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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Need emergency advice with brilliant aspie inventor spouse. |
| Sibyl |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2012, 3:54 pm
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Replies: 35
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| He sounds like my husband, who was not an Aspie (probably) but a Paranoid Schizophrenic, diagnosed (and probably difficult to diagnose, because he was also a Master's Degree Psychologist). Stress broke him up too, and I divorced him long before things got to the point that they have with yours, beca... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Censoring your stims. |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2012, 1:33 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,796
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| May I ask what "fangirling" is? I can see "fan" and "girl", but I don't get a verb out of those two elements. I could suppose that the mass screaming about the Beatles or Elvis when I was young would be an example, but that was always done among (usually tightly packed) people. I'm on Tumblr where ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Censoring your stims. |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2012, 11:50 am
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Replies: 14
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| Probably best to censor obvious things like hand-flapping or rocking (unless you're in a rocking chair! ;^)) until you're alone. Oh my god come to think of it I do do that, but only in situations of severe excitement. But I'm almost always alone during those, because it deals with "fangirling" and ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Censoring your stims. |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2012, 12:38 am
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Replies: 14
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Probably best to censor obvious things like hand-flapping or rocking (unless you're in a rocking chair! ;^)) until you're alone.
The smaller things I wouldn't worry about, unless someone tells you it looks disgusting, or you _know_ it looks disgusting to other people, like picking your nose. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Teenage boys making weird noises when they pass you? |
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Posted: 17 Mar 2012, 11:47 pm
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Replies: 44
Views: 14,064
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| Teenage boys should mostly be kept in cages. Maybe their parents could occasionally take them out in public on leashes. I take it you're being facetious? Clearly, since it's not going to happen. (BTW, Mark Twain had a similar opinion). Hyperbole, I suppose. But I wish that there was some way that t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Teenage boys making weird noises when they pass you? |
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Posted: 17 Mar 2012, 10:21 pm
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Replies: 44
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| Teenage boys should mostly be kept in cages. Maybe their parents could occasionally take them out in public on leashes. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Lack of Anger |
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Posted: 17 Mar 2012, 9:12 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,553
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| I WISH!! !! !! !! !! ! I'm constantly angry with myself, and I have a tendancy to lash out when the wrong thing is said to me, or if I am in an environment or situation where I know I can't lash out, I still get angry inside, and the ''bottled anger'' tends to build up until I have an uncontrollabl... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Should I tell him? |
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Posted: 17 Mar 2012, 2:15 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,717
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| Anonymous plus gentle might be a good idea. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: what are the most comon co morbrids? |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2012, 9:41 pm
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Replies: 6
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| what about PTSD ? To the best of my knowledge, that particular bit of alphabet soup is unrelated, though it might be classified as an anxiety disorder. I am not a Psychologist, but I believe it can happen to anyone who is exposed to some sufficient psychological trauma, for example, being in a war,... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this statistic true? |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2012, 8:08 pm
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Replies: 73
Views: 6,983
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| There should be several things thar are skewing this particular statistic. First, I'm sure the rate is a lot lower for LFA than HFA, and I assume this is grouping them together, and it may or may not include Aspergers. Second, I'm pretty sure the median age of the autistic population is fairly low ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this statistic true? |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2012, 7:25 pm
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Replies: 73
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| Oh, Wal-Mart especially will hire the truly elderly who really need to earn some money as greeters, and also seriously handicapped. They're usually part-time, which means lower wages and no benefits, but they do give Wal-Mart a great reputation for hiring the handicapped. The greeter in the Wal-Mart... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this statistic true? |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2012, 7:19 pm
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Replies: 73
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| I was undiagnosed all my working life, and am now on retirement Social Security, so there was no record of disability for me to get around. I had full-time jobs at one thing and another almost all the time, or sometimes part-time when I was also going to school or University, or taking care of my b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this statistic true? |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2012, 6:08 pm
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Replies: 73
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| I was undiagnosed all my working life, and am now on retirement Social Security, so there was no record of disability for me to get around. I had full-time jobs at one thing and another almost all the time, or sometimes part-time when I was also going to school or University, or taking care of my ba... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Coming out of the "Autism Closet" |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2012, 3:56 pm
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Replies: 15
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| Rather than share it with the whole wide world all at once, why not "practice" a bit with your nearest and dearest, those who understand you, one at a time? That's approximately what I did, and now my own whole wide world knows about it, that is, most everybody who knows my name at all. It'll also r... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Hair colour of family members |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2012, 2:52 pm
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Replies: 63
Views: 8,160
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| Like red hair, it's a purely caucasian gene, yet you see it in biracial (black and white) children. I'm calling you out on that one. Almost every human, regardless of race or descent, has some red color to their hair. The coloring comes from a chemical called pheomelanin, which brings out a pink/re... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Fellow Aspies, Need help with possible Sociopath. |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2012, 12:29 am
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Replies: 39
Views: 5,637
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| Sounds to me like the best thing you can do is ask for that transfer, and if possible, don't let him know that it wasn't a surprise to you when it comes through. |
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