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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Fitting in |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2023, 2:26 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,541
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| Sometimes I really wonder whether I truly fit in with the autistic community. Much of that is due to the issue of whether or not ASD is a disability. I see it as being one, and struggle to identify with those that don't. No matter how hard I try I can't see the reasons for wanting a diagnosis ,if yo... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Labour to win next UK general election? |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 04 Oct 2023, 1:02 pm
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Replies: 121
Views: 6,255
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| I remain bemused regarding how people who have limited resources which are further depleted by the redistribution of wealth upwards continually vote for the people who drive this process. It seems like an odd kind of self harming behaviour to me. Unfortunately the Labour Party as has been said in p... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Labour to win next UK general election? |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2023, 9:12 am
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Replies: 121
Views: 6,255
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Vote share wise 2017 was an exception to that . However seats won/vote share was poor then. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Politically disillusioned |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2023, 1:55 am
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Replies: 10
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| I'm becoming increasingly politically disillusioned. Tories? - treat the disabled and vulnerable like crap. Labour? worryingly silent about helping the disabled and vulnerable. Lib Dems ?- They willingly went into a coalition with the Tories. Corbynite left?- All too willing to sacrifice the disable... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A few probably silly questions |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 08 Sep 2023, 9:33 am
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Replies: 11
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| Autistic people often struggle with “people pleasing” and go to great lengths to keep others happy, even at their own expense. Some autistic people want to gain neurotypical approval, or, at least the very least, to fly under the neurotypical radar. This can lead directly into people pleasing behav... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A few probably silly questions |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2023, 2:19 pm
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Replies: 11
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| I get your point about manipulation, but that doesn't apply to me at all. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A few probably silly questions |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2023, 12:40 pm
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Replies: 11
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| Is the need to please others more an autistic than non autistic thing? Can wanting x but agreeing to y be part of the masking process? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: BPD or Autism? |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 03 Sep 2023, 3:47 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 6,076
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: how did you fare in grade school? |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2023, 6:56 pm
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Replies: 14
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| 4-7: Did reasonably well academically. First school in Bangkok saw that I had some problems, and persuaded my parents to have me tested for what we now call cerebral palsy,at Gt Ormond street . That was c1962. The result was negative, and other possibilities weren't explored. 8-13: Started at prep s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Forgetting to breathe and autism/aspergers. |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2023, 4:58 am
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Replies: 13
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| Wow! Double wow!! I thought this was just a 'me' thing .It's happened quite a lot of times when concentrating hard on a physical task. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Assessment - My Story (AUG. 2023) |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 28 Aug 2023, 5:59 pm
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Replies: 13
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| There was one where I had to draw a connect-the-dots of some sort. I think it might have been a page with numbers and letters and I had to connect just the numbers or letters in order and ignore the others. Something like that. Maybe it was connecting every second letter / number? Something like th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Highly Intelligent versus Autistic |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 22 Aug 2023, 10:14 am
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Replies: 30
Views: 946
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| Call me silly, if you(plural) like, but I very much need a clear and precise definition of what is,or isn't 'masking'. One thing I do is agree to x- when y would be personally preferable, so as not to put the other person out. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Highly Intelligent versus Autistic |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 22 Aug 2023, 3:33 am
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Replies: 30
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| ^ That wasn't to dispute what you,or anyone else has said on this thread. It was merely to suggest that masking and high intelligence don't always necessarily go together, or perhaps go together in a way that's not readily identifiable as such. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Highly Intelligent versus Autistic |
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Posted: 21 Aug 2023, 3:45 pm
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Replies: 30
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| I'm not consciously aware of ever having 'masked'. I don't make micro adjustments in real time to give a more positive impression of myself. Basically WYSIWYG with me. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Highly Intelligent versus Autistic |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2023, 11:51 pm
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Replies: 30
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Weight Of Memory wrote:
Their socializing difficulties would occur because they're frustrated by others inability to understand or even be interested in the advanced concepts they're dealing with.
That's a regular 'It's so hard being gifted' type of comment on the gifted subreddit. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Combating stigma in autism research |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 15 Aug 2023, 6:10 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,448
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| As autism has gained increased attention in the past few decades, autistic advocates have adopted the phrase “Nothing about us without us,” illustrating the idea that autistic people should be centered in all conversations regarding autism. However, in a large portion of autism research, autistic p... |
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