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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A question to certain high-functioning people |
| dustintorch |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011, 1:55 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,008
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| I want all autistic people to be understood in a way that is both functional to society and functional for the autistic person's life. There is no need to cure something that creates such beautiful people. We only need to understand the different forms of functioning and the reasons behind them. The... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: If diagnosed, can i get a medical marijuana card? |
| dustintorch |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2010, 2:08 am
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Replies: 48
Views: 6,341
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| Does Autism allow us to smoke medical Marijuana legally? any one know? That is a BS reason to smoke pot, an insult to those with AS, and a slap in the face to those who have medical conditions such as cancer or glaucoma for which marijuana is one of the only things that provides relief from severel... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are there any non addictive medications you can suggest? |
| dustintorch |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2010, 1:59 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,065
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| maybe try medical marijuana? It has been shown to help with anxiety and social problems. It also doesn't give you withdrawls or hang overs since it's a mental dependency drug not a physical dependency drug. That doesn't mean you can't get addicted to it though. You can get addicted to any drug. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you try and avoid cracks/lines in side walk? |
| dustintorch |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2010, 1:30 am
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Replies: 51
Views: 12,807
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| It's amazing how similar we all can be sometimes without even knowing each other. I was expecting people to say they avoid cracks sometimes. I'm so relieved to know that others take it as far as doing it compulsively. Also I never expected other people to also step over imaginary intersecting lines ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Fast healing and high pain tolerance |
| dustintorch |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2010, 1:17 am
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Replies: 41
Views: 36,510
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| I've had my wisdom teeth out too and they healed much much faster than the doctor said they would. On the third day my swelling was almost completely gone and that's the day it was supposed to be the worst. As far as cuts and stuff go I wouldn't say they heal faster than other people. I can't say th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Am I out of line? Something happened on facebook |
| dustintorch |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2010, 8:28 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,602
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| Thanks for helping realize this guys. I appreciate your opinions. The conflict has been resolved, he apologized for his insult and I said I shouldn't have told him what to write on his facebook page. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Am I out of line? Something happened on facebook |
| dustintorch |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2010, 11:17 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,602
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Am I out of line? Something happened on facebook |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2010, 11:23 pm
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Replies: 27
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| My friend is at bible camp and has been posting lots of quotes from the bible on his facebook page. I told him that not everyone believes in his god and he should think before posting direct quotes from the bible. He has 900 friends, I'm sure someone would be offended. He returned this comment by sa... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Hyper aware of your lack of abilities? |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2010, 11:07 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,698
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| I was recently put through an assesment by psychologist an NIH (National Institute of Health) in DC. At first they decided I was too mild to do research on, since it was a research project they would've paid me for. Then they changed their minds. They said I was hyper aware of myself and that I've "... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: The Social Network(A film about the Aspie who made Facebook) |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2010, 10:49 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 15,135
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Looks really good!  |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Socializing at work |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2010, 2:54 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,260
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| Well if you don't want to talk about work things, you can ask people about their lives. Things like what did you do last weekend? How was your 4th of July? (if you're in the States) Maybe ask if they live far from work, how their commute is, ect. That's what I do and granted it is superficial conver... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How come some aspies have friends and others can't make any |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2010, 11:19 pm
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Replies: 81
Views: 17,262
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| I have a fairly normal social life and I think several things contribute to it. First and foremost is I'm interested in socializing. It's a weird paradox, I know. I remember hating that I had no friends because I thought only bad people had no friends and I did't want to be a bad person. So I tried ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: emotions and autism? |
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Posted: 24 Jun 2010, 11:27 am
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Replies: 40
Views: 5,399
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| I'm not really sure how to put it into words. I feel emotions over music a lot. Mostly music actually. I used to feel emotions over my mom's problems, so I guess you could call that empathy. She had very serious problems, that I'm sure most people would feel something towards. Today I found out my g... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Gaga is such a flippin idiot |
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Posted: 22 Jun 2010, 8:35 pm
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Replies: 47
Views: 5,363
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| She's one of my special interests and I love her. Have loved her ever since she was an unknown that nobody had faith in. She started her career as an outcast. It makes me so mad when people judge her so harshly. But then again, if people didn't hate her, then other people wouldn't love her. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I want to apologize to the members of WP |
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Posted: 20 Jun 2010, 7:13 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,402
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everyone deserves a second chance  |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Possibly dated an aspie that i still really like a lot... |
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Posted: 20 Jun 2010, 7:12 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,696
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| Whether or not he is an aspie or has any type of autism spectrum disorder, he definetly has trouble communicating. My guess is he has trouble reading people's feeling and intentions. There may have been times when you thought you were being very obvious about something with your facial expressions o... |
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