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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Oregonians! Rally Round! |
| CanyonWind |
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Posted: 26 May 2009, 12:11 pm
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Replies: 9
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| Apologies for double posting, but hey, I just thought of something. I got laid off from my job a few weeks back. Pretty much the same story as millions of other people, hit by a rock during a landslide. So last week I got this notice from the state unemployment people that I have to go into their of... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you seek out other people? |
| CanyonWind |
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Posted: 26 May 2009, 10:43 am
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,285
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| I don't spend much time trying to find human relationships or unicorns. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Oregonians! Rally Round! |
| CanyonWind |
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Posted: 26 May 2009, 10:34 am
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Damn, I'm impressed.
I'd suggest a "Million Autistics March on Washington," but everybody would take off in a different direction and most of us would end up at the Smithsonian or the National Art Gallery. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Do you blame your AS for not having a career? |
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Posted: 26 May 2009, 10:23 am
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Replies: 40
Views: 4,671
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Like a lot of people here, I had exactly the same problems for years and years before I ever heard of Asperger's.
Blame is not an appropriate word. It's just an explanation that fits the facts. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Is this a good idea for a middle-aged Aspie? |
| CanyonWind |
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Posted: 25 May 2009, 6:08 pm
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Replies: 73
Views: 8,165
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| Makes perfect sense to me, except I don't feel inclined to write no book, but that's me, not you. I feel more at home in the desert than anyplace else. I find a sense of belonging there, a harmony with me a part of it. Not everybody feels that way. I'd be out there still, except I didn't find enough... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Worst cure idea yet: Chemical castration |
| CanyonWind |
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Posted: 24 May 2009, 3:00 pm
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Replies: 23
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| http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-na-autism24-2009may24,0,2754752.story Reporting from Chicago -- Desperate to help their autistic children, hundreds of parents nationwide are turning to an unproven and potentially damaging treatment: multiple high doses of a drug sometimes used to chemically cas... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Why are there more males than females on this site? |
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Posted: 24 May 2009, 1:59 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,938
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| I'm not denying or trivializing what you've suffered. |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Why are there more males than females on this site? |
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Posted: 24 May 2009, 10:22 am
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Replies: 20
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| I like to remember that the internet is 'rarified air' you have to have a comptuer and you have to have a steady contact with the internet. There are people that don't have this, WP gets a lot of folks that log in in libraries and at school. I posted in a thread where the guy was in the unemploymen... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Attwood makes public statement in response to petition |
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Posted: 24 May 2009, 12:54 am
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Replies: 42
Views: 6,999
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| I think it is more that he enjoys adulation. No. He is just honest and good, and kind. He doesn't need or welcome adulation. Get your head around this notion, please. Sure, i believe you. I always believe everything some groupie says about the celebrity they worship. Nope, facts don't bother me, no... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Autistic genes discovered |
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Posted: 24 May 2009, 12:31 am
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Replies: 10
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| I wouldn't mind a cure either. The cost-benefit of aspergers is like paying a million dollars for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Sure it's a part of who I am, but I really wouldn't mind being some other guy who has a few abilities the guy I am lacks. Anyway, I don't see a cure happening anytime... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Heading to a national park? Now you can pack heat |
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Posted: 23 May 2009, 12:52 pm
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,336
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| No need to pack iron in the national parks. You can always reason with a grizzly, just like you can reason with a criminal. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Design Question: Human Eye |
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Posted: 23 May 2009, 12:06 pm
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,222
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| I wish the intelligent designer had been a little less intelligent about designing the eyes of house flies, mosquitoes, and those rats that bite kids and spread bubonic plague. But the intelligent designer is having a hard time keeping up with things. His email inbox is overflowing with customer com... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The word 'ret*d'. |
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Posted: 23 May 2009, 3:30 am
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Replies: 33
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| I'm a million miles from being politically correct, but for me there's limits. If somebody said, "I'm sick of being treated like a n****r just because I have Asperger's," I'd figure that's outside the limits. When somebody says, "I'm sick of being treated like a ret*d just because I have Asperger's,... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: OK, comments? |
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Posted: 20 May 2009, 6:44 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,180
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| It's been my impression that most of the sensory issues associated with asperger's/autism involve the inability to switch off and no longer perceive sensory input that's irrelevant. Things like the texture of clothes, a ticking clock back when clocks used to tick, or what normal people call "backgro... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Before the WWWeb- How did you cope? |
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Posted: 20 May 2009, 6:16 pm
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Replies: 46
Views: 3,786
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| Lost in the desert, science, and poetry. Old loves stick around. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Attwood makes public statement in response to petition |
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Posted: 20 May 2009, 6:00 pm
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Replies: 42
Views: 6,999
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| I gotta love all these personal testimonials. Kinda like what George Bush said about Putin, "I looked into his eyes and I saw his soul," or all those women who went off with Ted Bundy because they could tell he was so sincere and caring. I'm glad you told me how much Tony Attwood cares about the edu... |
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