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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Is Rowan Atkison/"Mr.Bean" an Aspie? |
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Posted: 21 Sep 2011, 9:47 am
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| if you had read the books on these comedians, and their life away from the camera, you could see what im talking about. im not good at citing pages and all, because a lot of these were books my son got from the library, so i dont have them to hand. but things i read in the books, that the actors the... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Is Rowan Atkison/"Mr.Bean" an Aspie? |
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Posted: 17 Sep 2011, 4:44 pm
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| my oldest son has been studying the silen comedians, in order to put together a number of walkabut skits, like you see Sam do in "Benny and Joon', and reading the books he has on Chaplain, Keaton makes me think they are somewhere on the spectrum. both Keaton and Chaplain were insanely perfectionism ... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Do you make eye contact? |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2011, 4:21 pm
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| when i first started therapy for PTSD/depression, i wanted desperately to be allowed to play my gameboy, so i didnt have to look at the therapist. when she refused to let me do that, i began the habit of picking at my cuticules, which i still do today. currently, my MD comes to the house to see me, ... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Is Rowan Atkison/"Mr.Bean" an Aspie? |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2011, 4:11 pm
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| I've gotten a kick from watching "Mr.Bean" for years...first we saw him on PBS, then i found it on YouTube. My oldest son, an Aspie, is very much into silent comedy, and works up skits like Chaplin and Keaton, and watching him watching all these comedians, makes me wonder if they might also be somew... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: "Social" touching |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2011, 3:55 pm
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Replies: 74
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| while i was in college, there was a classmate with whom i shared a liking for photography, and we talked about it and other things often. but to me, he was just a friend...i never considered him more than that. when i got engaged, he had already left college and was working back east. but he was vis... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Do you make eye contact? |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2011, 6:49 pm
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| NEVER, if i can possibly get away with it! besides being massivly uncomfortable with it, i have weak muscles in both eyes, which make me look like a cartoon character freak, or a Boston terrier, with eyes going out both directions. my parents could have fixed it, but didnt, so now i look like an idi... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Strange, soothing repetitive behaviors? |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2011, 6:38 pm
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| hm, thats interesting about you and your coat. our son used to be an incredible pain in the patooki about wearing his parka when it would get cold here in Kansas, then not want to take it off when the weather got warm. his current clothing screwup is insisting on wearing longsleeved dark buttoned sh... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: "Social" touching |
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Posted: 26 Aug 2011, 9:48 pm
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| i really hate handshakes, especially from men. i was raised that men shake hands with each other, but not with ladies. fortunately(sort of....)i have to use forearm crutches, which means both my hands are full with the handgrips.. kind of a strange help, but i dont knock it. at least i dont have to ... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Purses |
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Posted: 26 Aug 2011, 7:57 pm
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Replies: 81
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| i agree...purses are nice, pretty and all that, but i cant get them to stay on my shoulder. so i switched to the ones that look like small backpacks. or, you could just go for a pretty pack! or, if you find one you like, but not pretty enough, buy puff paints and decorate it. hope this helps. :flowe... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Strange, soothing repetitive behaviors? |
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Posted: 26 Aug 2011, 7:52 pm
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| that sounds very much like what i do. as a baby, i discovered taking apart the edges of the carpet, and keeping a handful of it hidden in my bed, where, to go to sleep, it was my trusty thumb and brushing the rough glued part of the carpet yarn around my lips. now, i make my own 'yarn' by buying the... |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: (online)Does anyone here RP on Perfect World International? |
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Posted: 26 Aug 2011, 7:35 pm
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| ...or, for that matter, on one of the private servers? I've done this for years on PWI, the 'official' version. Its a lot of fun to play, though, to be honest, the Perfect World International has become a 'free to play/pay to win' kind of game, very heavy on the cash shop side of the game. So many p... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: What to do when it seems entire family is ASpie? |
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Posted: 16 Jul 2011, 6:01 pm
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| i am an ASpie mom, 51 years old, with four kids, three of which are boys who have been DXed with AS/ADD and one who either has picked up traits or is unDXed because my husband didnt want to go through all the hoora of it yet again. our daughter seems to be NT, but is also a visual thinker, etc. our ... |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: ~All-Aspie MMORPG Guild/Clan~ |
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Posted: 16 Jul 2011, 5:47 pm
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Replies: 107
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| it would be really neat to have a guild in PWI for those who are ASpies, or other PWDs (i have PTSD, depression, as well as physical disabilties). a guild ingame, where we would be able to know and understand what makes each other click, and understand and support one another on bad days in the game... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello from Gail and Anja! |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2004, 4:30 am
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| :D ...hi there! ...my name is gail,and the fourfooted one beside me is anja,my german shepherd service dog. 'lurking' behind me is my 13 year old son,aric,who shares with me the DX of aspergers. he is being homeschooled,and loves to play video games like donkey kong,draw,write original stories,and t... |
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