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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: The private equity takeover of ABA |
| elotepreparado |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2024, 6:06 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,750
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| I'm glad that I didn't have to go through many hours of that glorified child abuse every week. I was still expected to mask, though. Why is it that when a child masks, parents see it as progress? Maybe their autistic child is masking, because they're scared. Because NT parents see it as becoming NT... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do You Hide Your Special Interest? |
| elotepreparado |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2024, 5:53 pm
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Replies: 55
Views: 6,324
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| I try not to talk about it too much in certain situations. It was explained tome that I should let people talk about their own interests more because if I talk about mine even a few times, I will end up monopolizing a conversation with those few times by talking too long. But if I keep bringing it u... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone resent the fact that they are autistic? |
| elotepreparado |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2024, 5:47 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,465
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| Sometimes I resent the way I act or do certain things. Some of that might be related to my autism but it is also a mix of my upbringing and my personality. I wish I had more control |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Assumptions |
| elotepreparado |
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Posted: 25 Mar 2024, 11:15 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,040
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| People think I'm Balkan all the time. My parents are from Mexico. My mom ancestry is from Spain my dad is literally indigenous so idk how this combo makes me look Balkan to so many eastern europeans (mainly them who think I am Balkan or Greek) Once I have had someone come up to me speaking to me in ... |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: count to a million |
| elotepreparado |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2024, 4:03 pm
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Replies: 38,185
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Close friend learning to unmask hurts my feelings? |
| elotepreparado |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2024, 4:34 pm
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Replies: 0
Views: 2,678
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| I can kind of understand why it hurts my feelings but I don't understand why it makes me feel so invalidated. Do you think my friend is kinda mocking me, intentionally or not? What are your thoughts on unmasking? Am I being unreasonably butthurt about it? How can I be more supportive of my friends t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I don't have a special interest |
| elotepreparado |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2024, 3:42 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,893
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| I am so sorry for how boring it is but my advice is the typical: try stuff and expose yourself to new things whether it's through wikipedia scrolling or in media like youtube or streaming services or looking through subreddits on random topics. Jump into the internet and documentaries and thrift sto... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did your parents/teachers try to punish you for not being... |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2024, 3:01 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,860
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| I mean sort of. I get snapped at and yelled at sometimes and kind of ignored when I don't respond to certain things they way they expect. I'm not breaking rules or being mean but they interpret some of the stuff I do as rude or "talking back" or being a smart ass. I would say they "pu... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Neurodivergence not respected |
| elotepreparado |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2024, 2:22 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,628
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| I tend to not explain much why I am a certain way. And I also avoid disclosing that I have autism. And if I do, I just say "neurological disorder". When I have some issues at school I can have disability services help me if professor actually has an issue with me. At workplaces, if a job i... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: What is your experience like with disassociation? |
| elotepreparado |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2024, 2:07 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 26,438
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| I don't know much about it but I know from counseling with psychologist that I experience it and that my amnesia issues are related to it. In a few bad situations in the past I was either very calm and seemingly "not there" and able to handle it well in the moment. And some I forgot comple... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Common Symptoms with ASD, BP, ADHD |
| elotepreparado |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2024, 1:56 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,929
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| Recently I noticed a lot of discussion online around the "validity" of self-diagnosis and I think a lot of the anti-self diagnosis points are boiled down to this overlap and understanding of similar experiences across different disorders. A lot of people argue that because there are so man... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: What disorders do you relate to? |
| elotepreparado |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2024, 1:36 am
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Replies: 28
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| So I have my diagnoses some of which I relate to and some not. 1. Aspergers with recently updated ASD level 1 support. Yea, I relate and understand now that I know more about autism. Before, I knew I had it but didn't understand it so I didn't know that much about how it affected me even though I wa... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Early autism diagnosis=no personality |
| elotepreparado |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2024, 1:20 am
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Replies: 13
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| Oh, I was thinking about my DNA testing. I'm an American "mutt" (as they say here). A person can look at me and see the Swedish and western European (but probably not the eastern European too much, my sister manifested that, as well as OCD). My point being that I have traits from all thes... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Early autism diagnosis=no personality |
| elotepreparado |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2024, 1:16 am
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Replies: 13
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| I think being "early" (11 yo) diagnosed kinda did the opposite for me. I attributed less stuff to my autism before because I didn't know that much about autism. I was getting taught and trained and whatever but I didn't know how that therapy was for autism. It wasn't until I learned more a... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Avoidant Personality Spectrum Test |
| elotepreparado |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2024, 1:04 am
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Replies: 27
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| Yea the distracted, alienated, and fretful results of mine are probably affected mostly by my ADHD inattentive type, aspergers, and anxiety lol. I do not relate to avoidant personality issues thankfully. I am grateful for that since I know these issues are really distressing. I have some good people... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Autism and Schizophrenia co-morbidity |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2024, 12:48 am
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Replies: 5
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| I know schizoid and schizophrenia are different. But this post reminded me of when I thought that my medical history said I might have schizophrenia. Turns out that before a new psychiatrist knew that I was diagnosed with autism, he wrote that I might be "schizoid" with catatonia which I o... |
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