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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Contact Lenses For Sport |
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Posted: Yesterday, 5:09 am
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| I use the daily disposables. They are good for bicycling, gym, walking etc. I also used to use them for swimming many years ago. Some opticians don't recommend this but if you use disposables then you should be fine. I don't swim any more though. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Loneliness |
| steve30 |
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Posted: 14 Jan 2025, 12:15 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 821
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| Well, its half way through January 2025. I think I've had two days where I've spoken to other people since the start of December. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autistic vs Has Autism |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2025, 11:12 pm
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,905
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| I work in disability services, where "person first language" is very much the desired terminology, so I generally use "has autism / person with autism / on the spectrum." I'm studying for a grad certificate in autism studies, and the current preferred term seems to be "indi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autistic vs Has Autism |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2025, 12:23 pm
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Replies: 36
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They mean the exact same thing, so I never used to care.
Nowadays though I'd say I prefer 'has autism' because 'autistic' has been adopted by people who think we all have an 'autistic identity'. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you handle loneliness? |
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Posted: 24 Dec 2024, 8:57 am
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Replies: 42
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| Good question, especially this time of the year I think (at least for some of us). I never used to feel lonely at Christmas, but I do now that I don't talk to my family anymore. As there is no public transport tomorrow, and no shops etc open, I will be spending most of the day aimlessly wandering a... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: 18 year wait for adult assessment in Oxfordshire, England |
| steve30 |
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Posted: 23 Dec 2024, 9:53 am
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| Is this because there is a shortage of psychiatrists? Or is it because there are far too many people being referred? I've long since thought that autism is very overdiagnosed, but we do seem to have a shortage or psychiatrists in this country as well, so it could well be both. I seem to recall that ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Why do people recommend working in IT/Computers for Aspies? |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2024, 4:06 am
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Replies: 16
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| Hardly anything about computers seems logical to me nowadays. I find a lot of modern computer systems awfully complicated. I like coding. It is something I did earlier in life. The problem was that the languages kept falling out of fashion. First I learned BASIC, then Pascal, then COBOL, and then...... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Tried to stop antidepressants |
| steve30 |
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Posted: 06 Nov 2024, 8:53 pm
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Replies: 53
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| Hi Steve! Hope you've been doing well! It's actually funny you should ask but it didn't go very well. I appreciate you asking! I tried cutting down to 12.5 mg of Paxil and then using 10 mg of Prozac but I ended up getting badly sick. I ended up going to 25 mg of Paxil and have been at that level fo... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Tried to stop antidepressants |
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Posted: 06 Nov 2024, 2:06 am
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Replies: 53
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| Just wondering, how is the anti-depressant withdrawal going? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Discriminatory hiring process? |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2024, 8:36 pm
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Replies: 53
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| Hehe. According to a news article about their scanning service: “People just don’t want to do this kind of work because it’s tedious and leads to a lot of error rates. But people with autism love it and have proven to do it really well.” They also include a testimonial from one employee's father, wh... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Discriminatory hiring process? |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2024, 8:25 pm
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Replies: 53
Views: 3,693
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| So, according to Edmonton Police who they are a contractor for: “Working collaboratively with Technology North, we developed this project to train a group of their autistic employees to assist us with the redaction of body worn camera footage, which is structured and repeatable work that suits their... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Why do people recommend working in IT/Computers for Aspies? |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2024, 10:13 am
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Replies: 16
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| Just wondering, whenever you get articles and forum posts about people with aspergers/autism looking for work, it is quite common to suggest that they work in IT or computers. Any idea why this is? I know some people take a particular interest in computers, which is fine, but plenty don't. I was int... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Discriminatory hiring process? |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2024, 9:50 am
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Replies: 53
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| This is completely unreasonable. Where are you supposed to even get a guardian/carer? Many people with Aspergers/Autism do not have much in the way of a social life or supportive family. If they consider it compulsory to attend with your guardian, (unless they have screwed up somewhere as mentioned ... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Tried to stop antidepressants |
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Posted: 22 Sep 2024, 1:32 pm
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Replies: 53
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| Good luck, and let us know how you get on. Hopefully it will be OK, but you can always go slower if you need to. |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Tried to stop antidepressants |
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Posted: 15 Sep 2024, 12:34 pm
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Replies: 53
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| I just found the Royal College of Psychiatrists (here in England) has an excellent web page about stopping anti depressants. It includes examples about the symptoms, how to taper, and even breaking up extended release capsules. Its well worth a read: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/treatment... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Tried to stop antidepressants |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2024, 8:45 am
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Replies: 53
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| With Venlafaxine, I only had a limited supply (incompetent doctors' surgery), so it was very difficult to make a few tablets last a long time. I got so desperate that I just found a new doctor instead who gave me Citalopram. Coming off the citalopram was a lot easier as I had two boxes (56 tablets) ... |
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