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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Adults: Age 30 and over - CA Regional Center system. |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2017, 3:04 pm
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| I went to the Napa Regional Center for an evaluation. They contracted an outside shrink to evaluate me. He gave me the ADOS. It seemed silly and more suitable for kids. I was in my early thirties at the time. He didn't really give me an IQ test, just quickly went through some Raven's Matrices. He m... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Adults: Age 30 and over - CA Regional Center system. |
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Posted: 17 Jun 2017, 12:30 am
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| The California State Regional Center system is one example (cited from my own personal experiences). If you live in large metropolitan areas outside of CA, there might be resources which at least try to understand the needs of adults with High-Functioning Autism. Experiences outside of CA are welcom... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Adults: Age 30 and over - CA Regional Center system. |
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Posted: 15 Jun 2017, 5:28 pm
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Hello,
Why have experiences with the CA Regional Center system received very little mention here on Wrong Planet?
In 2015, the CA Regional Center system extended eligibility to include clientele with mild developmental disabilities e.g., High-Functioning Autism. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Any CA Regional Center Experiences? |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2017, 2:49 pm
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| Is it true that most WrongPlanet (WP) members in CA are both surprised, and uncomfortable with the notions of receiving services through the 'CA Regional Center' system? Hence, is sentiment "at a point" where many people on (WP) are uncomfortable with even posting their experiences on (WP)... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: On House-Cleaning... |
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Posted: 17 May 2017, 4:02 pm
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| I got into the habit of taking off my shoes at the entry-way to my apt. -- hence curbing germs, and even reducing the need to mop floors. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers and dreams |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2017, 3:54 pm
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Replies: 19
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| Personally, I'm especially interested in (sleep) dreams involving active participation with other people; that is dreams may offer important insights regarding social-skills. Lately, a common theme with social-interaction dreams involves misunderstandings that discourages NeuroTypical (NT) groups (o... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: What is the most hurtful thing anyone has ever said to you.. |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2017, 5:18 pm
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| RELATED THREAD: (LINK) The Subtle Comments From Others Can be Painful Too! By the very nature of the Autism spectrum, it's common to dwell-on, harp-on both obvious, and subtle experiences. It's common to overcompensate in handling such situations, as well as struggling to find reasons why "thin... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Classical Music Enthusiasts |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2017, 7:08 pm
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| I'll begin with a WP Post on interests in non-Classical music (LINK). If we listen carefully enough, we may note that some popular music over the last few decades might just contain Classical-music roots! Hence, some of the music we view as "non-classical" might just have those Classical r... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Social Skills/Rules Learned The Hard Way, Not Intuitively? |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2017, 6:50 pm
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| Personally, I must say, social-skills and rules were learned "the hard way" early-on (to say the least). I quickly learned intuitively, as well as by osmosis (from both advice, and "real-world" examples) later-on, up to the present! Yet, active participation in anything beyond s... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Social Skills/Rules Learned The Hard Way, Not Intuitively? |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2017, 3:46 pm
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| Personally, I must say, social-skills and rules were learned "the hard way" early-on (to say the least). I quickly learned intuitively, as well as by osmosis (from both advice, and "real-world" examples) later-on, up to the present! Yet, active participation in anything beyond sm... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What hobbies do people have? |
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Posted: 13 Apr 2017, 4:39 pm
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| The distinctions between applying Tech. for hobbies, and applying Tech. for non-hobby purposes can sometimes be well............blurred distinctions. Digital-art (not inspired by Tech.) is a good hobby. Writing esp. creative writing (even with the help of word processing) can also be a good pastime.... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Fictional Books With Autistic Characters In Them? |
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Posted: 13 Apr 2017, 4:20 pm
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| The 2009 book, 'Generosity: An Enhancement' by Robert Powers portrays a character who probably is Aspergers. The book also applies the genre of 'metafiction' The 'metafiction' genre may be of interest to people (myself personally) with Aspergers; as metafiction tends to apply a deconstructive, rule-... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: If the human brain were a computer what specs would it have? |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2017, 6:11 pm
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| After looking back a few pages on the 'Computers, Math, Science, and Technology' Forum, this discussion topic "jumped right-out!" The efforts of Ray Kurzweil's Singularity concept "came to mind." Enclosed is an article discussing Kurzweil's and Elon Musk's efforts on the human-br... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Will Internet forums make a comeback? |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2017, 2:59 pm
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The formats of blogs are sometimes similar to that of Internet Forums e.g., latest posts first, older posts classified by month/year, number of posts, number of comments.
Can the Internet Forum model gain interest thorough blog-format styles? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Study: Can Grandmothers First Spot Autism Before Parents? |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2017, 3:54 pm
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EzraS wrote: It makes sense to me since a grandparent has had more experience in child raising and probably also likely to be more objective than a new parent.
Objective perspectives from grandparents, and other relatives receives way too little focus! |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Will Internet forums make a comeback? |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2017, 3:44 pm
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| Overlooking the values of Internet forums has become like a self-fulfilling prophecy - that is the limited uses of Internet forums means that forums provide way too little in the way of content in order to glean those important trends, hence, too little interest in forums overall. |
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