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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2020, 8:02 am
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EzraS wrote: firemonkey wrote: Just saw tweet saying a leaked govt document says if 80% in UK get the virus 500K could die. In 2018, there were 541,589 deaths registered in England and Wales.
They could mean an extra 500K , on top of the figure you quoted . |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2020, 7:48 am
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| Just saw tweet saying a leaked govt document says if 80% in UK get the virus 500K could die. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A social faux pas |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2020, 1:23 pm
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| I've heard back from him .He says he's not aware of autism etc ever being within that side of the family , but it's only fairly recently that there's been more info about it. He says he'll keep in touch with anything he thinks might interest me. Re my grandfather and his great uncle: I vaguely remem... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A social faux pas |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2020, 9:02 am
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| Thanks both of you . The following came from a distant relative over a decade ago re my mother's father's family: - Reports of emotional instability in 'distant' relatives ie 'one used to threaten to commit suicide on a regular basis and eventually did in later life. Another son used to sit and nod ... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2020, 8:05 am
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| I'm 63. I'll no doubt catch the virus , and die soon. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A social faux pas |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2020, 7:39 am
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| Recently I came across the best DNA match re genealogy that I've ever had . He's a half or full second cousin on my mother's paternal side . It's a side I've had no personal dealings with . Indeed although my maternal grandfather didn't die till 1988 I never met him . At the end of my second message... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The complexity of making a diagnosis |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2020, 7:02 am
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| The Complexity of Making a Diagnosis.Open link in new tabpubmed: autism spectrum diso...|Call CR, Williams ME, Lau D, Nyp SSExpand this article The Complexity of Making a Diagnosis. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2020 Feb 20;: Authors: Call CR, Williams ME, Lau D, Nyp SS Abstract CASE: Carl is a 12-year-old b... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Bern, baby Bern..Sanders inferno! |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2020, 5:25 am
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Replies: 18
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| Sanders is as 'far left' as Oprah is an ultra, conservative, white man . It shows how right wing America is that he'd be considered 'far left' . |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Treatment of autistics in the UK vs. the US. |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2020, 4:03 am
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Replies: 25
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| I am in the UK I first saw a pdoc for mental health problems in autumn 1973 . The Asperger's dx came over 45 years later in May 2019 . I was with an older woman for 22 years. Married for 18 years . We had little interaction with other people , beyond our respective families . My wife died from phys... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Treatment of autistics in the UK vs. the US. |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2020, 5:30 pm
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| There must be times when a trained "navigator" through certain systems and processes as a support person would be of enormous help for people there FM. Does the National Org. for Autism there offer any service like that? Not that I'm aware of . I know that quite a few places that used to ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Treatment of autistics in the UK vs. the US. |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2020, 4:54 pm
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| Unfortunately in the UK ability to describe need , either by yourself or via someone else , often trumps degree of need when it comes to claiming disability benefits . That means a person with mild physical problems who has the ability to plan his/her claim like a military campaign will often do bet... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Anyone else use photobucket ? |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2020, 3:37 pm
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Replies: 3
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I keep getting messages like this via email.
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A check shows I've used 3% storage and 158 mb bandwidth |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Treatment of autistics in the UK vs. the US. |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2020, 4:24 am
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| I am in the UK I first saw a pdoc for mental health problems in autumn 1973 . The Asperger's dx came over 45 years later in May 2019 . I was with an older woman for 22 years. Married for 18 years . We had little interaction with other people , beyond our respective families . My wife died from physi... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Mainstream schools don't take responsibility for bullying |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2020, 2:39 am
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| I really hate " A Current Affair", but some schools are great at victim blaming: Kid gets bullied and the school says "Your child needs to me more resilient, that's the problem" From the very start of my time at Felsted (British public school) I was verbally bullied . The villag... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is HFA really that similar to Asperger syndrome? |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2020, 12:26 am
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Replies: 45
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| I'm not American but yes my test was very thorough. The report is about 20 pages of detailed statistics like I posted. I should add that I have co-morbid diagnoses of CPTSD, MDD (>99th percentile), GAD (>99th percentile), Alexithymia, Agoraphobia, and Selective Mutism. I also suffered a stroke thre... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is HFA really that similar to Asperger syndrome? |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2020, 12:03 am
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| I had a verbal score at the 25th percentile, and nonverbal at 5th percentile. I'm not sure how that compares to yours? 25th percentile = 90 5th percentile = 75-76 15 SD https://www.iqcomparisonsite.com/iqtable.aspx The 25th percentile for verbal seems very wrong . 25th from top would be 75th percen... |
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