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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Howdy. And, uh. Downer entry post. |
| TheWizardofCalculus |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2014, 11:18 pm
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| Welcome to Wrong Planet and good luck. But it's worth stating: 1.) As stated, your future is not set in stone. You get to make the decisions in your life. Even if you have Asperger's syndrome, you are not Asperger's syndrome. You are a person; you get make decisions. You can help to change your futu... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello, I'm Nick and I have Asperger's Syndrome |
| TheWizardofCalculus |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2014, 10:58 pm
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FishStickNick wrote: From one recently-diagnosed Nick to another, welcome to Wrong Planet! 
lol, thanks. =) |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Recreational marijuana now legal in Colorado |
| TheWizardofCalculus |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2014, 8:53 pm
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Replies: 8
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| Actually, it's been legal to possess marijuana for a year now in both states. It's simply now legal to sell --with the proper licenses-- marijuana in Colorado. I don't smoke that much anymore, but it's good times, anyways. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Girl with high-functioning, light form of autism |
| TheWizardofCalculus |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2014, 7:30 pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 6,373
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| Some general thoughts: 1.) Clearing her throat is almost certainly "stimming", although it might be some OCD traits. However, assuming that this is stimming, then there's really only two things that you can do: Help her create new stims that are more socially acceptable, and try to alleviate the neg... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Pornography - TMI warning |
| TheWizardofCalculus |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2014, 6:06 pm
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Replies: 68
Views: 1,336
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| Porn is boring because it's a child of the film industry, and not the sex industry. Faking and mass production is more important than actually making something that's intimate. The whole ridiculous "hardcore" porn and the rest of all the "gross" factor of porn (in my opinion, anyways) are because th... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Your username |
| TheWizardofCalculus |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2014, 5:08 pm
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,487
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| I once had a teacher who would just scribble crap across the board while lecturing. His lectures were compulsively incoherent and couldn't even be followed by people who understood the subject matter. For my notes in the class, I would stop paying attention, and when I started paying attention again... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is your Aspie Quiz score |
| TheWizardofCalculus |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2014, 3:37 pm
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Replies: 1,035
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Your Aspie score: 136 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 66 of 200 |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Advice After Diagnosis of Aspergers (AutismSpectrumDisorder) |
| TheWizardofCalculus |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2014, 12:30 am
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Replies: 6
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| I, too, am in late process of getting an official diagnosis. Not really sure where to go myself. Part of me just wants to quit the whole process after I get the diagnosis (and the ADHD-PI diagnosis, which I'm less sure of but still pretty sure of) and start moving on with my life. I'm thinking about... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspie College |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2014, 11:28 pm
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Replies: 18
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| I happened to go to a university that has a rather large number of extremely introverted nerdy people and is known as an engineering school (though I got a degree in science there, not in engineering). As a result, the people who I hung out with were are very eccentric, introverted people --for whic... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Hate feeling ganged up on... |
| TheWizardofCalculus |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2014, 10:45 pm
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Replies: 10
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| The best counter-attack I have found is not to attack back at the individual who attacked you (because the rest of the group will just back that individual up). No, the key is to attack the group as a whole . This hurts NTs deeply, the same way it hurts us deeply when they attack us individually. T... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Hate feeling ganged up on... |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2014, 10:24 pm
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| Double Standards seem very acceptable. One person can talk down to you or belittle while their friends laugh in amusement. When they get taste of their own medicine, they don't like it but suddenly what you did was not acceptable and it's not your place to do that. Now you are a bad person. Does an... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does this sound like Aspergers or not? |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2014, 9:22 pm
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Replies: 20
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| Again, it's important to stress this above everything else: We are not professionals. We cannot diagnose you, especially given that we only have an OP to work with and haven't met you. But even if we had those, we're still not really professionals. I would say (with the minimal information given) it... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: NT introverts vs Aspies |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2014, 8:45 pm
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Replies: 23
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| I think that most people with Asperger's or autism who aren't schizoids will need and enjoy socialization. It's simply a question of how much and how adapted they are to it. There's a lot of different theories, from what I've seen, on what makes a person with AS/ASD different than an NT person. Pers... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I want my autism! |
| TheWizardofCalculus |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2014, 1:06 am
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Replies: 70
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| What is not being discussed in this thread is how getting an "official" diagnosis is just inaccessible both financially and geographically for many people and the real life negatives of getting one. You really have to go to a specialist otherwise you have a good chance of running into a clinician w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I want my autism! |
| TheWizardofCalculus |
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Posted: 31 Dec 2013, 8:59 pm
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Replies: 70
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| When I write, I try not to get to personal about issues I comment. You certainly made some good and interesting points, and for that I thank you. lol, happy to offer a counter opinion. As I said, I do understand your point... I just don't see my point ever getting raised. I realize that I may not h... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I want my autism! |
| TheWizardofCalculus |
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Posted: 31 Dec 2013, 5:51 pm
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Replies: 70
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| N.B. I understand what the opening poster is getting at, and I get that this is a collective b****ing session, but I am sick of listening to this. I want you to keep in mind that my counter-b****ing is not intended to be directed at anyone in particular, it's only meant to be aimed as a counter-poi... |
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