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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Feeling disconnected and like a lone entity |
| UnusualSuspect |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2009, 11:45 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,755
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| Being married and having children had some effect on my feelings of disconnection, but not that much. With my husband dead and my children grown, I'm growing to appreciate and prefer that disconnection. Whether feeling disconnected is a good or bad thing probably depends on whether you're an extrove... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: THERE IS NO MYSTERY |
| UnusualSuspect |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2009, 9:54 am
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Replies: 32
Views: 8,409
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" purely a morphology issue, i.e., the shape and proportion of the features. The person will usually have several of these traits: "
You have an extremely active imagination. Unfortunately, imagination combined with lack of knowledge doesn't have much relationship with reality. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: SSRI-fueled hatred |
| UnusualSuspect |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2009, 9:32 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 944
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| I had the same reaction to Prozac--extreme irritability and irrational anger. I was also quite paranoid. As soon as I realized what was happening to me, I stopped taking it, since it takes quite a while for the medication to move out of your system. I had no bad reactions from cold-turkey withdrawal... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: California clinic to treat autistic adults |
| UnusualSuspect |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2009, 9:19 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,052
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| Overall, the article is a step forward. But the approach seems to depend on the assumption that autism is actually increasing: "When Chez was in medical school in the 1980s, he was taught to expect autism in about one child in 10,000. Now it's about one in 150. That means that the majority of people... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I am an "indigo child" (Try and prove me wrong!) |
| UnusualSuspect |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2009, 8:54 am
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Replies: 97
Views: 10,568
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| "Indigo children" is just another variation on worn-out New Age wackiness. I've read a great deal about this subject (from the self-declared indigoes themselves. After all, who else would bother to write about it?) and it's just the usual vaporous claims by people who have a strong need to feel that... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Subtitles on movies and TV |
| UnusualSuspect |
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Posted: 27 Mar 2009, 12:20 pm
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Replies: 47
Views: 4,252
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| I used to use the subtitles only for foreign films, but I'm finding other uses for them lately. I have trouble hearing what's being said when there's soo much background noise, and some films really overdo the music, so having the subtitles on really helps. I often sit with the remote in my hand bec... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Just looking for input, I guess... |
| UnusualSuspect |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2009, 11:32 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 653
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| I skimmed through fairly quickly, and while I don't share all your problems, I can understand the difficulties. But if you want input, you need to focus on one or a few aspects of your life. It's impossible to know what input you want when you practically write an autobiography. Your story is so muc... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are there any true geniuses here? (IQ over 155) |
| UnusualSuspect |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2009, 11:14 am
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Replies: 438
Views: 61,006
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| I bolded part of your quote. Anyway, that might be the problem with IQ tests. Aren't they geared to assume you should have experienced learning certain things at a certain point in your life? ... Actually, no, IQ tests are not geared to assume any life experiences. Just the opposite, in fact. Early... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Simon Baron-Cohen's current views. |
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Posted: 23 Mar 2009, 1:27 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,386
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| The hyperfunctionality/intense world theory does make sense to me as an explanation for why I have certain "obsessions." It is overwhelming and painful to try and make sense of the world. I take in too much information and would go crazy trying to make sense of it all. An obsession provides comfort... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Simon Baron-Cohen's current views. |
| UnusualSuspect |
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Posted: 23 Mar 2009, 9:35 am
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Replies: 24
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| The problem with Baron-Cohen is that he is a systematizer himself. When you try to explain behavior by fitting it into just two categories (poorly defined ones, at that), you're establishing filters which disregard anything that doesn't fit the theory. I don't know to what extent he is guilty of thi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Categorising things |
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Posted: 23 Mar 2009, 9:28 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 849
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| I categorize when it's useful. If it's not useful, I don't bother. Many things can't be easily categorized; they fit into more than one category, and attempting to fit them into one "proper" one will just drive you crazy, for no good reason. There's a difference between categorizing because it's use... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why the Autism Spectrum is Not the next evolutionary step. |
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Posted: 23 Mar 2009, 9:20 am
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Replies: 90
Views: 13,409
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| 1. Evolution doesn't depend exclusively on reproductive advantage. 2. There is no such thing as a "next step," certainly not one that would be expressed by such a large range of variations on the species norm. 3. The belief that people on the spectrum are a next evolutionary step is partly an outcom... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are there any true geniuses here? (IQ over 155) |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2009, 11:05 am
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Replies: 438
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| I don't think IQ is the correct way to measure genius. One is known as a genius for producing works of genius, not by a score on some test. Correct. Genius is determined by the value of your contributions, not by your IQ. Richard Feynman's IQ was officially 125, but I don't think anyone in physics ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone content with being themselves? |
| UnusualSuspect |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2009, 12:05 pm
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Replies: 59
Views: 5,362
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| I've spent my whole life trying to understand why I'm so different from the average person, but not because I wanted to change myself and be like them. I always assumed that they were the ones who had something wrong with them. I didn't know about ADD, giftedness, or Asperger's, but my differences a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do people treat you after they learn you are gifted? |
| UnusualSuspect |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2009, 4:28 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,946
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| People see it quickly in my son, as well. ... He is GATE qualified but I don't think his composite IQ is officially gifted - high, but not over 140. The low scoring components pull a pretty heavy drag on it. There's no one set number for giftedness; depends on local decisions as to the cutoff. It's... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does it ever feel like you can't stop thinking? |
| UnusualSuspect |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2009, 4:22 pm
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Replies: 78
Views: 8,278
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| Maybe it's because I'm thinking all the time that I can't understand writers or would-be writers who say they have trouble coming up with topics to write about. My problem is too many ideas, and sometimes they do interfere with just living. There's that old thing about going somewhere, like the kitc... |
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