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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it rude to drop a Zoom call? |
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Posted: 13 Feb 2023, 12:25 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,061
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| Unless the meeting is very small, I see leaving a zoom meeting like slipping out the door IRL. If there are a lot of people at the meeting, no one really notices anyway. There are many reasons someone might have to leave a meeting. You don’t need to give one. Should someone ask, you can just say so... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is having an obsession (or obsessions) problematic? |
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Posted: 12 Feb 2023, 3:58 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,193
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| It goes both ways. Marie Curie was obsessed with radiation. It got her two Nobel prizes, and killed her. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it rude to drop a Zoom call? |
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Posted: 12 Feb 2023, 1:07 pm
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Replies: 15
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| I used to minimize the physical meeting I'd attend, due to boredom and frustration with people, but I'd feel stuck, seldom upset enough to get up and walk out. Now I live where interesting conversation is rare. So, since Covid made them popular, I now go to Zoom meetings, but if they go badly off-to... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Special? |
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Posted: 11 Feb 2023, 9:40 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,326
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| "Special" can be positive or negative. Some people value eccentricity; others are just confused by it. I hear that in Wisconsin "That's different" means "That does not belong here." |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have any of you had an bad experience with a therapist? |
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Posted: 11 Feb 2023, 12:20 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,828
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Recidivist wrote: I've had a therapist fall asleep. I thought it was a test to see if I'd wake him  I failed if it was.
I heard about a flight instructor who fell asleep, and could only be woken up by the signal used for imminent danger on his agricultural work early in the morning. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Time management with Executive Function issues |
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Posted: 03 Feb 2023, 1:03 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 651
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| My friend who is good at this makes extensive to-do lists, and details them down to "CDTs" - Clearly Defined Tasks. He can pick one and focus on it without worry about it not fitting a larger plan, or, even better, get someone else to do it. If he does another job spontaneously, he often a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Time management with Executive Function issues |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2023, 5:33 pm
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Replies: 6
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| I use check lists so I can stop trying to remember everything for the next day's commitments, and sometimes put a time estimate after each one so I can check that it all fits. I still have a lot of trouble with jobs that expand as I go. I may just want a simple device, but I enjoy making it handsome... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: does human touch makes you extremely tense? |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2023, 11:32 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,591
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| Yes, it makes me very tense. However, hair cuts don't bother me. And someone I used to work with liked to stroke my hair. That was ok too. But a massage? Hell no. I couldn't think of anything worse. Probably because they're somewhat intimate. Any sexual touch is also a big fat no. For people who ha... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: does human touch makes you extremely tense? |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2023, 5:40 pm
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Replies: 23
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| I received the bare minimum of touch as a child. Getting a haircut felt very exotic. Now, touch is the best way to reassure me that I have left that place. I much prefer cultures with hugging. Because I focus so well on touch, I have what is known in the trade as "good hands" and got great... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What's the oldest memory that you have? |
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Posted: 24 Jan 2023, 11:53 am
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Replies: 49
Views: 3,398
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| An elephant's trunk has about 100,000 muscles and no bones. It takes over a year to learn to use it. Young elephants lie down with their head in a pond to drink water. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What's the oldest memory that you have? |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2023, 11:02 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 3,398
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| I think the oldest one is of my father sitting on a couch, happily holding me, and then suddenly putting me aside and rushing from the room. He probably heard a telephone. The next is of crawling off a blanket, and encountering dew on the grass, but that memory had been reinforced by seeing it in a ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Apparently Ultrasound causes autism now. |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2023, 1:16 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,334
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| Apparently pre-natal ultrasound can cause autism now. How do I know? I got a leaflet from a random man outside a university campus in Bradford. According to the leaflet ultrasound is not sound, like we thought it was; We have been lied to. It is actually radiation. :lol: Gosh, maybe near-term babie... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have YOU been accused of microaggressions?? |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2023, 4:47 pm
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Replies: 151
Views: 6,280
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| A friend of mine was taking a brand-new girlfriend out on his sailboat. As they got under weigh, as Captain, he told her it was time to do something on the foredeck. She got upset that he had not said "please" and after that, the voyage was pointless. When Dick Rutan and Jeanna Yeager were... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have YOU been accused of microaggressions?? |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2023, 3:55 pm
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Replies: 151
Views: 6,280
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| In South East Asia, it is a major insult to sit so that others can see the soles of your feet. People also go ballistic over white people in a black costume. In the minstrel shows, it was used for insults, but when Prime Minister Trudeau dressed as Aladdin, implying admiration for a brown character,... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have YOU been accused of microaggressions?? |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2023, 2:12 pm
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Replies: 151
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| The term microagression was coined to give people the excuse to look for slights or insults where none were intended and then be able to be offended with impunity. Aye. Overreaction is an art, but it can give great power. My ex used to accuse me of being passive-aggressive, which probably arose fro... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Teaching and ASD |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2023, 10:26 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,240
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| Classic case of "not my problem". It's not your problem if they get upset over using the wrong words. It's their problem if they are cognitively inhibited just because of one "wrong" word (which isn't even wrong). Also, you're autistic. You have difficulties to adapt. It's ablei... |
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