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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Utahns who have ASD don't like Autism Speaks |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2015, 7:36 pm
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| During the month of April, one group in particular works to increase attention of autism for Autism Awareness Month. Autism Speaks has gained national and even international traction in its efforts to grow "into the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization," according to i... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Microsoft announces pilot program to hire people with autism |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2015, 7:03 pm
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Replies: 82
Views: 5,995
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| From what I've been told from interviews and such: I'm not young enough (I graduated from Masters at 29 last summer, still 29 for a few months) ? Illegal age discrimination, grounds for a lawsuit. A lot of the other reasons are anti autistic discrimination but hidden under you don't fit the company... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What time zone are the post times in |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2015, 10:35 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 511
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's the weather like RIGHT NOW?! |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2015, 9:51 am
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Replies: 3,731
Views: 82,619
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38F drizzle raw gray and ugly.
Spring? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Jewish aspies? |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2015, 12:24 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,629
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visagrunt wrote: Yo. (Or should that be, "Oy?")
We also stim while we pray... what's up with that?
Of course there is this
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I've never won a trophy what should I do? |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 10:21 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,312
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| I won a perfect attendance award in school. Don't diminish that accomplishment it is very difficult to do. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vaccine caused Autism is a holocaust |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 10:15 pm
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Replies: 5
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| Source: Sacramento Bee They get the shot, that night they have a fever of a hundred and three, they go to sleep, and three months later their brain is gone This is a holocaust, what this is doing to our country. Spoken at a screening of a film linking vaccines with Autism Having Jenny McCarthy thin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I feel sorry for people with Aspergers/Autism |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 9:30 pm
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Replies: 96
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| We have all of the proof we need -- his original post. IMO, all you have is each person's INTERPRETATION of what the OP was saying. It would be no different, IMO, than if someone posted the URL to an article, and everyone who chose to, read it and gave their opinion of what they felt the author was... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: PayPal founder on Aspergers useful traits |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 9:16 pm
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Replies: 1
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| Peter Thiel: Asperger’s can be a big advantage in Silicon Valley He avoids hiring MBAs, since he says they tend to be "high extrovert/low conviction people," a combination of traits that "leads towards extremely herd-like thinking and behavior." All that socialization leads to c... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Should I go ahead with this self diagnosis? |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 8:41 pm
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Replies: 18
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| I guess we are back at the point on WP where we automatically cast suspicion that what the person thinks they have is probably wrong. Despite what is constantly said there some online tests that are not totally useless. Those published by reputable universities represent a starting point to seek fur... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I feel sorry for people with Aspergers/Autism |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 8:16 pm
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Replies: 96
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| That person represents the way most people who think about Autism think about autism. To be a troll the person would have to have a good knowledge of nuerodiversity thinking which requires some effort and fairly rare. The username is an indication of this. Whatever the intent I am glad this happened... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Just got threatened with a lawsuit by supporter of A$ |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 7:41 pm
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Replies: 68
Views: 4,154
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| Wikipedia an organization based on modern technology is inherently biased against it. Their guidelines consider mainstream media and government as reliable sources and anything remotely internet be it blogs, forums (unless they are mainstream media created blogs) as unreliable sources. Take this blo... |
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: PHP Developer needed to help with fixing WrongPlanet bugs |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 6:21 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 820
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| I would suggest adding a link to this thread in the Computers, Math and Science discussion |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I feel sorry for people with Aspergers/Autism |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 2:03 pm
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Replies: 96
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| Troll or not while many here who are familiar with the information I will present there are some autistics here who may find the following information useful Saying "they" "you guys" is offensive enough without all the other negative assumptions OTHERING 101: WHAT IS “OTHERING”? ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies on the road. |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 1:28 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,871
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| Too much multitasking, too many distractions, poor motor coordination, anxiety, made me give it up at age 21 after receiving my license. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What are you the best at? |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2015, 1:23 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,349
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| Quickly finding information on the internet. |
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