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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does your environment and experience influence you greatly? |
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Posted: 03 Feb 2008, 8:35 am
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Replies: 12
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| Governments the worse, for throwing spanners in the works, now been waiting 6 months to get in a residential collage, & now after an assessment & the government bringing out the new get people of the benefits schema, where the doc who was they was talking through me to my social worker, &... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How stress(serotonin) may cause Autism |
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Posted: 03 Feb 2008, 6:47 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,117
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| Research suggests that function of ARAS is to regulate the amount of information or stimulation that goes into the brain. It activates and deactivates higher parts of the brain (cerebral cortex) and is involved in maintaining alertness and concentration and in controlling the sleep-waking cycle. Eys... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Albert Einstein is not your poster boy! |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2008, 4:31 pm
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Replies: 115
Views: 13,606
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How stress(serotonin) may cause Autism |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2008, 3:42 pm
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| One such neurotransmitter is serotonin (5) which is instrumental in the control of sleep, mood, some types of sensory perception, body-temperature regulation and appetite. It also affects the rate at which hormones are released and has something to do with tissue inflammation. Individuals with Auti... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's and Moving to Find New Social Ground? |
| logitechdog |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2008, 2:51 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,329
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| basically hitting on every woman on the social networks in the area, may have led to a negative reputation among the young women in my whole metropolitan area By that do you mean more than friends all the time, instead of getting to know them first? Maybe it's more of the signal you’re sending out,... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Most people on this forum don't have Asperger's Syndrome |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2008, 12:29 pm
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Replies: 238
Views: 21,467
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| High intelligence does not cause social awkwardness. If anything intelligence could help someone figure out how to behave socially. Actually, studies show that shy people are shy because they're more socially aware and therefore more nervous. It also proves that, as such, shy people are much more l... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: It's funny how it all turns out... |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2008, 4:12 am
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Replies: 13
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| Not just social, any of them & you get this treatment. Mostly you find social is not as important as been able to do the job in the first place, would a custom be more ***** at having to come to customer service coz they need to coz your business suck, or would the customer be more happy with so... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: People In My School Library Are Laughing At Me |
| logitechdog |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2008, 3:43 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,014
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| look normal? these people that stupid lol, so if you look normal you can't have any problems, or they don't know what the special ed is, maybe they need to be in it... Or maybe they should learn what the title means... Here are 10 questions for you to think about prior to choosing this profession: 1... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: my thoughts on NT vs aspie communication |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2008, 1:21 pm
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Replies: 3
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| Its automatic, ask them how they do it & they won't be able to answer it, they just know. Anyway these days most of the other stuff is irrelevant as most people are lying anyway, body language, facial expression so on, going on that stuff won't be 100% these days. Or why do we have lie detectors... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Patience |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2008, 8:52 pm
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Replies: 20
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| I have, what every vet has termed, "the ultimate cool jazz cat," with some variation in words. I am calmer and more relaxed than anyone I know. I always thought that had to do with my ability to focus so intensely, and forget about everything that normally worries most people. Then again, I do get ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Who Has Autoimmune Disease? |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2008, 8:29 pm
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Replies: 35
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| Some of you that are posting do not even know what autoimmunity means. It has nothing to do with latex allergy, getting chicken pox or the cold. I have an autoimmune illness called Crest Syndrome. Autoimmune diseases are illnesses which occur when the body's tissues are attacked by its own immune s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: if your child is on a dairy-free/casein-free diet!!read this |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2008, 7:33 pm
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Replies: 45
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| heheheh I am personally not on it... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: if your child is on a dairy-free/casein-free diet!!read this |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2008, 7:26 pm
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Replies: 45
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| beau99 did you get a vitamin & mineral screen before you started a gluton free diet? Because you might of needed supplements.. Following a gluten free diet presents a problem with achieving adequate intake of some nutrients. Gluten-free products compared to their counterparts are often low in B ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: if your child is on a dairy-free/casein-free diet!!read this |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2008, 6:50 pm
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Replies: 45
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| im supprised vegans live longer then (which they do) and what damage is the gluten and dairy going to do if you cant process it and its making opioids in your brain? Most people in the east (who also live longer) dont eat dairy. Are you sure this study was not sponsored by the milk board? Vegans wo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you hate how some people think Asperger makes you inferio |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2008, 6:08 pm
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Replies: 29
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Patience |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2008, 9:42 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,078
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| Very often it is time related, such as being expected to do something by a certain time and finding out it is not going to happen. I find the slowness of things happening very frustrating, and also my own lack of executive function. Have you seen if you can get more time or you do it earlier or you... |
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