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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Missed out on so many milestones |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2024, 1:56 am
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Replies: 76
Views: 13,522
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Appears to me that there’s an automatic assessment on the neurotypical side of interactions that the autistic isn’t worthy of attention. Completely under the level of awareness of course, but all the more impenetrable as a result.
I’ve given up. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Making Sense of the Past as a Late-Diagnosed Autistic Adult |
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Posted: 25 Jul 2023, 1:56 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,467
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| I was 52 when I turned my self diagnosis into an official one. I’d spent many years exploring the fabric of reality, all under the assumption that I must basically be just like everyone else. You just can’t see through that assumption. I turned that research into exploration of where I might fit in ... |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft? |
| peterd |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2023, 3:59 am
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Replies: 34
Views: 14,019
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| You need a None of the above option on this quiz. My iPad has kept me happy for many years now. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you get along best with other ND people? |
| peterd |
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Posted: 19 May 2023, 1:39 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,703
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| Don’t get along with anyone |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: What are you playing right now? |
| peterd |
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Posted: 14 May 2023, 9:41 pm
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Replies: 4,405
Views: 252,259
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: over 40 |
| peterd |
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Posted: 14 May 2023, 9:38 pm
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Replies: 53
Views: 10,697
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| Forties? I’ve turned seventy, been type 1 diabetic for nearly forty years, lost my prostate to cancer couple of years back, osteoporosis… |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: The Reality of Adults With Autism |
| peterd |
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Posted: 14 May 2023, 9:33 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,767
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| It’s not just us. Neurotypicals have an instinctive reaction to autism that leaves us ignored and left out. Our faking “normal” behaviour can help a little with that, but until the rest of the planet develops a little more insight into what’s human and what’s merely where you are on a spectrum we’re... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Any programmers here? |
| peterd |
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Posted: 30 Oct 2022, 3:26 am
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,875
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I spent a half century writing everything from microcode to big database to phone apps. Then I retired.
Everything I ever wrote is obsolete, sometimes before I finished writing it, sometimes a few years later. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Free online IQ test: What's your score? |
| peterd |
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Posted: 16 Sep 2022, 4:28 am
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Replies: 46
Views: 3,117
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| 141. I skipped all the ones I couldn’t be bothered with - maybe I got points for recognising there wasn’t a pattern |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: New book. Worth a read? |
| peterd |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2022, 9:51 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 531
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I’d like to draw your attention to this new publication
Have they Gone Nuts?: The Survival Guide to Social Interaction in Neurodiverse (Autistic- Neurotypical) Relationships
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0BCTYH7MJ |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: A lot of my social problems are just slow processing speed |
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Posted: 26 Jun 2022, 9:13 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 768
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| It has become obvious to me that neurotypicals have, to varying degrees, a direct link between perception of visual and aural cues and responses. Usually this is subliminal, as is the awareness of its absence. We, I think, have to find and fashion responses to such clues in conscious or subconscious... |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: What are you playing right now? |
| peterd |
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Posted: 11 Feb 2022, 7:16 am
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Replies: 4,405
Views: 252,259
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| Last few months, Heroes of the Dark. An as yet unfinished masterpiece from Gameloft. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Anyone else feel angry for not getting an early diagnosis? |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2021, 8:54 am
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Replies: 197
Views: 30,525
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| It’s a horrible thing, reflecting on a life lost to ignorance. Diagnosed at 52, there was nothing left to gain except my own understanding. Now, a decade and a half later, I don’t often speak of autism. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: for my fellow WPers who feel [or ARE] old and struggling |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2021, 8:48 am
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Replies: 117
Views: 5,152
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| Old? Getting there. Losing hearing and sight, insulin dependent. Tomorrow I lose my cancerous prostate, and I’m terrified. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How different were you as a child? |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2019, 7:24 am
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,078
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| Early in my school life I wrote a lot. They broke my pencils and I was punished for their breaking. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it my fault I have less friends |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2019, 7:21 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,093
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| There’s fault on both sides. NTs though have the numbers. We just have the disability that triggers their response. |
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