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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Advice needed- co-working model isnt working! |
| AlienorAspie |
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Posted: 06 May 2017, 8:23 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,438
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| I started a job about 6 weeks ago. I've had lots of jobs before, but none of the jobs involved lots of emailing, paperwork or keeping my own calendar. I sadly had to give up my own business purely because of the paperwork side of things. When I was younger and had more energy I could just about keep... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Executive function- mine's terrible. How does it effect you? |
| AlienorAspie |
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Posted: 04 Jun 2015, 3:39 pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,846
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| Wow its amazing how similar our issues are! Its so hard to deal with but also weirdly nice to know others share the same things. Thanks v much for your replies. I liked the story about the bread In particular lol. I move things closer and closer to the door too- and they still manage to stay for mon... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Executive function- mine's terrible. How does it effect you? |
| AlienorAspie |
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Posted: 03 Jun 2015, 5:50 pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,846
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| Do you have executive functioning problems, like not being able to organise yourself or use your working memory? I'm helping to do a talk next week about how EF difficulties effect autistic people, but I don't want to give a one-sided view of how it presents by saying "it effects me like this..... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: what is your fear? and childlike fears |
| AlienorAspie |
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Posted: 03 Jun 2015, 5:31 pm
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,587
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| I'm still afraid of the dark really. I run past dark spaces in the house lol. I don't think "I'm in danger", I just feel uneasy and hypersensitive to the "energy" (used to be spiritual, now I understand the physics) around me. I usually leave the TV on when alone to drown out the... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Needing suggestions for guidelines about ASD & hospitals |
| AlienorAspie |
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Posted: 03 Jun 2015, 2:56 am
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Replies: 18
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| They should write EVERYTHiNG down. I find they will usually be clear about the medical things, but at the end of the appt they quickly say "make an appointment for x weeks time, and you'll need some bloods. Here's a form". I'm never sure who to make these appointments with or what they are... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Thousands of UK Girls Injured by HPV Vaccine |
| AlienorAspie |
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Posted: 02 Jun 2015, 2:27 am
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Replies: 60
Views: 2,694
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| For those who "attack" people who want to share info and discuss the vaccine situation... What the f**k is your problem?! What are you scared of?! People actually having control over their own bodies? Who gave you power over everyone's conversations, or their bodies for that matter. Fascis... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why do people think everyone is autistic to some degree? |
| AlienorAspie |
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Posted: 31 May 2015, 7:12 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,581
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| I've had a lot of this recently. It's especially tough to explain it to BAPs (broader autistic phenotypes). Almost everyone in my family and social circle are on the spectrum, (obviously I surround myself by like-minded people who don't judge me) but most are not at diagnosable levels. It seems they... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Barriers to good health care for autistic women |
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Posted: 26 May 2015, 12:51 pm
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Replies: 125
Views: 13,823
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| This just popped up on my YouTube suggestions - thought it was an interesting account of not being believed by doctors and the mental effects, as well as the Possible physical effects of missed diagnosis. This girl doesn't identify as autistic, but she has a young voice and certainly talks about her... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Retrial Natasha Welsh |
| AlienorAspie |
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Posted: 26 May 2015, 9:49 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,868
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| Nobody can have a re-trial unless there is a very serious reason for it- drastic new evidence that there was/wasn't a crime or evidence of police cover-ups as in the Stephen Lawrence case. Of course they have to re-trial if the initial trial was based on corruption. I do think the media could use t... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Retrial Natasha Welsh |
| AlienorAspie |
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Posted: 26 May 2015, 9:11 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,868
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| Nobody can have a re-trial unless there is a very serious reason for it- drastic new evidence that there was/wasn't a crime or evidence of police cover-ups as in the Stephen Lawrence case. Of course they have to re-trial if the initial trial was based on corruption. I do think the media could use th... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Katie Hopkins identifies as "on the spectrum" :s |
| AlienorAspie |
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Posted: 26 May 2015, 7:28 am
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Replies: 3
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| http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/katie-hopkins-admits-im-definitely-5759626 Sorry the link is from the mirror lol. Here she goes again, causing havoc for all vulnerable people in the Uk. BUT I don't want this thread to be about how awful she is. I would like to know whether you think she ... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Barriers to good health care for autistic women |
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Posted: 25 May 2015, 6:06 pm
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Replies: 125
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| -sexism (women are more likely to be discounted, especially with cardiac symptoms) -ageism (so what, you're old, you're going to die anyway) -gender based medicine (applying studies based on middleaged men to women of all ages, when this is unsound for many reasons); -paternalism (we know best, wha... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How does a typical aspie dress? |
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Posted: 25 May 2015, 5:06 pm
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Replies: 153
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| One thing I really don't get is high-heels.....for one I cannot walk in them, and they make my feet hurt so I refuse to wear them. Has anyone else experianced this. high heels are just bad for people. bad for feet, bad for knees, bad for backs. bunion makers and ankle breakers. I have to wear some ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: When people offer to help...trust issues |
| AlienorAspie |
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Posted: 25 May 2015, 4:32 pm
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Replies: 6
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| I've found the "acid test" didn't work for me, as I have hidden many of my difficulties until recently. Many of my family had experience of autism, but they had formed an idea of what AS or Autism was based on that, and I didn't fit. They are starting to come round now though :) When it co... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Barriers to good health care for autistic women |
| AlienorAspie |
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Posted: 23 May 2015, 1:00 pm
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Replies: 125
Views: 13,823
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| One problem I have encountered is communicating symptoms and answering questions in the way they want.. For example, ambiguity of questions like "is the pain sharp?" (What is their meaning of sharp? What does sharp mean applied to pain? Does it mean stabbing? Or do they mean is it the opp... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and Pain |
| AlienorAspie |
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Posted: 23 May 2015, 4:00 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 668
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| They don't need to spend too much on research if they listened to us. I have jumbled hypo/hypersensitive pain signals, and don't show Much pain usually (I often have gastrointestinal pain). When it gets really bad, however, and I go for help, it appears to them like I am "faking". Or, at l... |
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