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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: 6 year old aspie still sleeps in parents bed |
| melissa17b |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2011, 1:09 pm
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Replies: 28
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| Keep in mind that nighttime can be an anxious time for any child and can be downright terrifying for an autistic child. It is common for autistic people to have only uneasy dreams and to wake up badly disoriented at night. Furthermore, autistic brains tend to mature extremely unevenly, so milestones... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Going Back in the Closet |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2011, 10:28 am
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Replies: 3
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| There is no easy answer; as always, the reality of your situation depends on your individual circumstances. Speaking generally (and possibly totally irrelevant to your particular situation): 1. People who knew you well in your personal life before will rarely see you as a "true man." A staunch few w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Regressing After Diagnosis/Self-Diagnosis? |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2011, 7:04 pm
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Replies: 35
Views: 3,874
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| For many of us older types, only exaggerated Kanner-type autism was identified when we were children, so most of us stumbled through life knowing we were obviously different but not having the first clue why. To survive, we learned to hide it, to some degree, most of the time. Over the years, that g... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Private Aspergers Diagnosis UK |
| melissa17b |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2011, 6:38 pm
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Replies: 14
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Bonafan wrote: Does anyone know anywhere in the UK that does private diagnosis without the need for GP or NHS referral?
Try Missing Link Support Services, in Lancashire. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can object blindness interfere with driving? |
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Posted: 22 Nov 2011, 9:37 pm
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| I also have pronounced visual agnosias (object blindness of the "it's under my nose but I don't see it" variety, as well as prosopagnosia,) not to mention small retinal lacunae. There is also a profound difference in my bilateral processing, so my left and right sides see and register at a rate so d... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Favourite LGBT films? |
| melissa17b |
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Posted: 22 Nov 2011, 8:53 pm
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Replies: 262
Views: 97,205
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Already mentioned but still gets a favourite vote: Ma Vie en Rose (France, 1997)
Honourable mention:
Different for Girls (UK, 1996)
XXY (not strictly LGBT, but you'll be able to relate anyway; Argentina, 2007) |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Uncertain Gender |
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Posted: 19 Nov 2011, 9:48 am
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Replies: 11
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| it's easy...look down at your crotch... Now why didn't we all think of that! Your experience doesn't include Turner's Syndrome, or Kleinfelter's, other alternative karyotypes, mosaicism, chimerism, or androgen insensitivity syndrome, or... – nope, you haven't experienced any of this, so it can't po... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Set of scientific tests related to Autism Spectrum Disorders |
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Posted: 14 Nov 2011, 12:40 am
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| Yikes - it says 0% of females have the systemizing score that I got :o Come on now - females, go take the test! http://eqsq.com/eq-sq-tests/ I'm a female, and artistic one at that EQ 23 / SQ 109 :-D Not many aspie females in the control groups, huh? That "0%" is rounded to the nearest 1%, meaning t... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi! I'm new :) |
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Posted: 13 Nov 2011, 5:32 pm
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Replies: 14
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Welcome to WP
Here you will find people from all walks of autistic life, and various experiences regarding diagnosis, living with autism and much more.
We hope you enjoy the company. |
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Forum: Español, Nederlands, Deutsch, Français Topic: Learning languages? |
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Posted: 08 Nov 2011, 9:51 pm
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Replies: 27
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| OJani, for someone struggling with English, you write very well! NUJV, my suggestions for languages would depend on your motivation for learning them. Are you looking to connect with an eclectic range of history, literature and cultures, while becoming conversant with large numbers of people? Perhap... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Transgender & Transsexual |
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Posted: 30 Oct 2011, 9:54 am
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Replies: 48
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| Hemetin, the distinct and not always aligned aspects of gender identity, sexuality, and morphology are well understood, and nobody is disagreeing here. (I would say that you are understating the coercion factor, particularly as was experienced by older generations.) A baby is still presented from bi... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: My Quirks; Yours Too? |
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Posted: 29 Oct 2011, 6:47 am
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Replies: 38
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| I was really bothered when a friend said to me, "You are unapproachable" I really dont think I am at all "unapproachable" . Being unapproachable requires me deliberately being nasty towards someone when they approach me.....i do not ever do that. ... I have been told something similar, from someone... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Transgender & Transsexual |
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Posted: 29 Oct 2011, 6:04 am
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Replies: 48
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| I want it noted that the term "gender assigned at birth" is utterly silly, since we can not be assigned a gender that young in age, we do not have brain sofisticated enough for that kind of code at that age. When we are assigned a gender, it is starting at the play age - when we are told we can't h... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: My Quirks; Yours Too? |
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Posted: 23 Oct 2011, 4:15 pm
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Replies: 38
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| I think I have Asperger's but am still working on being more certain. Will you tell me if you have some of these quirks too? Besides the usual characteristics: 1. Change my mind WAY too much. For example, I've moved 5 times in the last 2 years. And I make plans about a routine for doing housework, ... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Transgender & Transsexual |
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Posted: 23 Oct 2011, 3:42 pm
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Replies: 48
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| What's the difference between a transgender and a transsexual? Transgenders are pre-op. Many never get surgery. Transsexuals are post-op. ... On Wednesday in my women's studies (it's really more of a gender studies, but it's from the women's studies department so whatever....) class we we talking a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Alexithymia Examples |
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Posted: 30 Nov 2010, 6:16 pm
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Replies: 41
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| Moog, this is a pretty good description of what it is like with alexithymia. To me, the most striking aspect is that I am not aware of most emotions in real time; at best there is only a general "positive" or "negative" feeling. Actual recognition of emotions, to a point where I can even begin to ar... |
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