrate on anything study related until the last minute. And the proverbial last minute seems to be shrinking each semester. Perhaps we should make a thread where we set ourselves goals and we then post on a regular basis what we have done so far relative to our goals. I hea... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: I'm going to fail a subject again. |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2012, 6:12 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,241
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| Thanks for that suggestion. I just went and looked it up and my uni also offers that too. The only problem is that most final year math subjects at my university tend to have a situation where you have to go to the lecture and copy what's down on the board in order to get the lecture notes. Which wo... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: I'm going to fail a subject again. |
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Posted: 16 Jul 2012, 9:49 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,241
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| Thanks for your reply :). I talked to a course adviser and they said I had a 50/50 chance of staying in the course if I failed the subject (although he was being pessimistic). I got enough marks in my previous assessment in the subject that all I needed was about 66% in the final exam. Unfortunately... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you self-supporting, on disability, or what? |
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Posted: 11 Jul 2012, 7:51 am
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Replies: 123
Views: 14,870
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| I said other because I'm on Youth Allowance, get financial aid from my university and work casually in a supermarket while studying full time (currently the minimum 3 subjects a semester, jumping up to 4 this coming semester). Retail is becoming rather exhausting so I'm looking for other jobs, prefe... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Should I go and kill myself? |
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Posted: 18 Jun 2012, 5:54 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,558
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| If you hang in there and do what you can to make your life a little better, I promise it will get better, even if it turns out to be something completely different. It just takes time, a little bit of work and taking advantage of any opportunities you get, no matter how small. Perhaps you should als... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: How many people have you had "romantic experiences" |
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Posted: 17 Jun 2012, 12:35 pm
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Replies: 68
Views: 18,021
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| I came up with the number 7 which I will do in chronological order: Guy 1. Kissed at a school formal (apparently it's called picking up) we went for one date after and soon after went separate ways. *He approached me Guy 2. Went out with for nearly 2 years, gave virginity to him and him likewise. *H... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Do you dress like a guy? |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2012, 4:16 pm
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Replies: 54
Views: 15,590
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| My style is a combination of tomboy, metalhead and nerd with some goth thrown in for good measure. Most of my more feminine clothes come under the area of gothic. I don't tend to do much makeup-wise, even in formal occasions except for some dark eye-makeup and foundation as I find lipstick unbearabl... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Woo hoo--I am a university graduate |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2012, 2:54 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,862
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Congratulations! You should be very proud of yourself  . |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: I'm going to fail a subject again. |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2012, 2:48 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,241
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| This is a nice long vent and I'm too tired to try to edit it for brevity, but too awake to go to sleep. So earlier on in my degree, due to personal difficulties and poor subject choices, I ended up failing enough to be classified as a Student At Risk. What I didn't realize is that it didn't go away ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: What is your dream job |
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Posted: 11 Jun 2012, 2:05 am
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Replies: 36
Views: 5,887
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1. Physical or Mathematical Chemist (which I'm working towards)
2. Lab tech (which would require the same or less qualifications as above)
3. Musician (hobby?)
Having to work in retail (while studying) in the meantime is painful. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Clothes you find attractive on men / women |
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Posted: 11 May 2012, 8:01 am
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Replies: 79
Views: 9,997
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If it
a) suits them
b) clean
c) in a decent condition
d) they feel comfortable in it
e)they don't look like a douche/emo/hipster
I really don't mind what they wear.
That means that depending on the guy I'd find either casual clothes, a nice shirt or a metal tee attractive. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Would you dump someone who got fat? |
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Posted: 11 May 2012, 7:07 am
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Replies: 415
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| I think the problem is not just whether or not you'll stay with someone who's changed for the worst but whether there are reasons behind it which would reasonably cause such a change on that scale. For example if a hypothetical partner (single atm) lost or gained a bit of weight from being stressed ... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: To disclose or not to disclose? Problems with lab work |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2012, 7:24 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,070
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| Glad I could help. As it seems to be your first semester in this course, don't feel that you have to do everything to a high standard all the time. It's better to start small and at each subsequent session just do a bit better than what you did the last time. Most recruiters and grad schools tend to... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you proud of being on the spectrum? |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2012, 6:42 am
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Replies: 102
Views: 9,973
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| I am proud of all the things I've achieved as an Aspie, despite the associated difficulties. Especially because a number of them would be impressive to the average NT and especially due to all the NTs who put me through hell and back because they couldn't cope with someone who exhibited Neurodiversi... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Does your boss know? |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2012, 1:01 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,648
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| My current workplace doesn't know. At the time of my diagnosis I was working in a previous location and I had managed to do the job for nearly 4 years so it felt awkward to come out and say it, when everything was going so good. Now I'm at a new store (moved house) and with a larger ethnic demograph... |
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