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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Study - Unsafe to cross the street if you are under 14 |
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Posted: 04 May 2017, 3:32 pm
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Replies: 14
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| The one person who died from traffic when I was at school was over 14 and wasn't crossing the road (he was going along an unlit country lane at night). I crossed multiple roads every weekday to get to and from school and yet here I am. As is everyone else who did the same thing. I wonder how much e... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why do we hate ourselves? |
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Posted: 04 May 2017, 3:05 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,794
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| to whom do you address when you state “we”, yourself? No. Rather, autistic people as a whole. When I say for instance that "we are societies savants, doctors, lawyers, scientists..." and so forth, what I mean is that these field are largely comprised of autistic people (relative to number... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Study - Unsafe to cross the street if you are under 14 |
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Posted: 04 May 2017, 12:14 pm
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Replies: 14
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| The one person who died from traffic when I was at school was over 14 and wasn't crossing the road (he was going along an unlit country lane at night). I crossed multiple roads every weekday to get to and from school and yet here I am. As is everyone else who did the same thing. I wonder how much ex... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are Aspies Misunderstood By Everyone |
| iliketrees |
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Posted: 03 May 2017, 11:58 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 955
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| Who is most likely to understand a misunderstood Aspie ? Another Aspie or an NT For me? NT, without a doubt. Those who think about others a lot have always been the most understanding, and having strong communication, empathy, and people skills in general, they're definitely not autistic. This idea... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Shout out to the autistic people who.. |
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Posted: 03 May 2017, 1:29 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 768
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"Shouting" at people with autism...  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you openly autistic? |
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Posted: 02 May 2017, 11:46 am
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Replies: 47
Views: 3,292
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| No. I don't keep it from people it's relevant to, but it is not something I just casually tell people. I know they probably can tell something's up, I've not had any bad experiences with people knowing, but I still prefer to keep these things to myself. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: For those who would take a cure if the was one |
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Posted: 01 May 2017, 11:56 pm
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,810
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LoveNotHate wrote: The new diagnosis means you have obvious functioning problems that need support.
That's always been part of the criteria. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Yelling and Not Knowing |
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Posted: 01 May 2017, 12:40 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 580
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| I'm the opposite. People have always commented on how quiet and softly spoken I am. Speaking up to a normal level (for others) sounds like I'm shouting (to me). |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Question about Empathy |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2017, 3:50 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 667
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| I'll counter it. Having some emotional empathy is not the same thing as having high emotional empathy. I think you're just nitpicking at this point... The point I was getting at is that there's a difference between an Aspie or Neurotypical who each have emotional empathy, regardless of how small, a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Question about Empathy |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2017, 11:56 am
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Replies: 10
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| I'll counter it. Having some emotional empathy is not the same thing as having high emotional empathy. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Question about Empathy |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2017, 11:21 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 667
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| I have ASD and I'm really not an empathetic person in either way. I won't notice someone subtly upset (if someone was crying their eyes out of course I'd know, but adults don't tend to do that, they'll hide their pain), and if I do know they're upset, I haven't a clue what to do about it. I don't in... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Eccentricity vs Aspergers |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2017, 10:39 am
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Replies: 48
Views: 7,163
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| And big pharma,doctors,specialists etc etc. Pharmaceutical companies are not going to be interested in a disorder which can't be treated with any medication. There is no medication for autism. If there was really some kind of conspiracy going on they would not diagnose autism at all, they'd diagnos... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Eccentricity vs Aspergers |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2017, 12:09 am
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Replies: 48
Views: 7,163
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| And big pharma,doctors,specialists etc etc. Pharmaceutical companies are not going to be interested in a disorder which can't be treated with any medication. There is no medication for autism. If there was really some kind of conspiracy going on they would not diagnose autism at all, they'd diagnos... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Eccentricity vs Aspergers |
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Posted: 27 Apr 2017, 11:46 am
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Replies: 48
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ElabR8Aspie wrote: It's not a conspiracy,who benefits from the subsidies?
People with disabilities.
Quote: not your personal beef on trying to win an invalid argument.
What's invalid about my argument, and what's my personal beef? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: For those who would take a cure if the was one |
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Posted: 27 Apr 2017, 11:42 am
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,810
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| There's been so many interactions that the other person could have done nothing better, they were so incredibly patient and understanding, and I couldn't have tried any harder. Yet they're unsuccessful. I struggle with communication, many times it's solely on my end. It's not the other person's faul... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Toilet flushing noises freak me out. |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2017, 3:17 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,069
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| Sensory sensitivities is a diagnostic criterion for autism. Sensitivities to certain sounds are common for people on the spectrum. Exactly. Toilet flushing drives me crazy - and it drives other people crazy that I don't flush it unless I have to. I don't even know what an automatic toilet is. It fl... |
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