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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Translating special interests to real life..do you do this? |
| SociallyChallenged |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2013, 6:57 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,369
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| I think the term "special interest" is rather prejudiced. Are there people on the autism spectrum who are preoccupied all day long with things that really are rather maladaptive? Certainly. Is it maladaptive to be good at solving optimization problems and finding creative ways to turn problems that ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can You Hear Dog Whistles? |
| SociallyChallenged |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2013, 12:06 pm
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,489
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Age is a huge factor there. The older you get, the less you hear high frequencies.
When TV sets still used cathode ray tubes (the big glass bulbs), the sound of the line transformer drove me crazy, though. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Abnormal Is the New Normal (DSM-5) |
| SociallyChallenged |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2013, 3:36 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,692
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| I'm not sure whether for everyday life it's all that important. It's a diagnostic and statistical manual, not God's guide to who is "normal." One application of the DSM is for classification for research purposes. I'm not qualified to judge the merits of one definition vs. the other for that purpose... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you guys feel about social media |
| SociallyChallenged |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2013, 1:31 pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 4,835
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| I'm finding it extremely valuable, both to maintain some level of connectedness and to be a little more clueful about small-talk topics, what people care about, and so on. The downside, of course, is that it also constantly rubs in how other people are hanging out with friends (or even how the women... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ASD + Extroversion = Out of Luck? |
| SociallyChallenged |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2013, 1:14 pm
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Replies: 13
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briankelley wrote: Comp_Geek_573 wrote: I still get some jealous feelings when I hear large groups of people talking and laughing it up, Me too. But then again, I know if they suddenly asked me to join them, I'd run for the hills.
I don't. I chat them up. But that can be a fairly advanced exercise even for people who are good at it. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Good noise canceling headphones? |
| SociallyChallenged |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2013, 11:21 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 7,219
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| I actually don't know the difference between "noise canceling" and "sound isolating". Isolating means there's some physical barrier to keep the sound outside. Think plastic foam. Noise canceling means there are microphones that capture outside noise and an electronic circuit will generate an opposi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Under-appreciation of technical understanding & skills |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2013, 6:47 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,163
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| There's also the opposite, though. The academic world makes it easy to overappreciate technical skills and solutions that are correct. In the real world, unfortunately, other things often matter more. Microsoft always made rather crappy products, but Bill Gates sure is richer than, for example, the ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Good noise canceling headphones? |
| SociallyChallenged |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2013, 6:39 pm
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Replies: 25
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| About a month ago there was a post about Bose QC3 and how happy he was with it. Does anyone else know about noise canceling headphones? Ideally I want to a pair that can cancel engine noise, human voice, music etc. All depends upon your application. I wear Bose when I'm flying long-distance, either... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What to do when Incandescent light bulb are fazed out by CFL |
| SociallyChallenged |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2013, 4:29 pm
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Replies: 32
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| LED lights are not the same as fluorescent lights -- to the best of my knowledge, halogen bulbs have more in common with CFL bulbs than LEDs have in common with CFL bulbs, at least in terms of the technology. Nope. Halogen lamps are incandescent--the halogen addition doesn't have anything to do wit... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you overcome the feeling that you "don't belong& |
| SociallyChallenged |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2013, 4:21 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,223
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| The story of my life ever since I became aware of issues of social interaction during adolescence. And I don't think I have the ability to give up on wanting to be social and to belong, at least not without giving up on myself entirely. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What to do when Incandescent light bulb are fazed out by CFL |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2013, 3:39 pm
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Replies: 32
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| I go crazy with fluorescent light (which most LED white light is too). I'm using halogen bulbs pretty much everywhere. As for phasing out or prohibiting them: I'd rather buy my lightbulbs at the Home Depot, but if the legal market is shut down I'll be happy to have my lightning needs met by speciali... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ASD + Extroversion = Out of Luck? |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2013, 1:19 pm
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Replies: 13
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| I think the golden path might be skipping followship skills and jumping to the good stuff of low-key leadership, combined with the zen trick of seeming to care less about each particular social interaction by actually caring less about each particular interaction. I have been told in improv theater... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ASD + Extroversion = Out of Luck? |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2013, 12:51 pm
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| Truth be told, I'm interested to find out what books you'd use for small-talk. I was just looking at the bookshelf I have dedicated to that topic, and the sad thing is, none of it spoke to me that much as something I'd recommend to someone finding himself in a similar situation. Some of the better ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: My social phobia is actually more disabling than the AS |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2013, 12:30 pm
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Replies: 14
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Joe90 wrote: I think the social phobia has affected me more than the AS itself.
That's good news, because for phobias there are actually proven treatments! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Empathy myth |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2013, 1:55 am
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Replies: 82
Views: 6,314
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[quote="marshall"I.e. monkey herd behavior is also a component of empathy.[/quote]
You can have empathy without herd behavior, but it'd be hard to be good at herd behavior without empathy because you need to guess instinctively what the herd will do next if you want to move with it synchronously. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Would you want to be cured if you could? |
| SociallyChallenged |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2013, 1:53 am
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Replies: 76
Views: 6,908
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| Yes. I'd trade 50 IQ points, my health, or a lot of other attributes for being socially clueful and charming. |
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