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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers More Than Just Brain Wiring........ |
| rowan_nichol |
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Posted: 15 Aug 2017, 3:29 am
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Replies: 13
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| I always ask myself is Aspergers actually a ''hidden'' and people don't believe in it disability? I don't know why trying to keep up with a 28 or 29 hour work week at Burger King doing cooking and maintenance is bothering my physical health? ever since i been working I have GERD and problems going ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies and Emotion |
| rowan_nichol |
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Posted: 15 Aug 2017, 3:11 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 833
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| The "Empathy" question is vexed and misleading because in the research literature it is given a very Precise meaning relevant to the properties the research was investigating. Unfortunately, the research conclusions get bandied about using a much more general meaning for the term, which is... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you have any of the classic Aspie special interests? |
| rowan_nichol |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2017, 9:36 am
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Replies: 79
Views: 2,932
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| I had the trains thing in the late 1970s, and just last week bought five 1980s railway magazines from a market stall....In 1977 I bought the British Rail Timetable (a book of over 1000 pages) and it became my summer reading project. How sad is that? :lol: . Don't see anything wrong with that. Dam u... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Adult Diagnosis? Opinions and Help? |
| rowan_nichol |
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Posted: 13 Aug 2017, 11:35 am
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Replies: 12
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Much of what you write is consistent with what I understand are significant traits of Autism.
Your first TA sounds brilliant - she worked with your strengths, others seemed more concerned with coercing you to be what you are not, making your distress worse and using methods which read as abusive. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspie Obsessions |
| rowan_nichol |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2017, 3:52 pm
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Replies: 286
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| One thing which I found, learning an instrument (Violin and Viola for me) were really good for both the fine motor skills and a whole lot else, including another area to do social stuff where there was a purpose rather than the bland unstructured stuff which was my biggest bugbear. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Doubts about regressive autism |
| rowan_nichol |
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Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 2:21 am
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Replies: 6
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| I have a conjecture to add to the mix. Question first of all, at what age do a person's senses become fully operational. If that age is between one and two years, is it possible that what happens is not a loss of skills but rather the person becomes overloaded by sense input to the point they can no... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Harmless Autism Jokes |
| rowan_nichol |
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Posted: 03 Aug 2017, 7:24 am
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Replies: 159
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| A man with Asperger's was approaching an escalator when he saw a notice: 'DOGS MUST BE CARRIED ON THE ESCALATOR'. So he decided he couldn't use the escalator because he hadn't brought his dogs with him. The books "Trickers", " Diggers " and "Wings" have lots of these l... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: how do doctors study autism? |
| rowan_nichol |
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Posted: 27 Jul 2017, 9:32 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 612
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| Diagnosis is still done by combinations of observation, interview, interview with relatives/others close to the person, the precise combination depending on whether it is a child or adult being diagnosed. Regarding study and research, brain imaging methods such as MRI and blood flow measurements(non... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Any aspies enjoy nightclubs? |
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Posted: 21 Jul 2017, 7:47 am
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,821
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| Normally quite the opposite. I hated risking my hearing with the loud noise, too up tight to use the dance floor, hated not being able to converse. Was in the group of four who bailed out early from a nightclub trip at the end of a big training course. However, I mellow with age. At a club last year... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Taking Things Too Literally |
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Posted: 21 Jul 2017, 7:06 am
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,912
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| Up and Down occur on the railway. The Up line is the track towards the major city, usually London, Edinburgh in Scotland, also Derby on the old Midland railway routes, and Down being the line in the opposite direction. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: what are your Social skills deficits? |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2017, 8:03 am
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Replies: 38
Views: 1,763
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| Oops accidental duplicate post |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: what are your Social skills deficits? |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2017, 8:02 am
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Replies: 38
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| Anxiety in a large and unstructured group setting. Initiating in an unstructured social setting. Initiating in a setting with a purpose is different - I generally use the white badge at Autscape for example. I hasty response occasionally lands me ib a bit of bother. Small talk. Example some months b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Explaining your autism to people in your life |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2017, 4:38 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 547
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| Being assessed late in life and being able to wing things well enough has allowed me to make disclosing optional. Four people know. Either they gave me useful feedback when I shared suspicions, asked me if I was on the spectrum or contribute accounts for my assessment. Out of gratitude I informedvth... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: why do we still use wrong planet? |
| rowan_nichol |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2017, 4:22 am
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Replies: 96
Views: 5,410
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AshtenS wrote: EzraS wrote: It's the only forum that hasn't permanently banned me. so far. What happened for you to get banned on other forums?
I share being puzzled EzraS as your voice is articulate, informed, thoughtful and informative. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: UK schools apparent discrimination against autistics |
| rowan_nichol |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2017, 11:52 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 554
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To be a little provocative here.
Sending these people to school is a wicked waste of their time and likely to set them back quite seriously. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is everyone on the spectrum "disabled"? |
| rowan_nichol |
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Posted: 16 Jul 2017, 11:34 am
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Replies: 78
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| Thank you for your feedback Kraftie. I hadn't thought about the angle in your feedback. Looking g at things in that way may well help so.done find the energy or sheer stubornnes to get through despite the blind spots and things which don't come naturally. For my own thinking, the largest considerati... |
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