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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Astrology and asperger syndrome |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 03 Sep 2014, 5:14 am
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Replies: 41
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| But forget both Columbus and Galileo. Recall Shakespeare who said: "our faults lay not in our stars, but in ourselves." are you saying that whatever is happening with me is because of my actions and not my destiny i dont believe that. my father was alcoholic so thats my fault, my mother was mentall... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Calling autism an "epidemic" |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 03 Sep 2014, 4:58 am
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Replies: 43
Views: 4,159
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| Mirriam Webster definition: epidemic http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epidemic 1 Affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time 2 a. excessively prevalent b : contagious 3: characterized by very wide... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Why are employers like this? |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 03 Sep 2014, 4:36 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,802
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| That's amazing actually. My girlfriend will often ask "what's wrong?" when I want to jump about in happiness, but I look more like :|. This is actually something I will take on board, thankyou! Having an "expressionless," expression - almost porcelain doll like - is an ASD trait. I think it's more ... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: poem by an aspergers girl(me) |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 03 Sep 2014, 4:33 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,150
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It means she really likes bieng alone. It brings out the best in her. With others, not so much.
I relate so I do kind of "know". |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: A couple of positive stories from NBC News |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2014, 9:58 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,219
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: If It's Metal, Post It! |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2014, 12:51 am
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Replies: 196
Views: 49,878
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Is a hardcore-punk group being sarcastic about metal allowed?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6n29e0BG_8[/youtube] |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: autism and the devil |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2014, 12:43 am
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Replies: 93
Views: 5,421
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Misslizard wrote: If it's good enough for Geraldine Jones,it's good enough for me.The devil made me do it.  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kaiLcwHXB4[/youtube]
Flip Wilson. Now that is a blast from the past. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: autism and the devil |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2014, 12:30 am
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Replies: 93
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AspieOtaku wrote: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqABSUHBWr8[/youtube]According to this guy that Autism is of the devil as well as other mental disorders.
I think Satanism is overdiagnosed. There are too many people using "The Devil made me do it" as an excuse for bad behavior.(sarcasm) |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism Speaks: Is there a change afloat? |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 3:16 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,500
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| I wouldn't take this seriously at all. Autism Speaks' agenda hasn't changed over the years; they've only become more intentionally vague and misleading about it whilst looking into new ways of appeasing the more impressionable of their dissenters. The organisation has always directly opposed the va... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Feeling so separate from the world and in limbo |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 2:52 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,627
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How obvious do you think you are? |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 2:48 pm
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Replies: 50
Views: 6,846
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I used to think I passed well. That was before I was told a cousin who rarely sees me spotted me 10 years ago, finding out my elenementry school threw me out after 2nd grade, bieng diagnosed as moderatly severe.
Conclusion: I don't have a clue which makes sense since that as a key trait. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Dealing with Death of NTs' Son & Being a Good Friend |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 2:24 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,525
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| Just say if there is anything you need I will help and as said earlier just do a lot of listining. While more severe, the situation is not unlike what goes on here where people vent and are glad somebody is reading and sympathetic. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why does it seem that no one really cares! |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 2:19 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,954
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| Because people are super busy trying to survive in this economy, and trying to keep up with this mutitasking, Big Data world. . |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Revealing our AS? |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 2:12 pm
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Replies: 31
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| (only when a conversation about it arises, which is rare). ^^^ This. When I was first diagnosed I stressed over this question. It have finally figured out it is not worth worrying about because it has only come up in in situations where everybody knows I have a disability (support groups, Vocationa... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Psychology Today: Biased Asperger's Article! |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 5:29 am
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Replies: 122
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| Well, it looks like he took down all of his articles. I asked him thorough questions and asked him to give specific, concrete examples. What is he afraid of? In fact, what are people afraid of when it comes to autism and aspergers? Why are they wanting to cure us so bad? Why don't we ever hear this... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: One of Marty Nemko's articles |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 5:11 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,195
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| The guy is an extreme ableist putting the most negative slant on things. He wrote another article in Psychology Today which resulted in a very angry reaction. First he tried to blame the Autistics then said he won't bother writing about disabilities anymore. After a couple of months Psychology Today... |
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