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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can Asperger's worsen / become more apperant with age? |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2012, 2:55 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 27,824
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| I absolutely agree with this last post. As I've grown older my relatives and my few childhood friends have moved on or died, and now I'm completely alone. I worry about getting sick. I have no health insurance, and no one to help me or keep my affairs together if I had to go to the hospital. I reall... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: aspie and living alone |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2012, 2:33 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,013
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| I'm rattling around in a five bedroom house. It used to be full of people and noise. I had a wife, two kids, and my father around all of the time. Some times I needed a little privacy, but most of the time I would just tune out and read or surf the computer while everyone else was visiting or watchi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have you ever got tired of living? |
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Posted: 17 Nov 2012, 8:50 pm
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Replies: 33
Views: 5,428
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| Me too with the 'milestones' thing. First I had my musical career. That went south when I got married and had kids. But the wife left, then the kids grew up and moved on. So my father got sick and I had him to take care of for a few years. But he's been dead now for almost two years, and I have to s... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: In memoriam Jon Lord (Deep Purple) |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2012, 9:27 pm
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Replies: 4
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| Hush, Sweet Child in Time, Smoke on The Water, Highway Star and many others; songs I'll never forget, songs I performed on stage myself in my time. Rest in Peace my friend, I'll remember you. |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: gender issues |
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Posted: 23 May 2012, 9:54 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,486
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| Maybe you are asexual and just don't like the hassle of other people's gender expectations. Dress and act the way you want and ignore the issue for a while. You may find your only problem isn't your problem at all, just the problem of certain people around you that are trying to fit you into what th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is that Asperger? Has somebody a similar experience? |
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Posted: 22 May 2012, 10:52 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,177
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| Remember that Asperger's is diagnosed by running through a large checklist of possible problems and behaviors and concluding that the person in question has SOME of them. The thing is that no two autistic people are alike, or display the same behaviors, so it is necessary to list a lot of possible b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have you ever 're-added' someone in real life? |
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Posted: 21 May 2012, 1:03 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,135
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| I don't burn my bridges, I just let them rot away from neglect. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is it like when 2 Aspies meet? |
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Posted: 21 May 2012, 12:45 pm
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Replies: 70
Views: 9,850
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| I've only met one, he is one of the math professors here at the local college where I am a librarian. I figured out he was one almost immediately by his manner, his lack of eye contact, and his unusually keen sense of smell. He seems to prefer that people at the school don't know. We have very littl... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you an excellent writer? |
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Posted: 14 Jan 2012, 12:37 pm
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,969
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| So I e-mailed a letter to the editor of Cycle World magazine. Two days later he called me on the phone and asked me if I worked for Harley-Davidson or any other motorcycle company. In other words, was I a professional that was 'planting' material. When I said no he said he wanted to use the letter a... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Do you not like using the library on campus? |
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Posted: 13 Jan 2012, 11:21 pm
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Replies: 32
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| It so happens that I am a college librarian. Too bad you aren't going to school here, you would like my library. The students here don't seem to like the library. I'm told it's a little busier in the mornings, but I do the afternoon/evening shift and at any given time there is maybe two or three peo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Which books for adults with aspergers? |
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Posted: 13 Jan 2012, 8:39 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,501
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| I heartily recommend 'A Field Guide to Earthlings' by Ian Ford. It will explain all of those weird things NTs do and why they do them. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Faceblindness? |
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Posted: 13 Jan 2012, 8:36 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,889
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| I can't really explain it, but I sure have it, I can fail to identify even people I've known for years. I think it has something to do with the fact our minds use different strategies to recognize things. The weird thing is sometimes I've get to the point where I can recognize people that I always s... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: 13 year old Wyoming Aspie commits suicide |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2012, 10:01 pm
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Replies: 18
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| Ummm..........We are talking about Wyoming here. There are guns in every pickup parked on the street, they start their kids shooting in early grade school there. If his father didn't have guns then surely some of the neighbors did. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: 13 year old Wyoming Aspie commits suicide |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2012, 1:17 am
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Replies: 18
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| The Cheyenne Tribune ran an article today detailing the life of a boy named Alex Frye who shot himself in the head on New Year's Day. The shocking thing is the article never mentions Asperger's and his parents were apparently clueless both about his condition and the depression he was suffering from... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "We put the fun in dysfuction"...2011 Christmas |
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Posted: 11 Dec 2011, 9:13 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,250
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| I'm not looking forward to it. My kids moved to Indiana a few years ago and don't talk to me. My father died in February. I'm alone in a five bedroom house. I'm not even bothering to decorate. Bah! Humbug! Once there are no kids to watch opening presents the thrill is gone. The worst part about it i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do people with autism understand money? |
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Posted: 30 Oct 2011, 7:39 pm
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Replies: 52
Views: 9,507
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| When one considers the usual NT money management skills, I would say it's absurdly easy to do better than they do. The latest polls say over 70 million Americans are now coming up on retirement age who not only have nothing saved for their old age, they are still deep in debt with under water home l... |
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