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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Need to chat with some female with AS |
| Skepkat |
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Posted: 12 Jun 2011, 12:12 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,219
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| Still not really enough information to give an adequate response. As it is, your question came across to me as... why is she speaking when you didn't give her permission to speak. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How old were you when you learned how to write? |
| Skepkat |
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Posted: 12 Jun 2011, 12:09 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,752
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| Like a lot of others here, I taught myself to read. I was writing before kindergarten. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How to explain Meltdowns/Shutdowns to NT |
| Skepkat |
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Posted: 10 May 2011, 8:51 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,135
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| Thanks all. Some good ideas. I think he'll understand the computer analogy best since he works with computers. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How to explain Meltdowns/Shutdowns to NT |
| Skepkat |
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Posted: 09 May 2011, 10:04 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,135
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| This has been a really stressful couple of years, which means I've been having more meltdowns / shutdowns and they are bigger. I'm having some difficulty explaining what's happening in a way that my husband can understand. He just sees that I'm upset. Any ideas? I don't suppose it would matter, exce... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Anyone hate Mother's Day? |
| Skepkat |
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Posted: 08 May 2011, 8:43 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,710
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I can't have kids, so Mother's Day is a reminder to me of the thing I can't have.
Hate it.
Though I'm on medication this year and it wasn't as horrible as previous years.
Then there's the whole social protocol on who to call who not to call. Kinda makes my head hurt. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: She just left me! |
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Posted: 04 May 2011, 9:44 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,529
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| I think most people have their heart broken at least once. I did. And it stuck with me a very long time. Looking back, I wonder if it was worse because I didn't know about my aspergers. I remember after the breakup, I kind of floated around school - not knowing where I fit in. I even switched school... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do people forget about you? |
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Posted: 04 May 2011, 9:13 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 8,679
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| Happens to me all the time. Happened in grade school and happens at work. Generally speaking, it wasn't until I was in my 20's that I really started to feel half way comfortable in voicing opinions. But if it's a large group, I always melt into the background. It's one reason I love animals. They ne... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Odd Priorities and Preferences |
| Skepkat |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2011, 10:03 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,455
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Oh yeah. I have all kinds of craft items. I also have a ton of stuff from my childhood. Even have baby cloths and elementary school homework.
My husband just ignores the piles of stuff.
I have gotten better and actually trimmed some of it. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Do guys think they'd be better off as woman with AS? |
| Skepkat |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2011, 10:35 am
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Replies: 83
Views: 8,459
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| This question seems simple and straight forward, but it's really very complex. Maybe if Asperger's symptoms were consistent and predictable, you could say it's easier for men or women, but that's not the case. There are dozens of variables. And then there's the individuals ability to cope and/or ble... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: i'm afraid to post here....fml |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2011, 8:56 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,718
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| I haven't read the other thread, so I'm not 100% sure what the history is. Clearly you are upset. You have my sympathy. To draw a parallel, when alcoholics are confronted they often deny having a problem (or so I'm lead to believe). From what you've said here, it sounds like your mom might be in den... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Hitting head off the wall, or computer screen... |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2011, 9:39 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,283
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| I get that during a meltdown, but not daily. |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Smell hypersensitivity (women only) |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2011, 11:26 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,172
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| I have a horrible sense of smell. Apparently I used way too much perfume when I was younger. I couldn't hardly smell the perfume, but my mother told me it was too strong. Very embarrassing. Smell isn't something you get tested for. I had no idea my sense of smell wasn't normal until one day my mothe... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: the mysterious "having fun?" question |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2011, 8:47 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,444
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| It's posts like this that makes me reconsider something that I thought I understood. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Eye contact... faking it? |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2011, 8:41 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,763
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In addition to the tricks already mentioned, I sometimes will let the focus slip. So my eyes are parked in the general direction of the other person's eyes, but my attention is sort of focused elsewhere so I'm not really seeing them.
I know it's weird. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Coincidence or a possible cause... |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2011, 4:01 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,068
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| Two points. First, just because the term Autism was established in the early/mid 1900's, that does not mean that Autism didn't exist prior to that. Consider, we Giant Tube Worms were discovered in 1977. But they existed prior to 1977. Second, even if Autism did spring into being when we decided to g... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: im pissed when people say autism and ret*d interchangeably. |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2011, 9:12 pm
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Replies: 35
Views: 4,002
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| ZeroGravitas, I was thinking the same thing. |
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