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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Best buddies club |
| ImeldaJace |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2014, 9:53 pm
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Replies: 6
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| There is a best buddies club at my college. My only interaction with them was when I stopped by their booth at the student involvement fair at the start of the semester. Those 2 min was enough for me. The way they said "buddies" made me feel that if I told them that I was interested in joining the c... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: To the Dreamers |
| ImeldaJace |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2014, 8:48 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 637
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| Zwapp, you've described exactly what my dreams are like. I know some of my characters in my day dreams very well, but no one has a name. But like you said, it is not like there is a lack of names. It's the same with my dolls and toys growing up. If they came with names then I used them, but most of ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Would a early diagnoses benifit you or not |
| ImeldaJace |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2014, 6:55 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,037
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| I would have made my life so much easier if I had been diagnosed with AS much younger. This is mostly because I misdiagnosed with oppositional defiance disorder when I was 6 because I was having several meltdowns a day. I was treated as being bad and having temper tantrums for which I was punished w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: not seeing things right in front of you |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2014, 6:45 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,559
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I do this all the time!! !!
When ever I was looking for something that was right in front of me butI still couldn't find it, my Grandmother would say "If it was alive it woulda bit you!"  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: understanding the spectrum |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2014, 6:31 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,621
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| Dr. Temple Grandin compares it to a sound board. From what I remember of what she said is that for every person some switches are all the way on, some that are off and some that can be anywhere in between, meaning that some people with autism can have some of one trait, non of another, and all of an... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ear Defenders/Plugs |
| ImeldaJace |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2014, 6:13 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 799
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| GivePeaceAChance, these would probably be helpful for you when it comes to blocking out traffic. When I use them in the car I can't hear any traffic sounds no matter how loud. Is it safe to drive when you can't hear any of the traffic around you? What if there's a horn blaring signaling an imminent... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have you ever felt bullied? |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2014, 1:53 pm
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Replies: 29
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| In high school it was both reasons. I was bullied by classmates and then by a teacher because I am "just different" "don't mess up" and "don't joke around." I was also bullied for being really really smart, have learning difficulties and sensory issues, and having pet goats. When I started to get ac... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Taking anxiety medication? |
| ImeldaJace |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2014, 1:40 pm
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Replies: 61
Views: 16,328
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| I have very very severe Generalized Anxiety Disorder which I've had since I was a toddler, though I was diagnosed when I was 6. I have been on meds since then. I've been on I don't know how many different meds and combinations of meds over the years. The doctor that I went to from when I was 6 to al... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ear Defenders/Plugs |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2014, 10:27 pm
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Replies: 6
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| I have yet to find something that helps as well. One problem is that I have really tiny ears so I have run into some noice canceling ear buds (that go in you ears) that really hurt even though they were made for people with small ears. Also, after wearing them for a couple of hours, they hurt my ear... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you connect better with kids than adults? |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2014, 7:16 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,346
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| I tend to connect with younger kids better too. Just like ouroborosUK said. But I also get along better with people who are older than me as well. It's the same for my NT brother as well. We both have really high IQ's (and slow processing speeds) and the psychologist who tested him has noticed this ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I can't tell if anxiety or sensory overload |
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Posted: 11 Feb 2014, 11:21 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 9,321
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| Sensory Hypersensitivity leads to Anxiety. Anxiety is the nervous system's natural reaction to overstimulation . :shaking: If you live with the overstimulation long enough, you eventually start experiencing the anxiety pretty much constantly, in anticipation of the sensory overloads. That's when th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Would you be neurotypical for a week if you got a chance? |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2014, 6:25 pm
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Replies: 57
Views: 2,781
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| I just thought of something: What would happen if you went ahead and became an NT for a week and then for some reason life was so much better as an NT but then you would have to go back to a not so good life. In that case wouldn't it be better to not know what you were missing out on? I don't really... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does everyone with Asperger's get meltdowns? |
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Posted: 07 Feb 2014, 3:26 pm
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Replies: 113
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| From what i've read, it is rare in Asperger cases and gets more common once you cross over to HFA then more down into LFA. Aspies have more tolerance to frustration, understands and "gets" more of society than Auties. To add a contrarian data point: I regard myself as quite high-functioning, and I ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Would you be neurotypical for a week if you got a chance? |
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Posted: 06 Feb 2014, 6:36 pm
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Replies: 57
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| I think I would do it simply so that I would be better able to explain to NT's what it is like to have autism. But I don't know if I would like it for an entire week. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: So, What Changes With a Diagnosis? |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2014, 10:41 pm
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Replies: 22
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| Nothing about you changes witha diagnosis. You are still the same "you" that you always have been and always will be. A diagnosis does not make you different! I am also really high functioning and I usually don't "look" or seem autistic at all. I am very far from being the stereotypical aspie. There... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have you ever experienced doubts about your diagnosis? |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2014, 3:37 pm
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Replies: 43
Views: 5,022
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| I've had the opposite experience: I've doubted all of my other diagnoses other than AS. At age 6 I was diagnosed with ADHD, OCD, ODD, and generalized anxiety disorder. When I was 12 I diagnosed myself with AS but everyone (teachers, therapists, doctors) said that I didn't have it. until last year. I... |
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