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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I have a fear of toddlers! (Strange fear, I know!) |
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Posted: 17 Mar 2011, 10:02 am
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| My parents had a yorkshire terrier with the same phobia. I think there's something about the unpredictability of a person who is so young. I'm being serious, by the way. I know I mentioned a dog but I'm not making fun. It is commonly known that an animal can be afraid of small children, particularl... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I have a fear of toddlers! (Strange fear, I know!) |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2011, 4:50 pm
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| When I was a toddler I wasn't a typical ASD toddler - more like a typical NT toddler (which was why everyone was shocked when I behaved differently to others when I first started school). But my mum said that I went through a crying stage when I was one, but I was still a baby then. She said I didn'... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Am I at higher risk of getting cancer????????! !! !! !! !! !! ! |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2011, 4:45 pm
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Quote: Is your head disproportionately large?
No my head is normal sized. Thank god, then. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Am I at higher risk of getting cancer????????! !! !! !! !! !! ! |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2011, 1:36 pm
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| The gene, known as PTEN, was found to be changed, or mutated, in three of 18 people with larger than normal heads and autism spectrum disorder. Autism spectrum disorder includes classical autism, Rett syndrome and other conditions. The study was led by researchers at The Ohio State University Compr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: when did you start puberty? |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2011, 1:25 pm
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Replies: 147
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I'm sorry I reacted so harshly, not the other way around  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: when did you start puberty? |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2011, 9:22 am
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| Well, since people with autism seem to be at an increased risk of being tortured, murdered or overall treated like they're worthless, I'd hazard a guess that the life expectancy is probably reduced, not so much because we're inherently not healthy but because, well... yeah. But so long as the peopl... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Which have it harder? Male Aspies or female Aspies? |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2011, 9:06 am
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| I can hide my AS. Since I was diagnosed at 8, I spent the rest of my childhood at school judging myself on what I was doing, then looking at the other kids to see if they done the same and if they didn't then it must have been ''an Aspie thing''. So I started to stop doing Aspie things, and although... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I have a fear of toddlers! (Strange fear, I know!) |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2011, 3:55 pm
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| I don't think it's an Aspie thing or an NT thing to not like toddlers. It just depends on what sort of person you are. My mum doesn't like small children either, and she's NT. She always says, ''I can't stand them!'' I see some people gazing at other people's toddlers (whether it's got an angry red ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why is the aspie stereotype ugly? |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2011, 2:47 pm
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| I'm not ugly. I'm attractive, and I look just like a NT would (I'm not saying all NTs are attractive because I see some ugly people walking about!) I'm saying that Aspies and Autistic people aren't exclusively ugly. My friend had a little brother with severe Autism, but he was such a cute little boy... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I have a fear of toddlers! (Strange fear, I know!) |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2011, 2:38 pm
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| Maybe you could sit in the back part of the bus so that no one would be able to sit behind you (though you probably already thought of that). I have tried that, and it works if you're lucky. But a few weeks ago I was sitting near the back, and a mother came on with a 3 year old girl, and it just ra... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Exactly what does ''unable to express one's feelings'' mean? |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2011, 11:25 am
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| If most NTs are better at showing emotions than most Aspies are, then how come NTs are also good at not showing emotion? For example, if a NT is working in a supermarket, like Tesco (or Walmart), and he/she was putting out stock neatly on the shelves then along came some customers, got in his/her wa... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Which have it harder? Male Aspies or female Aspies? |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2011, 11:07 am
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| I think men can retaliate without being considered ''weird'' by other people. I don't know if it's a typical Aspie symptom, but I very highly irritated very easily, especially when I'm out in public, and I would just love to stand up one day when someone's being really annoying and shout something a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I have a fear of toddlers! (Strange fear, I know!) |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2011, 10:52 am
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| I have developed a very unusual phobia in the past couple of years or so, and it's got much worse since. It is the most unique, strangest phobia you could ever have. It is a phobia of small children between the ages of 18 months and 5 years (let's just say toddlers). I just don't like them near me, ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why is the aspie stereotype ugly? |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2011, 10:41 am
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Replies: 93
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| Haha that video was funny |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Neurological differences, stereotypes and enviroment issues. |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2011, 10:37 am
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| I have diagnosed Dyspraxia, and Dyspraxia is a disability - it is not neurotypical. I have Asperger's and Dyspraxia, and you can't say I'm half NT because of my Dyspraxia and half NL because of my Aspergers. I am NL all the way. I also have HAD (high anxiety disorder). Or EHAD (extremely high anxiet... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you ever catch people staring at you? How do you feel? |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2011, 9:10 am
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Replies: 100
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| But then I catch people staring at me even when I am impeccably dressed in all-female clothing. I don't stim obviously in public and I put up a good NT display, so why is that I can't even guess. I think it must be my face, it is androgynous to the last extent so it bothers most people. I get this ... |
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