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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: My child constantly lies |
| beentheredonethat |
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Posted: 29 Feb 2008, 3:05 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 14,124
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| Sometimes, a lie is not so much a lie as a childs idea of what the world ought to be. I don't mean, "Did you steal that?" "no" But imaginary friends, imaginary situations, things like that. Might be a lie, might be a sense of the dramatic. Also, when you ask, "Who hit who first." you might be surpri... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: coming up on 17000 |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2008, 11:45 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 926
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Congratulations, Alex, and everyone else who has helped build this board, and participates in it. When I joined 3 years ago, we were about 2,000 souls.
This is just amazing.
Again, congrats to all of us, and especially the mods, and Alex.
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Starting our son on new meds today |
| beentheredonethat |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2008, 11:40 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,581
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| Find out if there are any studies or warnings about suicide in young children and teens. I, myself, am pro meds, but as someone who suffers from chronic unreasonable depression, I ease into a med VERY carefully. As someone else said, watch the kid closely.....and take the dose up VERY slowly. Also, ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: divorce help, meeting daddy's girlfriend |
| beentheredonethat |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2008, 11:31 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,433
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| thanks for the advice. triangular trees - that's the route i'm planning on going and it will be taken very slowly with guidelines that we will all sit down and discuss. beentheredonethat -not sure how it actuallly works if i have any rights in that area yes they are my kids but we have joint custod... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: divorce help, meeting daddy's girlfriend |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2008, 11:24 pm
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Replies: 11
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| I think I'm probably unsympathetic to the whole "other woman" thing. I've been married now for 20 years, and we have our ups and downs, and outright fights, but it always comes down to both of us cooling off. I wish I knew what to say to you. Our kid knows he's stuck with us (he'll be 19 next week..... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: How to get my 10 yr old aspie son to clean his room??? |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2008, 11:18 pm
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,031
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I think that I shall never see,
Aspie or NT
who being 10 years old
has a room that's ....ah never mind, I can't make it come out right. But a 10-year old with a clean room. Dreamer.
btdt |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: I'm not usually an alarmist, but this is worth the read |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2008, 11:14 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,148
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| Sometimes I look into meds for my son. There's a lot of pressure to medicate...other parents, teachers, and the pediatrician (who also medicates his own daughter). I've researched every possible drug and I have to reject them all when I see the possible side effects. Well, you don't have to bend to... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: divorce help, meeting daddy's girlfriend |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2008, 6:48 pm
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Replies: 11
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| You're instincts are good. If it's not court mandated, I wouldn't let the new GF near your kids until they are older. Dad is something different, but visitation rights don't mean they have to go to his house. I wish I could be more up-beat, but....well....they're your kids. Hope that helps. btdt |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: I'm not usually an alarmist, but this is worth the read |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2008, 6:44 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,148
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| We had a bunch of bad experience with our kid, who now won't even take antibiotics when he needs them. I am an advocate of medication, but not the shotgun approach. I'm very distressed that some of these meds are not given proper trials, and that some of the warnings (like, "known to cause suicide i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I'm still mad about the whipping! |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2008, 6:32 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,027
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Uh....I think, if your 18, it's called assault. If your under 18, it's called child abuse.
Just a thought.
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: I'm not usually an alarmist, but this is worth the read |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2008, 7:50 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,148
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| Psychosis And Mania: ADHD Drug Warnings Come Too Late For Many By Evelyn Pringle 11 March, 2007 Countercurrents.org The makers of drugs used to treat attention disorders have known about the serious health risks associated with the medications for years but instead of warning the public, the industr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Answering others questions = hard! |
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Posted: 14 Feb 2008, 10:52 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,688
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| Today I was at a social group for those with AS and because I was new there, I was getting asked quite a few questions about myself. I told them that I was vegan and I answered questions fine about that. It was when people started to ask me questions such as..."What do you like to do in your spare ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: If you have a NOS diagnoses- what does it mean?? a List. |
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Posted: 14 Feb 2008, 10:39 pm
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Replies: 8
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| Basically, NOS is used in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) for psychiatrists to fill out insurance forms. The DSM is not a guide to conditions...or at least, it's not meant to be. It is organized by number. If a psychiatrist feels, for example, that someone has Prevasive Development Disor... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Berserker Fails. |
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Posted: 10 Feb 2008, 8:37 pm
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Replies: 42
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| Ashleigh: There are how many million people in Australia, and you're trying to tell me that every one of them hates you? I find that extremely hard to even picture. Think of the publicity campaign you'd have to wage just to get Australians to know who you were....and then, some of them might like yo... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: The unmitigated awfulness of young adult literature |
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Posted: 09 Feb 2008, 10:11 pm
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Replies: 17
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| <<<RANT WARNING. . .RANT APPROACHES. . .RANT WARNING. . .>>> I just came from the bookstore. Sweet Neptune does YA literature suck. First there are the 21st century teen social novels, puff pieces about someone's untrustworthy peers or earnest quest for a boyfriend. They fancy themselves funny. The... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: WHAT "sexual urges"?! |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2008, 3:05 am
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Replies: 76
Views: 12,820
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| Nothing wrong with not wanting sex at your age. Last thing in the world you should do is make out with someone 'cause it's expected. You have to want to. Whatever you decide to do in the long run, don't worry about it now. By the way, sex with the right person under the right conditions can be a lot... |
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