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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ASD and too difficult tasks |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2022, 5:54 pm
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| I was on one job and I was worried my work was sticking out like a sore thumb - not in a good way - I asked a manager I respected “how long would you say it would take one of your engineers to trouble shoot a bug?” He glared at me as if trying to figure out if I was serious then said in a very frank... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: How can I recover deleted photos and videos on my laptop? |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022, 8:11 pm
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Replies: 4
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It will depend somewhat on if the same disk space has been used since then - and if it is a SSD or HDD. Hard disks often leave ghosts that a professional can get at if you are willing to pay. Even if they have been overwritten.
SSD are memory based. Don’t think the ghosts thing applies there. |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: Images in Numbers |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022, 8:05 pm
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Replies: 6,066
Views: 186,245
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How many of you have a carer?(who are level 1) |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022, 7:53 pm
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Replies: 33
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| I have trouble with spelling. I keep reading the name of this thread as “How Many Of You Have A Career?” My spelling is so it is like a bad stutter. Like Porky Pig I sometimes have to pick an entirely different word because even the spell-checker cannot help me. Ok that is all for my tangent The-ee-... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "locus of control" - neuronormative and material privilege |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022, 7:43 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,125
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| NTs are bad at some types of abstraction. It all comes down to it being hard to empathize with people different from ourselves |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is everyone's problem with the ASD Level System? |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022, 7:01 pm
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Replies: 94
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| You're right. In the current format of DSM-5 there are two separate specifiers. My report from 2018 says: "_______ meets the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder - Social Communication Severity Level 2 - Requiring substantial support; Restricted, Repetitive Beh... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: WP Addicts Anonymous |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022, 6:47 pm
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Replies: 65,461
Views: 1,263,689
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| https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PvEvdpdcHwc Once upon a time, in the land of hush-a-bye, around about the wondrous days of yore, they came across a kind of box, bound up with chains and locked with locks and labeled "Kindly do not touch it's war." A decree was issued round about, and all wi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What's the difference between Aspergers and Austism |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022, 9:55 am
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,475
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And … just to be a pain in the a**
It isn’t “Aspergers”
It is “Asperger’s”
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ASD and too difficult tasks |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022, 9:30 am
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Replies: 18
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| ... changing goals when conditions change. :?: :?: :?: Example: goal do laundry. Condition: someone else is using the machine. (Good) change goal - eat lunch then do laundry (Bad) stand staring at the machine until it is free then do laundry then eat lunch Someone else gave an example of ordering a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What's the difference between Aspergers and Austism |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022, 9:10 am
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,475
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is everyone's problem with the ASD Level System? |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2022, 8:59 am
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Replies: 94
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| Pieplup My understanding is this: there are NOT autism severity levels. There are two SEPARATE diagnostic severity specifiers. And levels may be below 1. Details: https://a4.org.au/dsm5-asd [ . . . ] “Specifiers The severity specifiers (see Table 2) may be used to describe succinctly the current sym... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ASD and too difficult tasks |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2022, 7:42 am
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Replies: 18
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| Three areas are long time challenges for me - time management, project management and budgeting (time, money, resources) Read lots of books and web pages on these topics - still hard. Sometimes I make a spider map of everything on my mind. One suggestion for getting better at estimating is to carefu... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: WP Addicts Anonymous |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2022, 7:30 am
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Replies: 65,461
Views: 1,263,689
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ASD and too difficult tasks |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2022, 9:14 pm
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Replies: 18
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| Sometimes I bite off more than I can chew. Sometimes I just underestimate the time stuff takes, other times I keep with something even if I can never finish it. ASD is associated with Executive Functioning challenges. One of the executive functions is a sense of time. Also: starting, stopping, addin... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: NASA thread |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2022, 8:32 pm
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Replies: 44
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| https://tinyimg.io/i/gxbUlbi.jpg Every child, at least once in their life, has been admonished to not stare at the sun for so long lest they go blind. But does looking at the sun really cause blindness, or is that just an old wives’ tale? Turns out, it’s a bit of both. The retina most certainly can... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What's the difference between Aspergers and Austism |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2022, 7:41 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,475
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