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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: My brother: AS Traits or just Eccentric?

TE4751
Posted: 30 Aug 2012, 4:54 pm 

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Your brother sounds uncannily similar to me in many ways, and I think I probably have AS, but OTOH there are some AS tendencies I don't identify with so much. I would say he's at least Aspie-ish if not a true Aspie.

 Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion   Topic: What do you believe in ?

TE4751
Posted: 27 Aug 2012, 12:22 am 

Replies: 29
Views: 2,957
Quasi-Christian Neo-Platonic monotheist

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Reasons why you don't like eye contact

TE4751
Posted: 26 Aug 2012, 10:27 pm 

Replies: 116
Views: 27,241
I agree with the sentiment expressed: -It's way too intimate, like staring straight into someone's soul and in turn having your innermost essence probed by them. The notion that one should make eye contact all the time with complete strangers... well, I think everyone here understands, but if I were...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Can Aspies do Sarcasm and/or Irony?

TE4751
Posted: 26 Aug 2012, 10:03 pm 

Replies: 54
Views: 9,758
My favorite bumper sticker is "Honk if you can tell the difference between sarcasm and irony!" ...But getting back to the original question-- I find that I sometimes have trouble 'switching gears' when it comes to sarcasm and irony. Not sure exactly how to explain it, but if I'm in a certain mindset...

 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Topic: Have you ever been mistaken for another race, ethnicity?

TE4751
Posted: 18 Aug 2012, 11:52 am 

Replies: 67
Views: 15,995
I've been mistaken for Russian by Russian immigrants here, although I am 1/4 Russian (Belorussian to be specific) and another 1/4 Polish by ancestry. A few people have said it's not just the Slavic facial features, but that I have the gait and countenance of a Russian. It's never happened to anyone ...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: do many of your friends and pears underestimate you

TE4751
Posted: 17 Aug 2012, 5:11 pm 

Replies: 16
Views: 3,489
Yes this has happened to me before. At the last job I had, I thought I was getting along with everybody at least decently-- I knew for sure I wasn't Mr. Popularity-- but didn't feel disliked. Then when I was having an especially pleasant conversation with 2 particular co-workers-- filled with lots o...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: Hello

TE4751
 Post subject: Hello
Posted: 17 Aug 2012, 4:06 pm 

Replies: 3
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So I've recently started suspecting I'm somewhere on the spectrum and been doing a lot of reading on it; but I'm still not sure. Sometimes I relate so well to stories and descriptions found on this site and others that I feel absolutely sure I have it, but other times I have my doubts. Anyhow, I'm s...
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