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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's Syndrome is Scandinavian |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2008, 3:11 pm
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| I notice two things: 1. The definition of 'Scandinavian' is being progressively expanded to include Celts, Germanic peoples, etc. 2. There is no mention of any actual evidence that AS is more prevalent in one or more ethnic groups - there is a confusion between ethnicity and culture, so that becaus... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's Syndrome is Scandinavian |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2008, 2:05 pm
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| There has never been any significant Scandinavian migration to Mexico. But there has been significant Irish migration to Mexico. It is ALSO interesting that so many people that have autism or AS have RH- blood. I would also point out that RH- blood is almost exclusively confined to Northwestern Eur... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's Syndrome is Scandinavian |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2008, 1:54 pm
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| The problem I see with your proposal (that Asperger's originated in Scandinavia) is that it relies on a Lamarkian theory of evolution, i.e., that behaviors can be passed on through evolution. Lamarkianism was successfully challenged by Darwin. If you have in mind Scandinavian's who live in Scandana... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's Syndrome is Scandinavian |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2008, 1:49 pm
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| As an older person with AS, this kind of racial profiling reminds me of what the Nazi's were thinking and doing, so you all need to think twice about somehow equating the "Nordics" with AS, and possibly with a "special" race of people. Since the current world of engineers, computer programmers, etc... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Extreme discomfort with gifts, being center of attention. |
| AdvenaIngenium |
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Posted: 07 Feb 2008, 2:38 pm
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| Oh, it's this way whether I like it or not. I just don't like that much attention. I can't pinpoint why... My birthday is Saturday, and now my mother in law is all but ordering me to go with her to order my birthday cake. I think that this is a very irregular thing to do, but my partner and her who... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: New revolutionary cure for autism |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2008, 3:41 pm
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Replies: 41
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| Hi, come to zOMG. Yes it's sh**, but so is Wrong Planet. If you like sh** forums, and if you're reading this then it looks like you do, please, come to zOMG. We don't have enough members to be called a proper forum :( http://www.zomgaspies.com we suck Since you have spammed this forum with multiple... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you ask questions that you already know the answer to? |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2008, 3:24 pm
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| Sometimes, to see the response. It's always amusing to see if they will lie to me. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Are you Lazy? |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2008, 9:49 pm
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CockneyRebel wrote: I find that I'm lazy, the two months following Christmas, and than I get a burst of energy, in March.
That could just be lack of sunlight. Perhaps you might want to think about light therapy and/or vitamin D3? This is a general comment for anyone who gets "lazy" during the winter months. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Are you Lazy? |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2008, 9:47 pm
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xyzyxx wrote: 886 wrote: I'm so incredibly lazy, it takes me like 1 hour to get out of bed. It sometimes takes me two or three hours.
Are you sure it isn't depression? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Which medical subject would you like Autism be placed in? |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2008, 2:52 pm
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| Brain disorder and neurological disorder are equivalent in meaning. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Gender Confusion |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2008, 2:27 am
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Berserker wrote: Doesn't anyone read member's profiles?
No. Or at least I don't. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Atheists and Sneezing |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2008, 2:06 am
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| Seriously though, why would you feel the need to say anything? Saying "Bless you" is just a throwback to the Dark Ages when people thought demons caused disease. When people said "Bless you" they were literally blessing you in order to drive the demons out. I think we know better now. It's just an o... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Atheists and Sneezing |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2008, 1:59 am
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Kiski wrote: For some reason, this questions been on my mind all day. "What do say to an atheist when he or she sneezes?" (I mean, it just doesn't seem appropriate to "bless" them.)
"Are you sick?" |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Aesthetics & disinterested in Science? |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2008, 1:52 am
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| Science is beautiful. Truth is beauty. The search for the secrets of Nature is divine (in a purely non-theistic way). I can't imagine how anyone could ever call science boring or dull. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: First-episode controversy: The vaccine-autism link |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2008, 11:30 pm
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| http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-01-28-eli-stone-side_N.htm By Janet Kornblum, USA TODAY The premiere episode of Eli Stone, in which a mother wins a $5.2 million lawsuit charging her son got autism from a vaccine, is stirring controversy before it airs. The American Academy of Pediatrics is ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies are built for war |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2008, 1:47 pm
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Replies: 53
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| There was no such thing as social services until the last century or so. For a few hundred years before that there were spotty areas that charities could cover, but not well. For most of history, you worked or you didn't eat. Throughout most of human history, especially pre-Industrial history, peop... |
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