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19 Jan 2015, 7:55 pm

Aspiring cyborg...


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19 Jan 2015, 8:35 pm

Non speaking autistic while I /can/ speak I communicate primarily through my ipad/AAC and OECs because speaking comes at to high a price for me


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20 Jan 2015, 5:02 am

Someone who is on the spectrum who varies day by day, hour by hour.

Also, a human.



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20 Jan 2015, 5:06 am

Isn't everyone a unique human being as no two are exactly the same, at least I do not think, so it actually makes it very un-unique to identify as a unique person since that is what everyone is.

That said I identify as various things I suppose metalhead, music enthusiast, stoner/pot-head(probably smoke or like to smoke enough for that) and politically left leaning liberal progressive whatever the f*** who finds communism appealing and no not the pseudo-communism that resembles facism. I also identify as being on the spectrum, suffering with mental illness and how that effects life I guess but I am not purely my disorders of course. And based on some of what friends and media have said in many ways suppose I fit the standard profile of a hipster with my vinyl listening to, vintage wearing, american spirit cigarette smoking and general disdain for current popular culture way of being.


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20 Jan 2015, 6:38 am

B19 wrote:
The symbol that came immediately to mind was what you see when you look through a kaleidoscope - a dynamic constellation of different components probably represents it best to me. Aspergers is in the mix, it doesn't define me though it is an important part of the whole picture.


I love kaleidoscopes

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20 Jan 2015, 6:44 am

Raleigh wrote:
Autistic? Aspie? HFA?

I've been thinking about this a lot lately.
I think I would like to identify as a Unique Human Being (UHB).

How about you?


Been thinking about this since you posted the question

I don't like labels at all.
So I don't identify, I'm just me.
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20 Jan 2015, 10:51 am

Sweetleaf wrote:
politically left leaning liberal progressive whatever the f*** who finds communism appealing and no not the pseudo-communism that resembles facism.


Aspiring cyborg... & this. Lately I've been thinking the only problem with communism is its' violent opponents. I bet it works great for whole planets & only devolves into other BS when outside pressure forces politicians' hands. An Australian diplomat likened North Korea to a cornered porcupine (echidna?).


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20 Jan 2015, 1:22 pm

I tell people "I'm autistic".

I generally find that while they've heard the term that they have no clue what it means in a practical sense, so usually some explaining is in order....


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20 Jan 2015, 2:36 pm

Eloa wrote:
B19 wrote:
The symbol that came immediately to mind was what you see when you look through a kaleidoscope - a dynamic constellation of different components probably represents it best to me. Aspergers is in the mix, it doesn't define me though it is an important part of the whole picture.


I love kaleidoscopes

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Kaleidoscopes are nice.


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20 Jan 2015, 2:40 pm

Love it! I could see a little cat's face in there too! Even better :)



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20 Jan 2015, 2:49 pm

I'm just 'me' :)



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20 Jan 2015, 4:34 pm

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Love it! I could see a little cat's face in there too! Even better :)


And cat-eyes in the greenish-yellow patterns.
I want a kaleidoscope with cats and cat-eyes.
I saw instructions to make them yourself, I mean kaleidoscopes, I don't know for the cat-faces and cat-eyes in them.
I love the patterns in kaleidoscopes and that the patterns change.


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20 Jan 2015, 4:44 pm

Sweetleaf wrote:
Isn't everyone a unique human being as no two are exactly the same, at least I do not think, so it actually makes it very un-unique to identify as a unique person since that is what everyone is.

That is the point. I want to be a unique human being the same as everyone else on this planet is a unique human being. As Amity put it so succinctly, I just want to be me.


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20 Jan 2015, 5:31 pm

I would say I'm autistic.



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20 Jan 2015, 6:09 pm

tetris wrote:
I would say I'm autistic.


Say it like it is!



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22 Jan 2015, 4:31 am

Aspie-Autistic or "Aspie" "Autistic


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