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Forum: The Haven Topic: I'm feeling like a failed high iq kid |
| autisticelders |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2024, 12:48 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,008
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| you are still quite young, and it is not too late to find a path to the future. You might be able to apply the skills you have learned to your most favorite interests. Find your best strengths, team them with your interests, and work them like a muscle! Learn what your personal best skills and weakn... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: NHS ‘overwhelmed’ with referrals |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2024, 12:34 pm
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Replies: 1
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| It would be interesting to see what percentage this group is, of the total general population which the NHS serves. The vast majority of autistic individuals in the world today were born before autism was even a known diagnosis and included in DSM in 1980 as infantile schizophrenia. Our understandin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Different types of autism? |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2024, 12:30 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,127
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| yes, if you think of autism as being caused by uneven neurological development (developmental and neurological). then you can see how (depending on which parts of our individual neurology developed and which did not), that we will have many many different neurological struggles. Not one of us has th... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Is it worth returning to college at 26 |
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Posted: 03 Apr 2024, 8:14 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,976
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| you are going to be 30 anyways if things go right, why not be better educated at age 30. Employers in so many sectors of industry and commerce are crying for help and looking for experts in many fields, nobody will care that you are continuing your education, in fact that is a positive factor that m... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Is This Normal? |
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Posted: 03 Apr 2024, 8:10 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,029
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| yes, seems completely normal to me. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Taiwan earthquake |
| autisticelders |
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Posted: 03 Apr 2024, 8:07 am
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Replies: 6
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| earthquakes and tectonics related to geology are a "special interest". I have been watching developments closely. Heartbreaking devastation and damage with this one. As if Taiwan didn't have problems enough already. thanks for the post and the links from everybody. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: French news channel suggests link between autism and polluti |
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Posted: 03 Apr 2024, 8:04 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,122
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| I'm not buying this theory. other's opinions may vary. considering that I have a traceable history of autism in my own family (genetics) from my great great grandmother born in 1854 right through the present generation (my offspring and their cousins ) and pollutants were of a different sort "b... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Just signed up |
| autisticelders |
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Posted: 03 Apr 2024, 7:59 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,068
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| welcome! lots of good, kind, and friendly folks here who will understand. Lots of interesting conversations and sub forums for fun. Glad you are with us. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Looking forward to night time all day |
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Posted: 03 Apr 2024, 7:58 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,201
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| seems healthy to me that you have productive days and that you look forward to rest and comfort at the end of the day. That you have a safe place to rest and find comfort is a win! I look forward to the end of my day too, and have comfort rituals that surround that. Longing for quiet and rest when y... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Should I get a second opinion? |
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Posted: 03 Apr 2024, 7:56 am
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Replies: 8
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| welcome! lots of good input from experienced ND members here. I spent about 3 years studying autism, reading articles, taking self tests, etc before I decided I must be autistic. Its perfectly OK to ask for 2nd opinions. the problem most adults have when seeking diagnosis is that many doctors today ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I’m just curious to know |
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Posted: 03 Apr 2024, 7:41 am
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Replies: 28
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I view my own autism as a disability. I use the terms to describe autism both ways, I am autistic, I have autism.
PS I am also diabetic and I have diabetes... I don't get offended at different usages, we are all OK to choose the ways we express ourselves. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2024, 2:46 pm
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Replies: 8
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| welcome! glad you are with us! |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hey, nice to meet you all! |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2024, 2:45 pm
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Replies: 20
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| welcome, glad you are with us. first understanding that I am autistic came as a huge relief. there was a reason for my lifetime of struggles and emotional pain, and it wasn't that I was a bad selfish person who was wicked and who was just not trying hard enough ( something I had been told since a ch... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Oh I’m an idiot |
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Posted: 01 Apr 2024, 1:57 pm
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Replies: 16
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| we've all had awkward moments, I have learned some of my best lessons by this method ( what not to do) . Its all OK |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Everyone! Kim Jong Un is DEAD! |
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Posted: 01 Apr 2024, 1:54 pm
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Replies: 16
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi, all |
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Posted: 01 Apr 2024, 1:42 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,293
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| welcome, glad you found us. |
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