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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How severe are your sensory issues? |
| KingdomOfRats |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2014, 3:18 am
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Replies: 47
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| acutely severe apart from sense of smell which was probably dulled by mums constant smoking,senses are one of the biggest causes of severe challenging behavior in KoR,am also a sensory seeker and have pica,which is partly a sensory seeking issue,partly a habit and partly a way to understand environm... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and Nocturnality |
| KingdomOfRats |
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Posted: 19 Sep 2014, 1:33 am
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Replies: 19
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| am a later nighter and always have been,made even worse with depression, which causes extreme tiredness and need for sleep during the day so am awake all night but the prozac have recently switched to seems to have flipped it around a bit as am going to bed after family guy finishes on bbc three and... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Similar conditions to ASD? What if it's not ASD? |
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Posted: 19 Sep 2014, 1:28 am
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Replies: 4
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| Reactive Attachment Disorder Thing is that according to DSM it is a children's diagnosis and has to be diagnosed before the age of 5. I refuse to be diagnosed by co-morbidities if they refuse to address the core of the issue and give me a RAD diagnosis. Best I gotten so far is that I have 'attachme... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: want to die |
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Posted: 18 Sep 2014, 2:41 am
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Replies: 30
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| HUG: I hope you will get better. thanks a lot!,just about to get morning meds hope they will help. I know that feels. *hugs* If you like hugs that is, I know I don't. thanks IAmTheCatalyst, am glad have found someone that relates. ever try 'bear hugs' from behind? best thing ever for pressure seeki... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is WrongPlanet cliquey? |
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Posted: 18 Sep 2014, 2:35 am
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Replies: 77
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| thanks for explaining SoL [and am sorry have not got back yet on the PM,am finding it extremely difficult to interact at the moment because of the depression.]. WTF...leave alone? sorry but dont start something like that and bugger off without any respect to how have made the target feel;aspergers i... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: want to die |
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Posted: 18 Sep 2014, 1:15 am
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Replies: 30
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| please help,please say anything,am desperate to die,cant think of a way around it as everything is locked in the office with the sleep in staff and am sat up with a waking night staff who am not even able to show this to as they wont understand-am in desperate need to find a way around this otherwis... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is WrongPlanet cliquey? |
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Posted: 18 Sep 2014, 12:46 am
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Replies: 77
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| have been here since 2005,am a regular and have had threads that werent answered or not answered quickly-and many posts that dont get replies, but people just dont relate to experiences of mine and beliefs very often,have been told by a user that some people are scared off approaching because am LF... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why do you think people on the spectrum need routines? |
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Posted: 16 Sep 2014, 6:50 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,785
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| its unpredictibility....anything new whether its a matter of furniture being moved to a different position or new food or new support staff etc,the smallest change to routine-massive triggers for severe challenging behavior in own experience. speaking for self purely,am unable to cope with change an... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Families with multiple aspies (recipe for disaster?) |
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Posted: 16 Sep 2014, 6:40 pm
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Replies: 4
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| no,personaly dont think its a defaultly bad thing having multiple spectrumers in the same building,it depends on the individual and whether theres clashes. grew up with what we now know is an aspie dad and aspie sister;she was misdiagnosed at nineteen with social anxiety disorder as that particular ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is WrongPlanet cliquey? |
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Posted: 16 Sep 2014, 6:20 pm
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Replies: 77
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| have been here since 2005,am a regular and have had threads that werent answered or not answered quickly-and many posts that dont get replies, but people just dont relate to experiences of mine and beliefs very often,have been told by a user that some people are scared off approaching because am LF... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Reaction to my diagnosis. Everyone is autistic! |
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Posted: 16 Sep 2014, 1:46 pm
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,090
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| people who say 'everyone is autistic' in a nice manner are probably trying to make the person feel ok and not abnormal,it tends to be said to people with very mild HFA rather than those whose autism is more recogniseable to the eye-probably because they are closest to NTs themselves and the person ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Reaction to my diagnosis. Everyone is autistic! |
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Posted: 16 Sep 2014, 1:18 pm
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Replies: 38
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| people who say 'everyone is autistic' in a nice manner are probably trying to make the person feel ok and not abnormal,it tends to be said to people with very mild HFA rather than those whose autism is more recogniseable to the eye-probably because they are closest to NTs themselves and the person s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is WrongPlanet cliquey? |
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Posted: 15 Sep 2014, 4:34 pm
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Replies: 77
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| dont agree that its cliquey,though there can be small pockets of cliqueism which is just people who all know each other through friendships-it used to be worse some years ago when they overtook every thread with their injokes/private chat. it can seem like something is going on if are not getting an... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you identify as "Disabled"? |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2014, 11:46 pm
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Replies: 65
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| I'm not really sure how to answer this. I'm not disabled in that I am able to live independently and would never qualify for any kind of disability services. However,I am disabled because a combination of my ASD and anxiety prevent me from being able to speak up for myself and my needs. I also have... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Confused Is Autism Speaks the 'bad' one or Autism Awareness |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2014, 9:31 pm
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Replies: 8
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| autism speaks doesnt want to let autistics speak-they really shoud be done for false advertising. they continue to talk in a non neutral manner on our behalf, portraying us as invalids who have no thoughts or feelings in order to whip up sympathy and donations for their agenda. autism awareness is n... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is adhd on the autistic spectrum now? |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2014, 8:48 pm
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Replies: 12
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| isnt there a famous book about how they coud be seen as being on the same spectrum [at least from one experts view],if am thinking of the right book it was called reweaving the autistic tapestry. ....yep just googled and got a good writeup of it and her views- http://info.emergencehealthnetwork.org/... |
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