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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Sensitive to temperature? |
| Nesf |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2014, 1:30 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 13,738
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| I'm very sensitive to the cold, but heat doesn't bother me that much. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What does testing for ASD consist of? |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2014, 9:48 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,375
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| I just had one session with a neuropsychiatrist which lasted just over one hour. No tests or evaluations, nothing apart from a lot of questions. About 20 minutes in he decided that I had mild AS, and at the end of the session he confirmed the diagnosis and sent an official diagnosis and report about... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: It Finally Happened :) |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2014, 9:32 am
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Replies: 30
Views: 2,498
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Congratulations!  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Loneliness and ASD |
| Nesf |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2014, 9:21 am
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Replies: 54
Views: 3,670
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| I get lonely too. I don't need to feel that I belong to a group, but I do sometimes need someone to talk to who understands me. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hey everyone |
| Nesf |
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Posted: 01 Apr 2014, 5:54 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 696
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Hi Keli, καλημέρα, I also live in Greece.  I was looking around to see if there were any more members here from Greece, but there don't seem to be very many. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What were you like in elementary school? |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2014, 3:22 am
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Replies: 60
Views: 9,697
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| I was a difficult child. Lots of temper tantrums/meltdowns, got teased a lot because I was easily wound up and provoked, aloof, untidy and disorganised with bad handwriting, but advanced vocabulary and reading for my age. Everybody just thought I was spoilt. After puberty I became very withdrawn and... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism begins in the womb |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2014, 3:16 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 938
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| In my case yes, I think it did begin in the womb. No one in my family has ASD, and my mother has leukemia when she was pregnant with me, and this is likely to have causes complications in the pregnancy. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Those of you with a diagnosis did you get any paperwork? |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2014, 3:11 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,649
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| I got a document with the diagnosis, and a 4 page report. One copy went to me, and one to my medical records. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Dsm 5 severity levels |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2014, 3:04 am
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,392
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| If you were not diagnosed with classic autism and were diagnosed as Aspergers or something else before how is your diagnosis changed? This is something I'd like to have an answer for. Do I need to be reassessed? Is the diagnosis automatically updated? If I need to fill in any official forms or anyt... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Dsm 5 severity levels |
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Posted: 27 Mar 2014, 8:37 am
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,392
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| If you were not diagnosed with classic autism and were diagnosed as Aspergers or something else before how is your diagnosis changed? This is something I'd like to have an answer for. Do I need to be reassessed? Is the diagnosis automatically updated? If I need to fill in any official forms or anyt... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Dsm 5 severity levels |
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Posted: 25 Mar 2014, 4:50 pm
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,392
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| If you were not diagnosed with classic autism and were diagnosed as Aspergers or something else before how is your diagnosis changed? This is something I'd like to have an answer for. Do I need to be reassessed? Is the diagnosis automatically updated? If I need to fill in any official forms or anyt... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: First time in history!! !! The NT/AS open hotline ! !! !! ! |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2013, 2:36 am
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Replies: 2,515
Views: 814,871
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| For Waterfalls: I would pull the people aside and tell them that Autism is not contagious and they can treat you just like everyone else. I've done everything short of that, and it's high risk, but maybe I need to for my dignity and my sanity. So used to being told I'm not respecting others social ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Dr Digby Tantam/Dilemma Consultancy |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2013, 12:31 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,966
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| I got referred to him back in 1991 for therapy when I was having a rough time at uni and because my family suspected an eating disorder. the referral note from the GP stated that I needed to "find myself." I had 10 sessions with him but didn't go to my last one, entirely my fault. At that time, AS w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: First time in history!! !! The NT/AS open hotline ! !! !! ! |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2013, 7:04 am
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Replies: 2,515
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| I have a question for NTs. When you are in a room talking to a group of people, at a party say, and there are several conversations going on at once, can you follow each individual conversation, and distinguish one conversation from another? And when you are talking, do you continue to see the other... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can You Hear Dog Whistles? |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2013, 6:45 am
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Replies: 33
Views: 5,222
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| There's nothing silent about dog whistles. My mum has one and I didn't know. I was in the room next door when she blew it. I heard the most horrendous high pitched noise, even worse than the smoke alarm. I shouted and covered my ears, and when she came to see what the matter was, I asked her what th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Would These Have Been Considered Meltdowns? |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2013, 10:05 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,110
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| I think that if you were out of control then yes, they were meltdowns. |
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