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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is anyone forgetful frequently? |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2008, 11:18 am
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Replies: 39
Views: 4,166
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| Mine used to be photographic to the point that I never studied any material from grade school through undergraduate in my spare time, or if I did I'd just read 200 pages of textbooks the night before and blow the curve the next day. Then I had this dumb little idea of assimilating myself into societ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: AS Support in the Washington DC Area |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2008, 4:35 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,270
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| It's a twist of Google-irony that all the AS/Autism advocacy groups are naturally based in Washington DC, but when looking for psychologists and other professionals it becomes hard to penetrate the outreach smog. Anyway, I believe several people on these boards are from the Metro area, and I wanted ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Songs That Deal With Autism/Aspergers |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2007, 9:49 pm
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Replies: 42
Views: 53,941
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| sounds like a lot of the songs here aren't actually about AS, but they are about subjects that people with AS feel very strongly about, such as social isolation, seeing the world differently or simply loneliness. NTs certainly can feel those things too, its just that those aren't things that natura... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Fighting a loosing battle with myself... |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2007, 8:34 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,072
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| Replying mainly just to bookmark this thread for reference, as well as keep it current. I'm in your situation right now. Sorry, no answers I've come across. For 6 years since self-diagnosis, the only thing that made me even bother to get out of bed in the morning was belief in progress. That I could... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: American needing information on Social Services |
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Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 6:50 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,887
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| First of all, thanks for everyone's input. I've got a hell of a lot of life changes looming over my head here, and every little thing helps. Sounds like one turning to US government support should not expect much in quality or quantity of assistance. Am I getting the right picture, in that only the ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: American needing information on Social Services |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2007, 9:14 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,887
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| I want this to come off more as a question than a complaint, but lately the AS-fatigue and aimlessness has gotten so bad that while I will soon be out of college and (on paper) quite qualified to work, I have little doubt that meaningful employment at this point in time would be an unmitigated disas... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Pieces That Don't Fit |
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Posted: 07 Nov 2007, 4:42 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,086
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| Once upon a time I would write off my deep-seated yet inexplicable beliefs as some schizoid manifestation of my flawed development, but these days I can pick a random board on WrongPlanet and find a dozen people who hold the same views as me - interpret that as you will. For that reason, I kind of w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Comfortably numb? |
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Posted: 07 Nov 2007, 12:37 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,044
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| This song been with me a long time. Waters ays he was inspired by a real life version of the movie scene, where he melted-down and drugged-up in his trashed hotel room, only to be loaded up with new drugs by his manager who needed him out on the stage. Can't familiarize with the drugs one bit, but t... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Afraid graduate school not working out. |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2007, 6:08 pm
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Replies: 4
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| Hey Marshall, Been there, am still there actually. Started my master's program on a good note, did well with light coursework and plenty of free time on my hands. Somehow in the way I pulled a 'star turn', attracted the attention of some influential faculty members, and received access to the top ti... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The court system sucks for us |
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Posted: 23 Oct 2007, 9:26 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,417
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| Ok, I'm from Indiana originally - guessing you're from a rural part - and now it makes sense how you could have so many people disputing established science in a court of law. The legal system bores the daylights out of me, so I'm blithely ignorant of procedure and the like. But here's a thought: Ca... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Multilateral vs. Bilateral Friendships |
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Posted: 23 Oct 2007, 9:18 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 893
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| Here's one of those posts where the person shares a story/perspective mainly just to see if anyone else has had parallel experiences. For me, it's that I've always had a loose confederation of bilateral friendships, but can think of very few "crowds" that I've ever found myself in. Bilateral friends... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Most of my life takes place in my head... |
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Posted: 23 Oct 2007, 9:06 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,847
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| Same goes for everything you described on this end, but none of it has proven to be positive for me. Previews and reviews of social encounters are incredibly distracting, and I'm trying hard to break my habit. Getting lost in alternate realities and parallel lives is even worse. An hour will easily ... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Is it worth it? |
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Posted: 23 Oct 2007, 9:00 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,183
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| I completed undergraduate with two majors and two minors reflecting the multitudinous things I was interested in, so I can't give advice on dropping out from my own personal interests. However, I have known many who did drop in and out of the system, and based on their experience I can say it is ind... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Psychiatrist/Medication Success Stories? Anyone? |
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Posted: 23 Oct 2007, 4:02 am
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Replies: 4
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| I see a lot of frustration vented and warnings given about unhelpful psychiatrists and medications, but even partial-success stories are uncommon. I'm at a crossroads now and too exhausted to even think about ways out of my situation most days, and my girlfriend has suggested perhaps it's time for m... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: You can control your "meltdowns" |
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Posted: 23 Oct 2007, 3:38 am
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Replies: 154
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| Beautifulspam: What are you trying to accomplish with your posts? 1. Are you trying to get people to understand they can control their meltdowns/shutdowns/semantic-equivalent-of-spazzing? I agree that people like you and I are able to suppress the pain and entropy long enough to purge them in a safe... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Friendship and Aspergers? |
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Posted: 23 Oct 2007, 2:54 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,580
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| It's a Catch 22, but here goes. My best icethawer (after the icebreaker, which is I guess just whatever random thing you can steal from the moment) is to ask people about themselves. Think of something important but not too personal about this individual, find a loose and open-ended way of inquiring... |
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