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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What prior diagnoses/medications did you have? (+My history) |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2007, 6:47 am
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| 3-5 attended montessori, mastered english to grade level 9+ 6-10 divorce. public school. shock at low standards, clueless about sexual politics 11-17 "tuned out" daily life. "lived" in a world of TV, Star Wars and computers. 18-22 college. figured out how to "tune in" relevant bits of reality. 23-25... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: My brain makes busy seeing everything as "Wacky Package |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2007, 6:07 am
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| As I'm driving, I tend to obsess over license plate double entendres, and I've heard this is common among aspies. But I have this other thing I've NEVER heard of before. The moment i see any short phrase in writing, my brain screams a "Wacky Packages" version of same. People somewhat younger than me... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: talking |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2007, 3:35 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,697
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| They say that happy families are all happy in the same way, but unhappy families are each unhappy in a different way. On one hand, I get along better with aspies because we can quickly dispense with unnecessary social formalities. On the other hand, they are bored to death by my obsessions and I'm b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: name 10 songs you like when your'e down: |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2007, 3:18 am
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Replies: 18
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| The top albums I listen to when down are: 1. "Good Music" - Ray Wonder 2. "Traffic" - Pinko Pinko 3. no album - MODMAN 4. various - various Palestinian rap groups 5. anything by Sondre Lerche If rap is all about downtrodden people who make the best of it, why doesn't Palestinian rap top the charts? ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Albert Einstein |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2007, 3:12 am
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Replies: 64
Views: 8,829
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In childhood, my neighbor two doors down was an old man whose Physics teacher at Princeton was Dr. Einstein.
He told me that Einstein stunk horribly. "We all hated him." he said. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone else get annoyed by washing and dressing? |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2007, 3:03 am
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Replies: 19
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| The physical act of washing/dressing is great fun, but I tend to put them off. This is something about me that I don't understand at all. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: all the talking.. from people... |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2007, 5:40 am
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Replies: 5
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| often people will talk with you because they want to establish rapport. once they've done that, they won't need to talk with you so much again, because your "emotions are in sync." see, even these bigmouths probably don't want to keep yap yap yapping for its own sake - they just want cues that the r... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: talking |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2007, 5:35 am
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Replies: 17
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| i've had mixed results. my former business partner was very aspie, and he was turned off by my "chummy" conversation style, he wanted something more formal. at work, there are aspies on a different wavelength from me. chit-chat with them is easy, but if we try to discuss work, we quickly disagree an... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspie males offensively generalizing about women!! ! |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2007, 5:06 am
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Replies: 215
Views: 15,403
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Aspie men surely comprehend the hard fact that women are just people like them, but with female organs.
That being said, sexual politics is a game in which aspie men are routinely humiliated by most women. Aspie men can be physically and verbally awkward, which few women will tolerate. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is there ANYONE i can relate to????? |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2007, 4:43 am
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Replies: 43
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| The ugly thing about adolescence: until then, your family totally covers for you and probably never said: from your 20s *you* cover for a partner, some kids, maybe your parents too, and maybe even grandkids too, until you die. Life is going to turn from a game into a grind, and nobody wanted to tell... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspie interests |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2007, 4:21 am
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Replies: 14
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| I can speak only for myself. In music/movies/etc. I'm not attracted to obscurity per se. For example "Stairway To Heaven" is the epitome of mainstream, but I'm absolutely fascinated with these 100 cover versions, none of which is rock & roll: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/05/stairways_to_he... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why does this forum exist? |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2007, 4:08 am
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Replies: 39
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| This forum is for aspies who live in a world of normals. It's the same kind of thing as a forum for, say, Japanese with permanent residence in New York City. You could argue that they "should" assimilate by associating exclusively with locals... but certainly there are tips they can share with each ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Hmm, maybe I have Asperger's? |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2007, 1:59 am
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Replies: 3
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| i shipped four titles for game boy that were kiddie licenses you probably haven't played, and i shipped two very high profile titles for PS2/XBOX/GC, my next for PS3/XBOX360 ships this year. if i tell you more details, i risk embarrassing my coworkers, whose aspie traits i just described here. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Hmm, maybe I have Asperger's? |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2007, 1:42 am
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Replies: 3
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| I learned about Asperger's about a year ago and immediately suspected that I may have it, but filed it away under "hypochondria." After I saw the TV show "60 minutes" tonight about the famous man who can recall 22,000 digits of pi from memory, I was moved by how his outlook, demeanor and even his lo... |
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