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Forum: The Haven Topic: Old and stupid |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 8:59 am
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Replies: 33
Views: 969
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| I'm trying not to. I tend to vehemently deny things on the surface, but internally I go into high anxiety mode over them. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Old and stupid |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 4:58 am
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| It's a very ageist subreddit. They have a high level of contempt for the FB high IQ community . I've taken part in that community since March 2020. The vast majority of my FB friends come from there. The subreddit has a bad reputation re people cheating on tests. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Old and stupid |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 12:11 am
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Replies: 33
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| Someone on the cognitive testing subreddit. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Old and stupid |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2024, 10:52 pm
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Replies: 33
Views: 969
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| Being told you're rather old and therefore quite unintelligent is very demoralising. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Support vs substantial support? |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2024, 6:06 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,141
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| I need substantial support and I live independently. On top of that I've been a single parent for over 25 years. I have six pets. That all sounds great behind the scenes. What people don't see is that I'm useless. I have the income to pay for my house (kind of). That doesn't mean I"m coping or... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Support vs substantial support? |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 25 Jan 2024, 10:53 pm
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| EF, especially organising and planning, is definitely on the deficit side. Prioritising re multistep tasks far from easy. How much that's an ASD or SMI thing I wouldn't like to say. How do you precisely define 'debilitating'? I just know that I don't do as well as the average demographically matched... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Support vs substantial support? |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 25 Jan 2024, 4:06 pm
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| I've always had difficulty knowing which applies to me. Having a comorbid schizoaffective/schizophrenia dx doesn't help. Nor does the fact I was assessed as having social communication at classical autism level, and social interaction at Asperger's level. I'm a pensioner now, but when I was of worki... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Songs From Childhood |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2024, 5:28 am
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Replies: 136
Views: 37,075
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According to my parents this was a favourite of mine when I was very young.
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Autism and psychosis |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 20 Jan 2024, 4:25 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,844
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| Psychosis occurs more frequently in those who are autistic than in those who are not. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Got diagnosed today |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 16 Jan 2024, 9:34 pm
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Replies: 19
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milly wrote: I am so unbelievably relieved to finally have an answer. I am 38.
I'm glad to see you here. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: High Needs Autistic Advocates. |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2024, 3:02 pm
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Replies: 38
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| And as I said earlier I completely agree Level 2's are an ignored group. It would not surprise me if the vast majority of level 2's are misdiagnosed as level 1's or level 3's. Being a 65-year-old autistic I know what is like to be part of an ignored group. I was dxed with Asperger's(level 1?) in Ma... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this typical with autism? |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2023, 11:52 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,680
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| I guess a lot of mine is due to the insecurity that comes with ' bullying related trauma'. Being able to have at least one thing in the plus column, even though it has little practical value, is important to me . I performed well enough at first, but nosedived academically after mumps at nearly 9.5.... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this typical with autism? |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 04 Dec 2023, 9:52 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,680
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autisticelders wrote:
I don't believe that rapid response is a test of intelligence. (at least in my case).
Speed of response is less 'g' loaded than consistency of response ( standard deviation) |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this typical with autism? |
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Posted: 04 Dec 2023, 12:31 am
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| I used to test super low across the board for non-verbal ability. Some of that was down to a defeatist attitude. I was, and still am to some degree,though better than I used to be, the kind of person who flounders if they can't answer something quickly. Now the situation is more complex. My pattern ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anatomy of a failure |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2023, 10:24 am
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Replies: 4
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| ^ That looks interesting. I used to be an avid and eclectic reader as a child and teenager. That stopped after my 1st stay in hospital. I've not read a book for a good number of years. Since I've found out most people can visualise people and scenes in fiction books and I can't, due to the aphantasi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anatomy of a failure |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2023, 6:13 am
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Replies: 4
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| Anatomy of a failure: No paid work. Only a very little voluntary/unpaid, mediocre academic record by current standards, no friends IRL, can't drive a car,need support to maintain a healthy level of independence. |
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