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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Aging with asperger |
| oqobo |
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Posted: 12 Aug 2013, 5:32 pm
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Replies: 55
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auntblabby wrote: does it count if it is not face to face?
I'm no expert, but I'm having a conversation with another human being and that feels good. I'm thinking about what you said and you're thinking about what I said so we're getting some good brain exercise  |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Problems being a father with Asperger's Syndrome |
| oqobo |
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Posted: 12 Aug 2013, 10:35 am
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Replies: 15
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| Hi JMT - I have a son (13) and daughter (16) who I see every other weekend. As much as I wish I could, I can't seem to connect with them emotionally. My son and I say "I love you" to each other and that is nice. If I say "I love you" to my daughter, she just acts uncomfortable, I think because she f... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What helps you read facial expressions? |
| oqobo |
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Posted: 12 Aug 2013, 10:07 am
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Replies: 15
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| Beyond the obvious expressions like happy, sad and angry, I can't imagine what kind of information is in a face or eyes. Based on some of the posts in this thread, however, it seems I could learn. It is also hard to imagine how I would combine that information with the words. I only see my thoughts ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: My story... |
| oqobo |
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Posted: 12 Aug 2013, 9:51 am
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| I also have a strong interest in collecting action figures Hi Nathan :-) Does Sydney have a game store where people play fantasy role-playing games (not video games)? There's one by my house in Minneapolis and I always see a bunch of guys in there talking about games or painting little statues of t... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Aging with asperger |
| oqobo |
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Posted: 12 Aug 2013, 9:35 am
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Replies: 55
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auntblabby wrote: so does that mean that the ones of us who just cannot be social are doomed?
You're being social now, aren't you Auntblabby? Conversing online must activate some part of our social minds. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: What's your current obsession? |
| oqobo |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2013, 12:55 pm
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Replies: 210
Views: 70,381
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| Converting Visual Studio 6 applications to Qt for multiple platforms and making them ADA compliant. I really want to start doing this at work, but it is hard to find time to learn everything and get started. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Aging with asperger |
| oqobo |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2013, 12:42 pm
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Replies: 55
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| Do Aspies have a greater risk of dementia as we age? I thought I read something about that, but now I can't find anything about it. An elderly relative is starting to get very forgetful and his wife has done a lot of research on slowing the advance of dementia. She said the surest way to preserve yo... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: The Married Aspie Cafe Thread (discussion of marriage, etc.) |
| oqobo |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2013, 12:30 pm
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Replies: 645
Views: 217,934
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| I'm a gay newlywed. We've been together 5 years and Minnesota just let us get married! |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Starbucks angers "gun violence" prevention groups. |
| oqobo |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2013, 12:26 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,464
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| Regardless of whatever drama is happening at Starbucks, I don't need to go to the McDonalds of coffee shops. There are so many more interesting places to go. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Worst thing the opposite gender has ever told you about you? |
| oqobo |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2013, 12:22 pm
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Replies: 69
Views: 10,898
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| "The way you're standing isn't masculine. Why can't you act like that man over there?" |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Sixty Nine ONE Ninety Six |
| oqobo |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2013, 11:43 am
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Replies: 25
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| Hi Aghogday - I really like your observations about sexual passion of people in an oppressive culture. And pornography - so true. Problems of addiction and mistreatment of actors aside, it can sate a lust so one can move on to other things, and also open a world of expressive possibilities to those ... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: What's your coming out story? |
| oqobo |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2013, 9:12 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 13,743
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Thank you Auntblabby!  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Personifying Objects. |
| oqobo |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2013, 4:06 pm
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Replies: 21
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| If a cup tips over and spills, I smash it on the floor for its offense. When an accident happens due to my own clumsiness, I feel such intense rage at the object involved that I am compelled to punish it for its insolence, its gall. An anger management course has helped me to reduce my destructivene... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: What's your coming out story? |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2013, 3:11 pm
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Replies: 26
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| After growing up in a small conservative town where there were no out gay people, and my therapist tried to "cure" me with aversion therapy, and after that didn't work I expected Jesus to cure me, then the army, and I was so terrified of AIDS I did not even try to have a sexual experience with anyon... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello |
| oqobo |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2013, 1:44 pm
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Replies: 9
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| Hi AWOL - I decided to click on a thread that didn't look very busy for my first post and it has turned out to be an apt choice! I, too, was frustrated by my first attempt to be tested for ASD. My therapist, asked me a few questions about my childhood and stated he did not think I was on the spectru... |
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