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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: UGH!! DESPERATE for advice!! ! |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2007, 6:33 am
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solid wrote: Try and avoid drugs as much as possible as they change your kids personality
This is what happened to him when he was 12. We tried them and he hated how he felt and he actually has trouble remembering that time.
Thank you for your thoughts and input! |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: UGH!! DESPERATE for advice!! ! |
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Posted: 27 Mar 2007, 10:58 am
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| Thank you all! I have called into his school about getting back his IEP. As well they have a counselor who is familiar with Aspie "issues" ( put it in quotes because it is not that they are issues ...quirks maybe?) He is on an herbal therapy for anxiety that is working well ...right now.... He also ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: UGH!! DESPERATE for advice!! ! |
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Posted: 26 Mar 2007, 11:09 am
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| Anxiety, anxiety, anxiety. You have no idea about the stress we live with, particularly as a teenager. Our emotions are not clear. Some people express it as rage, some as uncontrollable sobbing. There is a disconnect between the emotions and the logical mind. It's a problem with Central Coherence (... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: UGH!! DESPERATE for advice!! ! |
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Posted: 26 Mar 2007, 7:14 am
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| My son is 16 AS. He has had his rage issues in the past and they are few and far between. As you all know far too well they are unbearable when they occur tho. 1) Why do they happen? He says he has no idea why he is angry right now. Yet he is very stressed and angry. He is playing his ICP music so l... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: It's my birthday! |
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Posted: 10 Feb 2007, 10:15 am
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Bad Singers on American Idol Autistic??! |
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Posted: 09 Feb 2007, 12:50 pm
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| there was one autistic guy who simon made fun of. The media made a big deal out of that as the kid didn't even realize he was bad because he was so autistic. I thought he as AS when I saw him. He said he had been studying singing for months now, day and night and watching performers constantly. He ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: <name>'s mum |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2007, 8:44 pm
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| lol you all probably think I am a nutcase... I notice such small things like that and I see repeated patterns. I obsess over such weird little things like that. But I'm going to stick with the mothers-pride/mother-instinct theory since thats what I think makes most sense. A personality test reveale... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: <name>'s mum |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2007, 6:26 pm
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| I have no concept what this thread is about :? Revenant is just observing its curious how mom's here often make their user same "mom_of_jake" or "mom_of_elwood" or similar. I think its ok because the user name tells me they are probably an NT parent of an AS kid. However if the kid is old enough to... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: <name>'s mum |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2007, 12:25 pm
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| well, mine is because I happen to think TeeTee ( Tony my son who is nick named TeeTee by his baby sister whom he adores) is one of the greatest people on earth..that aside I chose this screen name because I am NT and wanted people to know it was my child who is the dx family member.... plus mean_bit... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Telling people I am LISTENING |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2007, 11:58 am
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| ok so she is being vague and you are looking for support more than advise perhaps? Did you tell her you just want someone to listen to your internal pain? ( I am guessing that is an issue since she offers " be a survivor" to you) You should be allowed to lose your temper and explain your reactions i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Telling people I am LISTENING |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2007, 11:34 am
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| yes true...my son tell's people to just tel him to stop talking if they want him to stop etc. I have learned to tell him to stop talking" Quite often when discussing my situation I've been told by friends/acquaintances that I have gone too far - I've breached some unwritten rule that I didnt know a... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Comebacks! |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2007, 10:50 am
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| as an "NT" I would say the very best comeback you could offer is a blank stare...the kind where you look through the person. If you don't like eye stares stare at their eyebrows so they can't tell...just stare right past the moments of uncomfortable silence....if they say something more just keep s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Telling people I am LISTENING |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2007, 10:08 am
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| yes true...my son tell's people to just tel him to stop talking if they want him to stop etc. I have learned to tell him to stop talking or that I am not interested in what he is saying. We NT's are trying to play tricks tho, we just don't want to be rude to people and an NT would consider it rude i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Telling people I am LISTENING |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2007, 8:17 am
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| My friend does know I have aspergers - she even made a point of mentioning it in email yesterday. well then what the hell is wrong with her?? ( that is joking sarcasm by the way) are you putting effort into listening to people or are you just waiting for your turn to talk? Sometimes people will see... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Telling people I am LISTENING |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2007, 8:07 am
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| UGH! That burden in on them and not you. Unfortunately you are the one to lose out on their lack of communication. "You need to listen" is woman-ese really. I try and say to my husband "Ok this is how I am hearing what you are saying" because I want to make sure I hear him correctly ( we are both NT... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Comebacks! |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2007, 7:51 am
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| as an "NT" I would say the very best comeback you could offer is a blank stare...the kind where you look through the person. If you don't like eye stares stare at their eyebrows so they can't tell...just stare right past the moments of uncomfortable silence....if they say something more just keep st... |
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