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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Things that make you lose your job? |
| alcockell |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2020, 7:53 am
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,631
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| Outsource/offshore when new exec come in. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Agile Software development and ASD |
| alcockell |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2019, 5:44 am
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Replies: 13
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| Sound slike ti can be rather cackhanded - I'm trained in support, not dev, and did my computing degree back in the 90s... But I DO recall crappy releases making it into production without enough documentation.. and trying to triage when, say, logs werent' written... About to be made redundant (restr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is autism? How the term became too broad to have meanin |
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Posted: 26 Aug 2019, 4:07 pm
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Replies: 82
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| The author was born in 1990 - at the time in the Uk, all early intervention was Lovaas-based. TEACCH and PECS is what he wpould have been exposed to. I rreckon us int he ANI-L and INLV community would have been workign against his mum in putting Larry Arnold onto NAS's board. I remembeer the mid-90s... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Trump orders FBI to target blacks and environmentalists |
| alcockell |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2019, 4:11 am
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Replies: 481
Views: 8,792
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Also consider that Steve Bannon was Trump's campaign manager - or very close to. Bannon is on record as calling for American "bantustans" - to use the old Apartheid-era South African term.
Spitting Image clip from the period in 1984 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxEweP2TiMk&t=65s |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: I thought this was the Onion at first |
| alcockell |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2019, 4:00 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 450
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| he's historically correct in saying: "They certainly are," Mr Cuccinelli responded. "Give me your tired and your poor - w ho can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge." Immigrants coming through the neighboring island of Ellis had to prove they woul... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Why do almost all 'incels' blame their situation on looks? |
| alcockell |
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Posted: 07 Aug 2019, 11:25 am
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Replies: 496
Views: 19,127
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| One aspect to consider is the sheer amount of self-hatred internalised from books like Every Man's BAttle and the other aspects of Purity Culture. Also related is how the book declares sexually -enthusiastic women as out of bounds. The "BJ Blowers" archetype in the book matches the "... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Why do almost all 'incels' blame their situation on looks? |
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Posted: 07 Aug 2019, 10:25 am
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Replies: 496
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| One aspect to consider is the sheer amount of self-hatred internalised from books like Every Man's BAttle and the other aspects of Purity Culture. Also related is how the book declares sexually -enthusiastic women as out of bounds. The "BJ Blowers" archetype in the book matches the "S... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: The anti-vaxxer movement perpetuates a phobia of autism |
| alcockell |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2019, 9:02 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,508
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| This is f*****g terrifying - we were always fighting against Team Bernie Rimland back in the 90s... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Bump when horny |
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Posted: 07 Feb 2019, 9:08 am
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Replies: 3,941
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| Bump. Working on slowly losing weight - and finding that with improving health - the horniness is making its presence felt more and more |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Reply To Sargon From An "Incel" |
| alcockell |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2019, 6:17 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,566
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| It was rather dismaying to see people like Sargon join UKIP - and also seeing him allude to sexual assault re a prominent UK Shadow Cabinet member... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Bump when horny |
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Posted: 04 Oct 2018, 4:40 am
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Replies: 3,941
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: How do people feel about the term "Wired Differently"? |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2018, 2:42 pm
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,981
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| Back in the 90s, when we were pushing to debunk Lovaas/ABA the first time around, Hubert Cross etc helped with promoting what we were saying - "It's the wiring, stupid". At the time, all the pressure was put on us as the behaviourists tried to blame us for being different. Good to see it's... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Bump when horny |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2018, 9:45 am
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Replies: 3,941
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Bump when horny |
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Posted: 09 Jun 2018, 4:23 pm
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Replies: 3,941
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AnonymousAnonymous wrote: BUMP!
Bump |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why do people call being autistic "on the spectrum" now? |
| alcockell |
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Posted: 09 Jun 2018, 4:14 pm
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Replies: 18
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| Because calling myself "aspie" is wrong now, even though I still say I am, and if I say I'm autistic people will be stupid and say "But you don't look autistic". Being aspie is like, I'm not really NT, but I'm not really autistic either. I don't relate well to people with "... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Erasing history, should we do it? |
| alcockell |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2018, 10:39 am
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Replies: 60
Views: 1,678
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| Those who deny history are condemned to repeat it. |
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