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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Driving/Public Transportation |
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Posted: 13 Jan 2012, 11:57 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,241
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| I passed on my first time when I was sixteen, but driving has always been difficult for me sensory wise. My neuropsychologist told me that out of all of the Asperger's people he sees I am the only one who drives. At least once a month I'll end up hyperventilating... then my hands start to tingle, an... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you an excellent writer? |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2012, 1:05 am
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Replies: 59
Views: 5,245
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you attract hippies, weirdos, and otherwise crazy people? |
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Posted: 08 Jan 2012, 11:22 am
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Replies: 134
Views: 19,593
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What age were you diagnosed? |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2012, 3:23 pm
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Replies: 41
Views: 4,176
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How does alcohol affect you? |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2012, 10:53 am
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Replies: 77
Views: 10,174
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: as a child- hot head or ears?? |
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Posted: 04 Jan 2012, 8:23 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,285
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| Instead of creating a new thread, I found this... At twenty-three years old I still get hot red ears nearly every day. It only happens in the late afternoon or the evening and doctors have never been able to explain it. Very annoying. One ear most of the time, sometimes both... Does anyone know how ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone else wish we used images instead of words? |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2012, 11:10 pm
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Replies: 42
Views: 4,536
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| For me, conveying what I mean in words is a challenging and pleasurable undertaking. Music is easier, but more difficult to disseminate. Lead me to a piano and I'll make you cry. Lead me to a typewriter and I'll do the same. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Grammar... YOUR THE BEST |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2011, 11:44 am
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Replies: 49
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| It certainly bothers, but we must remember that none of us here have been educated equally. Oddly enough, I taught myself proper grammar and writing outside of school as my special interest. It's a matter of priorities. Edit: Also, consider those who were diagnosed young and were (wrongly in my opin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do people with Aspergers typically have problems balancing? |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2011, 10:01 pm
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Replies: 55
Views: 13,812
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| My balance has always been great, but I cannot do complicated things. I can ride a unicycle, for instance, but I could never do a kickflip on a skateboard, though I could drop into a half pipe with no problem. I have pretty bad equilibrium problems sometimes, too, but that's supposedly vestibular. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Equilibrium Problems and Asperger's? |
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Posted: 15 Dec 2011, 12:41 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,606
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| I'm beginning to believe it may be some strange form of synesthesia. Thoughts or feeling translating into movement. Who knows. Judging by the responses it seems rather common for us. So I suppose the next question is, besides a cane (I feel much too young and the problem is too intermittent), has an... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Equilibrium Problems and Asperger's? |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2011, 11:06 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,606
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| I've read before that people with Asperger's syndrome have difficulties knowing exactly where their bodies are in space, but does anyone else experience dropping feelings when walking (akin to being on a boat), or just the feeling of movement when sitting at times? Perhaps this occurs more when I am... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's difference in IQ subset scores |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2011, 6:33 pm
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Replies: 44
Views: 15,920
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| I'd managed to miss the things in my copy of The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome when I was looking on this before. I'm not sure how. Having looked in The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome now, some studies said this was true of a plurality but not a majority, and other studies contradict... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's difference in IQ subset scores |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2011, 4:54 pm
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Replies: 44
Views: 15,920
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| People with Asperger's syndrome typically display a gap between Performance IQ and Verbal IQ. My Verbal IQ, for example, was in the highly gifted range on the WISC-III (140s), and my Performance IQ was only in the average range (high 80s). Neurotypical children and adults have more even results. I o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Verbal scores?? |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2011, 11:02 am
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Replies: 2
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| Perhaps you mean Verbal IQ, as in one of the two main things measured in a Wechsler test. (Performance and Verbal IQs) People with Asperger's syndrome typically display a large gap between Performance IQ and Verbal IQ. My Verbal IQ, for example, was in the highly gifted range on the WISC-III (140s),... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What problems do you have with driving? |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2011, 11:23 pm
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Replies: 57
Views: 5,137
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| It's a sensory overload sometimes, but I drive to work every weekday, and venture out on weekends as well. Driving far on freeways is usually unpleasant, but even riding passenger to such a thing is the same. Hyperventilation and tingling hands ensue. I'm learning how to counter it. My neuropsycholo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Regressing After Diagnosis/Self-Diagnosis? |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2011, 9:55 am
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Replies: 35
Views: 4,147
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| I definitely feel some regression since my diagnosis in the summer. I feel more self conscious when I am doing things I was already doing to cope, as if I am now understanding it. Like the eye contact thing; I have always only really ever looked subtley between peoples eyes, but now I am more self ... |
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