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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: I just had a confusing experience at my job... |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2011, 8:26 pm
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| Well heck, I would tell her, BUT depending on roughly how old she is - I don't mean to invoke a demographic stereotype, but I've found that when somebody is over 50, they tend not to know about Aspergers or they make assumptions and generalizations. I'll give an example: at a former job (in an offic... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Multitasking for Aspies impossible??? |
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Posted: 31 Jul 2011, 11:01 pm
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Replies: 58
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| This is one of those areas where black-and-white thinking can be "deadly". I personally don't believe, at least from my own experience that "Aspies can't multitask" - being an Aspie, I have exhibited quite a bit of multitasking, but just not consistently. Yet so much of the literature out there tend... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ASD vs. NT detail-orientation |
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Posted: 31 Jul 2011, 10:50 pm
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| You know, some folks have described us Aspies as having significant orientation to detail (at the apparent trade-off of noticing the big picture), but I've noticed NT's tend to have great detail orientation in terms of the more socially "aesthetic" stuff that I am lacking, for example, on more than ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ASD and disproportionate effects of bullying |
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Posted: 22 Jul 2011, 11:40 pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,455
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| One of the most common issues raised by Aspies like myself is that of bullying and effectively dealing with it. It is not just that Aspies have a disproportionate tendency for being on the receiving end of bullying, in terms of quantity and frequency, but my experience is that the "quality" or effec... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism Service Dog Mom Punched by McD Manager |
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Posted: 22 Jul 2011, 9:25 pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,298
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...and I'm sure it's ignorant people like Ms. Allen who continue to believe, and perpetuate the assumption that "these kids with their autism these days, I'm sure they could overcome it if they really wanted to, it's just a crutch to get special treatment or attention..." duh!!  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism Service Dog Mom Punched by McD Manager |
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Posted: 22 Jul 2011, 8:27 pm
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Replies: 37
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| That woman seriously has something wrong with her because even with the video on the smallest setting I could see that the dog had a service harness on! Or maybe she's the one who needs a guide dog... Unfortunately, theany service dog is probably smarter than Ms. Allen, & it would be a dis-serv... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Seniors and Aspergers? |
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Posted: 21 Jul 2011, 10:09 pm
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| Also, many odd older people were just considered eccentric, & that was the end of that. Howard Hughes comes to mind being that he had very odd behaviors, especially as he got older. I can remember when he was still alive, & some of the news reports about him. They often brought up the fact ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Seniors and Aspergers? |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2011, 7:08 pm
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Replies: 17
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| You notice how seniors are stereotyped as speaking what's on their mind w/o fear of social disapproval...well...that strikes me as one more reason why autism-spectrum behaviours would go unnoticed in old age, or more accepted, because of the tendency of those on the spectrum to be more blunt about t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Manipulation vs. Brainwashing - difference? affect on AS? |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2011, 11:22 am
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| Hi all - something for you to ponder (and me as well :) ) - is there a fundamental difference between the notion of manipulation, and that of brainwashing? And does it affect AS people differently? My reckoning is that manipulation (to which AS people are more vulnerable) has to do with an antagonis... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Useless advice from NT's |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2011, 11:01 am
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Replies: 60
Views: 6,173
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| I despise it when people say "everyone else has the same problems" thinking they're helping, what a sad way to trivialise what I'm going through, something almost no one will ever have to face. Yeah...for sure...could you imagine someone using that cheap line in response to someone who's an alcohol... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Female authority figures dont take to me very well |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2011, 6:13 pm
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Replies: 17
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| I've noticed that female authority figures seem to have a problem with me. If they seem bitchy, I gotta avoid them as much as possible. If their nice, they're approachable but they still dont respond to me very well at times. I dont seem to have this problem with male authority figures. Id take a m... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: People laughing for reasons other than humour |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2011, 6:08 pm
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Replies: 9
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| Here's one that can stump an Aspie like myself...I didn't find out till later in life that people sometimes laugh out of frustration, or nervousness, not just for humour sake. The nervousness part I figured out soon enough, b/c it sounds fake to me...but for frustration, sometimes I can't tell. Some... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Suing for AS defamation - precedent? |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2011, 5:55 pm
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| I've wondered if there has been a precedent of an Aspie suing someone for defamation for any of the following: a) the offender spread malicious statements to the effect of "Joe Aspie is deliberately behaving 'that way' to piss off people" when the truth is that, as we all know, that 90-something per... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Female authority figures dont take to me very well |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2011, 5:26 pm
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Replies: 17
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| Oh Hell Ya!! ! 8O I've had problems with 3 different female authority figures, in the workplace, and I believe the root of the problem is that women in authority tend to have a sensory-perceptive personality, whereas Aspie males like myself are more rigidly analytical and rationalizing. So they're l... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Getting oversimplified comments that "you're not listen |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2011, 6:30 am
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Replies: 6
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| As an Aspie who was diagnosed 10 years ago, and previously diagnosed with ADHD, I am still appalled at how people (NTs) will oversimplify any communication mishaps with them as "not listening" or even when I tell them that I didn't detect the nuance in their statement, they say "Well, I think you ju... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can you tell when people are lying? |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2011, 6:07 am
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,205
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| well, in my case, I've developed a much better BS detector from trial-and-error experiences of being lied to by unsavoury types, and I can spot these personalities fairly easily, and have been pretty dead-on the past couple of years in weeding them out. They tend to be extreme extroverts who seem to... |
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