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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I gave a TEDx talk about my life with Asperger's! |
| Cookiemobsta |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2013, 12:48 pm
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Replies: 21
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Thanks everybody  I worked really hard on that speech, so I'm glad to see that it has inspired many people. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I gave a TEDx talk about my life with Asperger's! |
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Posted: 18 Jun 2013, 10:34 am
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Replies: 21
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I talk about the challenges of growing up with Asperger's, some of the ways I've learned to overcome the challenges of Asperger's, and the things I've learned from my story. Check it out
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-xgdqNtcDI[/youtube] |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I was featured on the news for my Asperger's story! |
| Cookiemobsta |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2013, 12:36 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,159
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| Thanks guys! I really appreciate your encouragement and affirmation :) I do want to say two things. First, I give away memberships to anyone who asks -- I just ask them to do a good deed to someone else in return. You can read about that here: http://www.improveyoursocialskills.com/pay-it-forward-me... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I was featured on the news for my Asperger's story! |
| Cookiemobsta |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2013, 4:29 pm
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Replies: 8
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| http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/austin/making-a-weakness-a-strength It's a story about the struggles that I've had with Asperger's, and the ways that I am helping people learn social skills based on what I've learned. It's a very positive perspective on Asperger's, and obviously I'm quite excite... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Need some advice (long post) |
| Cookiemobsta |
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Posted: 14 Feb 2013, 4:26 pm
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Replies: 7
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| Could you see a counselor? That would give you at least one person to talk to, and it would also help you brainstorm solutions to your "finding friends" dilemma. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Google+ Hangout for Casual Conversation? (~college age) |
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Posted: 14 Feb 2013, 3:22 pm
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Replies: 18
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| Some counselor friends of mine are running a Google Hangout social skills group. It's a bit different from what you have in mind (since they want to more directly work on skills instead of having a general hangout), but it might be worth checking out as well. The details are Here. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Online social skills group run by counselors |
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Posted: 12 Feb 2013, 3:17 pm
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Replies: 2
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mereexistence wrote: Your wording makes it sound like they're teaching "skills for 'online' social interaction".... i.e. internet chat / forum etiquete. I think that they're instead teaching "normal social skills" via the internet.
Yes, this is correct. Thanks for helping to clarify |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Online social skills group run by counselors |
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Posted: 12 Feb 2013, 2:46 pm
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Replies: 2
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| Hi guys! Two counselor friends of mine are running an online social skills group through Google Hangout. It might be a good way for you to practice social skills and get advice. You can get all the details here |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How to improve social skills without knowing what's wrong |
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Posted: 03 Feb 2013, 11:02 pm
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| Two ways. A friend/family member/counselor is the best way. Have them observe your interactions, and then reflect back to you the areas they see you need to improve. You can also use social skills guides. Read a book or use a website (like the one in my signature) that teach you how to do a particul... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Gift of Asperger's |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2013, 3:22 pm
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Replies: 3
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CockneyRebel wrote: That's a very good article. I also believe that my AS is a gift.
Glad you agree |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Gift of Asperger's |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2013, 5:44 pm
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I've been really good socially - so no Asperger's? |
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Posted: 04 Dec 2012, 10:46 am
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Replies: 12
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| The good news is that answering this question is what the assessment is for So don't stress -- just go, take the assessment, answer everything honestly. If you have Asperger's (or HFA), they'll let you know. If you don't, they'll let you know that too. You don't need to figure it out on your own. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: NTs and money |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2012, 6:12 pm
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Replies: 13
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| Handling money is like any other skill - you can get better at it :) And there are a lot of resources out there to help you, because lots of other people are bad at money too. Just pick up some basic personal finance guides and start reading. Dave Ramsey is a good author, but there are lots of good ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: TVtropes has a "Useful notes" page on Asperger's. |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2012, 11:59 am
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Replies: 10
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| You can find it at http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome. It's really handy - it has a very good description of Asperger's, so it's a good resource to send to people that don't "get it." It also has some useful resources and advice for people on the spectrum. And it's on... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What advice would you give to a newly diagnosed Aspie? |
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Posted: 21 Jun 2012, 4:38 pm
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Replies: 8
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| I thought it might make sense for us to share some our our favorite social skills advice + resources. I know when I was first diagnosed it was a struggle for me to find good help, so maybe if we all pool our advice this thread can be a helpful resource for people who are just finding out about their... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Friendship and losing you |
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Posted: 06 Jun 2012, 11:29 am
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Replies: 8
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| If you don't want to fake interest, then find people who are interested in things that you are interested in. Use meetup.com to find groups based around your interests, or google around for "your interest" plus "your city." I guarantee you that whatever you're interested in, someone else is interest... |
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