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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Diagnosis/ Grief / Personal Development |
| quaker |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2010, 8:05 am
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| I came accross this article by a woman who was diagnosed at the same age as me (40) and found her writing a great sourse of strenght and inspiration. I hope this will be of interest to others members of WP who have found the process of integration (coming to terms with their diagnosis) difficult and... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Beyond The Stereotype of Autism |
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Posted: 08 Sep 2010, 1:10 am
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,066
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| Hi mutate....nice to be in touch with you....i loved what you said that sometimes you feel like "the one eyed man in the kingdom of the blind". Caught between superior and inferior. I feel exactly the same. The subtle inter-play of social interaction takes more time for me to process, when with non-... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Beyond The Stereotype of Autism |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2010, 1:48 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,066
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I like what you say LB.
Accepting difference within difference
issuch a challenge for many in the
spectrum......getting rid of AS and
just having the spectrum is a good
move i think.
Much love to you from a trafic jam
in central London. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Beyond The Stereotype of Autism |
| quaker |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2010, 12:52 pm
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Replies: 30
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| Hi Lotus this is Chris from london... I had to get a new email and hense new username. I went to my psycholigist about this pdd and she said that I was more in the AS camp than pdd.....and after meeting Donna Williams I think the AS spectrum it'self has so many subsets. Lovely to hear you Chris |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Beyond The Stereotype of Autism |
| quaker |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2010, 12:28 pm
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Replies: 30
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good to hear from you CR......
i often think of you when I cross over
Waterloo bridge. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Beyond The Stereotype of Autism |
| quaker |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2010, 12:56 am
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Replies: 30
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| I know ballerina's, artists, musicians, psychotherapists, life-coaches, writers, models, all who have formal dx with AS/HFA and defy the stereotype of being autistic because it seems their right-brain is as dominant as their left-brain. I have a theory that in the same way that it is fast becoming a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Identify the language in your head? |
| quaker |
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Posted: 03 Sep 2010, 12:54 am
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Replies: 14
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| I process my thoughts like a narrator of my own internal movie theater. Like with subtitles on foreign films. I must process each and every word fully in my mind (hence being visual and verbal)..........bloody exhausting if struggling with lots of issues. Consequently mini- meltdowns are common for ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Wouldn't It Be Better To Have Severe AS Than Mild? |
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Posted: 03 Sep 2010, 12:12 am
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Replies: 54
Views: 6,653
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| I have heard over the years many people, AS and NT, who have expressed the desire to be more in their heart than in their head. My work with people with learning difficulties autistic and non- autistic has taught me that the greatest suffering in humanity comes from a lack of humility and an overact... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Wouldn't It Be Better To Have Severe AS Than Mild? |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2010, 2:44 am
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| I liked what Donna Williams said about the sense of self in the classically autistic being stronger than many with AS. What she meant by this was that the classically autistic person had no desire to adapt and thus developed far less comorbids. Personally I have no interest in computer games and the... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Walking in a Park at Night By Yourself |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2010, 3:27 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,700
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this is one of my favourate pastimes.
Alone on Hampstead Heath at night
I feel alive like no other time.
From a distance I look at London
and feel truly alive. When walking
in the day in the city centre I feel
seperate and distant from others. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Parents: do you drink or smoke to get through the day? |
| quaker |
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Posted: 23 Aug 2010, 5:27 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,052
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I depend on one thing only with regarding
parenting my son and that is prayer. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Alienation, Loneliness & Autism |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2010, 1:41 am
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Replies: 40
Views: 5,734
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| Thank you everyone for yr thoughts and sharing yr feelings. I had a dream recently where I landed on earth from a spaceship. I crept out looking for earthlings, hungry for connection, yet terrified at the same time. My images that best convey for me my feelings of alienation are being lost in space.... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Alienation, Loneliness & Autism |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2010, 1:38 am
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Replies: 40
Views: 5,734
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Often I feel an aching and longing
for what I am unable to bear |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Alienation, Loneliness & Autism |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2010, 1:37 am
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Replies: 40
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| Thank you everyone for yr thoughts and sharing yr feelings. I had a dream recently where I landed on earth from a spaceship. I crept out looking for earthlings, hungry for connection, yet terrified at the same time. My images that best convey for me my feelings of alienation are being lost in space.... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Any Adults try GFCF? |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2010, 3:40 am
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Replies: 58
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| I was on the diet for 2 years........in the end I came to the conclusion that the 'toxicity' was more in my head than in the Gluten. By that I mean I developed an OCD fear that the portals of hell would open up if I had a common sandwich, consequently I stayed on the diet out of fear of change rathe... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Alienation, Loneliness & Autism |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2010, 2:22 am
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Replies: 40
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| I was wondering if people would like to share their experiences here of feeling alienated and also their experiences of loneliness? I would be particularly interested in a metaphor or image that best conveys your experience of feeling on the 'wrong planet' I have HFA and being an artist I am searchi... |
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