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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Early Childhood Intervention |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2013, 8:29 pm
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| Expressive communication was 6th percentile, not 16th. I apologize. Are all HF Autistics difficult as children? I wouldn't think so, as Autism is a pretty diverse set of symptoms. I don't remember being that difficult except when I was being teased. Whenever I did get difficult in front of my parent... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Early Childhood Intervention |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2013, 1:00 am
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| I guess this is more for myself than anyone else, but here goes (WARNING: IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE LONG): I looked through my parents' filing cabinet and found that I had an IEP when I was three till I was eight years old. I knew that I had a learning disability when I was young, but some peculiar ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Diagnostic testing for Asperger's Syndrome |
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Posted: 27 Jul 2013, 11:27 pm
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| Yep, mine took 6hrs. The main advice I have for ya, is not to get too worked up. I felt a lot of anxiety before the assessment and absolutely 100% of it ended up being completely wasted energy. It went smoothly and I never once felt like I was out of my comfort zone. I'd say the 6hrs actually only ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Meltdowns around trusted people |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2013, 7:19 pm
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Replies: 14
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| ...Is birth control really that bad? I was thinking of taking it because of my PMDD (severe form of PMS) and heavy menstrual bleeding. I get breakdowns similar to IdahoRose as is about once every 1-2 months. I don't want more than that! I used to get mild emotional breakdowns every night when I was ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do your meltdowns look like? (If you have them) |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2013, 7:03 pm
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| My meltdowns typically involve a rapid, sharp decline in my mood (which sometimes happens so rapidly that my loved ones can pinpoint the exact moment it happens by reading my facial expression). Then my mind starts racing and is flooded with negative thoughts. I start voicing these negative thought... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: What would you call this? |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2013, 6:36 pm
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| Thank you for believing in me, Viridian. Yes, I've heard everything you have told me. But I don't expect others to be perfect. I only expect myself to be perfect. I'm in therapy at the moment. She's a new psychologist, and she's okay so far. She accepts my unwillingness to change, especially since s... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: What would you call this? |
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Posted: 12 Jul 2013, 6:18 pm
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| Okay, so. In the past, I used to have meltdowns because I didn't know how I was supposed to react socially. So, when I got bullied, I would scream at everyone as loud as possible and hoped that they would stop teasing me. Obviously, that just induced the teasing, know that they can get a reaction fr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Meditation & Mindfulness |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2013, 1:32 pm
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Replies: 25
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| My previous therapist specialized in DBT: http://www.behavioraltech.com/resources/whatisdbt.cfm Part of the program is mindfulness, ( http://www.behavioraltech.com/resources/mindfulness.cfm ) and this helped me greatly, especially since this is the biggest thing I learned. It really helps with peopl... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you want? |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2013, 1:03 pm
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Replies: 76
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| Reduce emotional shutdowns and internal anger with other people. I don't want to dislike every person I first meet. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Brain "malfunction" feeling - do you get this? |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2013, 12:57 pm
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Replies: 35
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Also, I can't process what I'm feeling. Someone asks me what I'm feeling and I'm stuck. To resolve this, I always say "Okay," or "Fine," even if I'm not. I have no problem in processing what I'm doing.
I have to think hard to determine what I person is feeling and even then I sometimes get it wrong. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Brain "malfunction" feeling - do you get this? |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2013, 12:52 pm
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| Occassionally I experience something related. It's not when I'm talking with people, rather, it happens when I'm reading. All of a sudden I realize that I just can't understand what the sentence is about. If I examine the contents of it, words and grammar, I find there's nothing wrong. Separate wor... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Different types of eye contact |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2013, 12:42 pm
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| I naturally gravitate my eyes towards people's mouths because a) It helps me understand what they are saying and b) It's simply more interesting to look at. If I dislike a person, I'll look away because looking at them overstimulate me in terms of emotions. I don't want to understand them. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: how do you experience a meltdown? |
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Posted: 01 Jul 2013, 10:46 pm
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| I don't know what to call this, but: Most of my anger is internalized. I blame myself for everything that goes wrong, whether I could control it or not. Basically, I sometimes get overwhelmed at my anger/other negative emotions and I start "shutting down" mentally, so to speak. I withdraw from peopl... |
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: Reasons Aspies don't join/leave WP? |
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Posted: 26 May 2013, 9:01 pm
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Replies: 229
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| I post here every so often. The main reason I don't post more is because this is such a huge community. It makes my laptop fan going to the max sometimes from the overload of posters. I never feel like I'm part of a group. I prefer one-on-one chats with a limited number of people. That's just the wa... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Reading the mind in the eyes eyes not so difficult for HFA. |
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Posted: 26 May 2013, 8:35 pm
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| From what I know, it isn't necessarily about reading the eyes eventually. It's about reading the eyes instantly without much thought. For me, I have to deconstruct everything and problem solve in order to decode the emotion. It's not a practical test, and it should probably be timed. Some times my a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ASD with intellectual/learning disability |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2013, 12:39 am
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Replies: 46
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| I had a reading comprehension learning disorder up until the 8th grade. I "grew out" of it. Everyone thought I was over it by 2nd grade, and I was invited to the gifted and talented program for the rest of my elementary school years. After elementary school, they placed me in the advanced Reading cl... |
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