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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Your Most Specific/Niche Interest |
| autisticelders |
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Posted: 05 May 2024, 12:01 pm
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Replies: 14
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| I am a confirmed and self confessed geek. I have a huge interest in the geology of the area where I live and collect rocks and fossils, study rock formations and spend a lot of time learning about the ones I find in this area. I am particularly interested in skeletal sponge forms from the Devonian a... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi, I'd like a friend please. |
| autisticelders |
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Posted: 04 May 2024, 9:27 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 230
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| you might want to take address/personal info off your personal ID description, it could be used for ID theft or other abuses. you will find others here who love to visit and interact with you. take your time and explore! (welcome) |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is Autism? |
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Posted: 04 May 2024, 9:24 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 220
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| today science defines autism as "uneven neurological development". this can of course present itself in as many different ways as there people who experience it. Diagnosis is becoming less "behavioral" observation and professionals who have recent understanding of autism are more... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you ever forget things when you are excited for something |
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Posted: 04 May 2024, 8:24 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 295
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| good question! Too much input makes me "lose" information and recall sometimes, too much stress, anxiety, emotions, likewise. I can lock up when trying to recall something I know I know, or trying to find the right word in conversation... my processing just isn't fast enough in many "... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Introducing myself |
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Posted: 02 May 2024, 4:53 pm
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Replies: 11
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| welcome. 13 is my lucky number, caffeine is my drug of choice. glad you are with us. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: New here |
| autisticelders |
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Posted: 30 Apr 2024, 4:07 pm
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Replies: 11
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| welcome, glad you found us! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Animal Company |
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Posted: 30 Apr 2024, 1:44 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 837
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| I have been a critter lover all my life, always liked and understood animals better than people. Maybe because words don't get in the way? |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: I don't even know what I'm doing.... |
| autisticelders |
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Posted: 30 Apr 2024, 1:43 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 342
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| welcome, late diagnosis can be healing, but it first comes as a shock to many of us. Everything we thought we knew and understood looks different once we see how autism had its works in the scenes and nobody knew! Take your time, do your best self care , give yourself credit for being a survivor. Li... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Starting over at 26 |
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Posted: 29 Apr 2024, 3:04 pm
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Replies: 10
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| I didn't get started until after 30, and most of the best changes came after I got diagnosis at age 68. Its never too late to follow your best strengths and interests , to find new and better ways to do life. Don't try to force yourself into something that doesn't fit because somebody says "you... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What path lead you to eventually accept yourself? |
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Posted: 29 Apr 2024, 3:00 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,096
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| getting diagnosis at age 68 changed everything. I finally understood that all my lifetime of failures, misunderstandings, and all the ways I disappointed others was not actually "all my fault" but that autism had worked behind the scenes there all my life and nobody knew! I could finally f... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: For older folks, do you still feel young for your age? |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2024, 4:13 pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,768
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| I may still be a teenager, but yes, i feel much younger than my age. Like a young child except with the intellect of an adult I felt the same at your age, maybe I was emotionally 14 at age 19, but had so much more education or desire to use my mind than others my "real age". It all evened... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: For older folks, do you still feel young for your age? |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2024, 4:04 pm
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Replies: 32
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| who you callin' old??? LOL, I am 72, I still have lots of interests and activities, my brain seems just as agile as my younger days, maybe even more because of my late diagnosis and better self understanding. My health is good, compared to people on the street I see struggling with lots of stuff I s... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: disappointed in myself(complain) |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2024, 7:21 am
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Replies: 5
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| its OK, as we go along, we usually learn "what not to do". Experience is a great teacher. Some of my best lessons over the years were like that. Keep learning, asking questions, we all make poor choices and sometimes get lost in something, only to pull ourselves out of that and find new an... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I like isolating |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2024, 7:17 am
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Replies: 6
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| "alone time" is super important to me. I spend a great deal of time following interests and doing things away from others. It is mentally and emotionally refreshing to no be called on to interact with others, and I am busy getting information from other sources during most of my alone time... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Be wary of online scammers |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2024, 7:10 am
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Replies: 4
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| yes, it is like an epidemic. I get plenty of appeals from "rich widowers" whose page usually includes photos of manly men with puppies or kittens, a big flashy car, sometimes with military titles or other "status" tells. Predators are out there and they are after us for citizensh... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Oatmeal Boy |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2024, 7:04 am
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Replies: 4
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welcome,
beautiful gift/ tribute "oatmeal boy" glad you found us, you are among others who will understand. |
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