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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Informal survey/your story re: undiagnosed most your life |
| blazingstar |
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Posted: 16 Jul 2023, 3:01 pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 10,129
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| After working with people with autism and other developmental disabilities for over 20 years, I happened upon an article about high functioning professional women with autism. Bingo! Suddenly all the weird stuff in my life made sense. I was just two months short of my 64th birthday. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Florida music teacher sentenced to 6 yrs in prison for Jan 6 |
| blazingstar |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2023, 5:18 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 322
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| Oh, my. She did not do herself any favors. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Why are therapists the most awful people in the world? |
| blazingstar |
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Posted: 13 Jul 2023, 6:18 pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 918
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| bee33, I've had a bunch of awful therapists. At best they were well meaning and kind, but not very smart or knowledgable. At worst, well, at worst I was the victim of sexual and emotional abuse by two different therapists. I understand that many people have found value in therapy and had therapists ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Prefer to be alone or with people? |
| blazingstar |
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Posted: 10 Jul 2023, 7:56 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,297
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| Usually I prefer to be alone. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Rode ~600kms yesterday to go to |
| blazingstar |
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Posted: 10 Jul 2023, 7:52 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 225
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| The waterfall is stunning. |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Social struggles in college. Any advice? |
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Posted: 10 Jul 2023, 7:48 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,527
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| I think one can do well at college and also have some friends. I found college and especially graduate school were the places I made a few good friends. Not talking about parties and drinking. Talking about art and foreign film viewing, concerts, interesting discussions. I don’t have much advice tho... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Constantly trying to fit in society |
| blazingstar |
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Posted: 09 Jul 2023, 4:53 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 290
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| Having done both, faking it to make it, and giving up society, the latter is, for me, healthier and promotes a higher quality of life. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: The Supreme Court Just Legalized Stalking |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2023, 8:48 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 332
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That is creepy.
And yes, I missed this in the original post, Aspartofme. I also did not hear it covered by other news organizations. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: my grief |
| blazingstar |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2023, 10:15 pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 689
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The other thing about being ASD is that no one sees us grieving. I can be totally undone, but if I say so to someone, they will say that I don’t look upset.
That part makes the alone-ness worse.
Again, sorry for your loss and I hope the responses here have helped. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Severely Autistic Man beats Rubik’s Cube world record |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2023, 1:59 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 361
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| I saw this somewhere and thought; it takes me more than 3 seconds just to look at a rubrics cube. Good for him having something to excel at. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I feel a bit lackluster |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2023, 1:42 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 338
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I’m sorry you’re feeling down. Being jobless is a real hit to the self-esteem.
The referral to Vocational Rehabilitation is worth checking out if you are in the US. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Trump Could Win Another Lesser-of-Two-Evils Election |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2023, 1:39 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 688
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| We can no longer dismiss the outlandish ones. We would be silly to write off Trump or DeSantis, although the latter seems to be self-immolating recently. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: SCOTUS has been very busy |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2023, 1:36 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 264
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goldfish21 wrote: Dirtbags. Except for the f**k trumpism thing - that one's cool.
And that ruling was to protect their own power. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: SCOTUS has been very busy |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2023, 1:35 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 264
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| A long time ago, think Reagan era, I had confidence in the Supreme Court. I believed that even those judges who had particular opinions, when elevated to the Court, would mature and grow into the responsibility of protecting our country and its democracy. It seemed to me that serving on the Court wa... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: New powers to crack down on ‘disruptive’ protests start |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2023, 12:02 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 295
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| Florida (of course, Florida) has a similar law but I think it is tied up in the courts. A new law this term prohibits demonstrations at the state capitol. Both advanced by DeSantis. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Some Dutch people seeking euthanasia cite autism or ID |
| blazingstar |
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Posted: 02 Jul 2023, 11:43 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 472
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| The article is reporting only on the people who were actually killed at their own request. It must be at your own request - you can't request it on behalf of anyone else. That also excludes a number of eligible applicants Understood. The problem is some people may be requesting it because, for exam... |
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