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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: so my friend asked me to officiate her wedding... |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2013, 9:50 pm
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| holy s**t. she is wonderful and I love her and I told her I'm honored and flattered and would have to get back to her. she knows I have severe social anxiety etc and said it was ok to say no... how would you react to this? it's only going to be around 30 people. I just have no idea how I would do an... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's and weird taste in music. |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2013, 3:46 am
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Replies: 164
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| I listen to music in dead languages and from every corner of the world but barely recognize american pop music. I have no idea if this is an aspie thing or not. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Under what circumstances do you toe walk? |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2013, 3:45 am
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Replies: 21
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| when going up stairs barefoot, or when exuberantly happy, both only when alone. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: No anxiety in New York City. |
| Ca2MgFe5Si8O22OH2 |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2013, 3:44 am
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Replies: 11
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| I live in NYC and have always loved this place ever since I used to visit as a kid. I love the facts that: 1) The streets go in logical numerical sequence (unless downtown) 2) The streets are interesting to walk along and do not induce boredom when walking great distances 3) You can be around lots ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have people ever described you as "scary"? |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2013, 12:34 pm
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| nope. I've had people laugh at the mere suggestion I'm at all intimidating. I'm semi-obviously gay, (some people are clueless but I think most people can tell as soon as I open my mouth) which sort of kills the threatening vibe. (unless you're a fundamentalist, in which case I suppose I'm scary?) I'... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Paper on wireless technology and ASDs |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2013, 10:38 am
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| A "PhD Researcher" would publish in a peer-review journal instead. "Open-Access Journals" are where conspiracy theorists post their essays to draw attention to their books and their lecturer-for-hire businesses there's such thing as a peer-reviewed open-access journal, though this one doesn't look ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Paper on wireless technology and ASDs |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2013, 9:49 am
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| So ... to cure ASDs, we must do away with wireless technology, electronic gadgets, and high-voltage electrical distribution ... ... just more Luddite scaremonger tactics. It's like when Vegans claim that ASDs are caused by eating processed meats, or when Christian fundies claim that lack of faith c... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Gullible? |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2013, 9:41 am
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eric76 wrote: I sat here wondering if her kid reacted oddly when someone dropped a penny on the floor. I remained confused until I looked it up and found that to be a phrase meaning "someone belatedly understands something that everyone else has long since understood." ditto. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: So I'm obsessed with fungus. |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2013, 9:39 am
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Replies: 22
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| Hey! I had to make an account just to reply. I too am obsessed with my mycoremediation and fungi in general. Such fascinating organisms that are under researched. I am writing a college research paper on it now. Psilocybin mushrooms are particularly interesting. One thing I found particularly fasci... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: So I'm obsessed with fungus. |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2013, 9:36 am
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| Yeah, Paul Stamets does very interesting work. Check out the TED talk he gave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI5frPV58tY I totally love listening to TED talks.' While you are there, you should check out Eric Whiteacres virtual choirs. AMAZING!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NENlXsW4pM my friend ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you know when you're having a meltdown? |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2013, 9:19 am
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| That was somehting I forgot to mention with my friends one, he began twitching when he got more non-verbal as well. By the loss of functions, do you mean it's temporary or permanent? =/ Sounds scary. the timing is pretty much random as far as the paralysis goes. I lost half my face for a few weeks ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How bad was 1-5 grade for you? |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2013, 5:59 am
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TheValk wrote: I didn't pay much attention to the surroundings during those years, so it was just okay. The years to come (grades 6 to 9) were far worse as I developed a sense of reality. exactly. suddenly I started caring what other people thought about me and getting lonely and so on and...yeah that sucked. |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Gay Sex What is it like?????? |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2013, 4:40 am
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| I read somewhere about "deep play", this notion of an activity people engage in without necessarily having an objective, without a goal or a time limit or even necessarily setting out to do it in the first place. something that absorbs you and in which you interact mentally and often also physically... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How bad was 1-5 grade for you? |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2013, 2:55 am
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| we had this suicide-awareness speaker come to our school and tell a horror story about how this girl everyone bullied hung herself. he told everyone that they knew who "that person" was at this school, and that they needed to go apologize. that day literally every single person (but one) in school c... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: So I'm obsessed with fungus. |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2013, 2:47 am
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| and I live near the oil pipeline that just burst in Arkansas. I was just blathering about my special interest to a friend on facebook - about how fungus can break down petroleum-based chemicals (and petroleum itself) because it evolved to break down the dead plant matter from which petrochemicals ul... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: College |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2013, 12:47 am
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Replies: 4
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| I dropped out of 10th grade, first semester in college when my high school class was in 12th grade. that was back in 2005. I'm a senior now with a major in something I'm too terrified of interacting with (nice) people to go back and finish, so I'm graduating with an associate's degree and getting a ... |
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