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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Newer and Revised DSM-V Criteria w/ Severity Labels |
| meerkateer |
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Posted: 04 Mar 2011, 8:53 pm
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Replies: 51
Views: 5,640
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| The new criteria read more like they passed through a human brain before being written down. I approve. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Grinch is Aspie |
| meerkateer |
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Posted: 04 Mar 2011, 8:26 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,124
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| No wonder I've always loved the Grinch and find him so very attractive. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: DRUGS To Break Focus on Special Interest? |
| meerkateer |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011, 1:03 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,205
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| Gawd, that's sick and creepy that someone would be considering this. Chemical lobotomies for all! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have you noticed this in NTs? |
| meerkateer |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011, 12:55 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 3,395
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| Definitely. Is it because I'm projecting the wrong non-verbal cues that tell them to ignore me? Not sure at all. I find that it doesn't matter what comes out of my mouth. It can be as bland as today's weather or as bizarre as poop-powered space elevators, but there's very little response, especially... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Problems with Cats and Dogs as a Child? |
| meerkateer |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2011, 1:26 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 782
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| I got bitten by the neighbor's dog too. I hated that creature. It was hideous and barked at me and chased after me every time it saw me. I was scared of dogs for most of my childhood. But now I really like both cats and dogs. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: If physicians acted like psychologists |
| meerkateer |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2011, 1:15 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,358
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| Truly a horror show. Even more scary, some physicians also act like this for physical issues. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What do you think of bars, night clubs, and drinking? |
| meerkateer |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2011, 6:04 pm
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Replies: 89
Views: 16,886
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| I also hate all of bars, night clubs, and drinking. I have friends who always want to dress up purrrrrrrty and go clubbing. Ick. I know people who consider drinking the end-all be-all of social interaction. Some bars have event nights, like trivia pursuit tournaments on the same night every week. Th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Childhood behavior: Idea of social interaction non-existent? |
| meerkateer |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2011, 4:40 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,753
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| I'm wondering if anyone else had this specific experience in early childhood: When I was three, I went to a preschool where I never interacted with any of the children or any of the teachers. One of my clearest memories is wandering around a big room where the other kids played with each other or th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Personal doubts |
| meerkateer |
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Posted: 21 Feb 2011, 9:14 pm
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Replies: 39
Views: 3,686
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| despite the fact that she is certain I'm not autistic A lot of people's parents seem to have issues believing that their adult child is autistic. Perhaps they have a misunderstanding of the condition and make it out to be something extremely horrible and don't want that for their child? I have a bi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Being aware of everything |
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Posted: 21 Feb 2011, 6:26 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,685
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| Unless I'm working on an engine, or a theory for an engine I'm constantly noticing everything around me. But once I get my head going or hands wrenching even a freight train passing 3 inches from my face at 100mph wouldn't sway my attention. Me too. Before I came here and read about the sensory stu... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspie quiz |
| meerkateer |
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Posted: 21 Feb 2011, 6:16 pm
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Replies: 141
Views: 26,625
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Your Aspie score: 181 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 13 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie
My personal favorite question was whether I think about peeling flakes off myself and others. I didn't used to think about this, but I do now.  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Bouncy walking - unusual gait |
| meerkateer |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2011, 11:22 pm
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Replies: 42
Views: 23,336
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| I used to ask people why they moved up and down so much when they walked next to me. Um, I guess it could have been me and not everyone else who was moving up and down a lot? I like it though. It's springy and fun. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ever or Never Bring Up AS To Therapists? |
| meerkateer |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2011, 6:56 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,750
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Quote: Even before I really knew about AS, I had a strong suspicion that there was something fundamentally different about me, and behavioral psychology can't deal with that.
Yes, I think of behavioral psychology as an "outside in" approach. I feel like I think differently from the "inside out". |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Total Confusion: AS/Cognitive Behavioral Therapy |
| meerkateer |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2011, 6:49 pm
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,383
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| The first, is that I informed her of my inability to understand the motivation or drive behind status, pecking-order and hierarchy, and that these things meant nothing to me. Exactly. These things mean nothing to me either. Yesterday, I was telling my therapist that my favorite conversational thing... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ever or Never Bring Up AS To Therapists? |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2011, 6:19 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,750
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| She also thought that my employer would respond to a DX by putting me into a little room on my own. LOL. This is what I dream of on a daily basis. If only. I wish to both live and work in this same room called "The Labartment". And have a defense perimeter in place to reject intruders of the unsche... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I was thinking..... |
| meerkateer |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2011, 5:06 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,095
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Quote: I am always seeking truth
YES!! ! All hail mighty TRUTH!! ! I subscribe to your theories. |
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