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Forum: The Haven Topic: Dimwit Me Strikes Again |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 9:01 pm
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| Another one of those "common sense" things that I apparently was supposed to know, but didn't. "Do not use metal on Teflon!! !" I was told as I tried scraping off burnt on food with the backside of a fork. Now I feel like a idiot for not knowing this thing that was apparently was supposed to be emb... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can anyone help me with this? |
| Dunnyveg |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 8:57 pm
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| Thanks :) I will read up on analysis's (is that how you put that in the plural?) for homework assignments :) Idk what to do about the SATs though....it's keeping my English composite scores in the 600s. JPR, first, the plural of analysis is analyses. In fact, you can probably find plenty right on t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can anyone help me with this? |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 6:51 pm
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| I'm sorry if I'm in the wrong sub-forum, but I don't know where else to put this. I have trouble reading people and analyzing. I can manage the whole social aspect of it; I've found work-arounds. However, English class is exceptionally difficult as a result of this problem. I used to do really well... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Short Term Memory |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 6:43 pm
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Replies: 13
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| Yep, exact same problem. I've worked out various tricks, like if I go to the pantry for a bottle of water I take the current empty bottle with me. Anyone ever been reading a web page and then have a thought to google something and when the new tab/window pops up you forget what you were going to se... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The more I educate myself on typical human social behavior.. |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 6:20 pm
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Replies: 2
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| ... the more I feel detached from others. Is this normal? It is as if I am pulling the wool off my eyes. I realize so many people have really just been taking advantage of my aloofness and inability to assert myself properly. I feel increasingly like there is no place to me in normal human society.... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Brokeback Mountain? |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 6:08 pm
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Replies: 27
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| Why would people praise the film Brokeback Mountain when it's all about two guys who share gay love? O_o Critic, people who are homosexual will have obvious reasons for appreciating this movie. As far as non-homosexuals go, some people, as you've probably noticed on this thread, feel an overwhelmin... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Brokeback Mountain? |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 6:04 pm
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Replies: 27
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| Why would people praise the film Brokeback Mountain when it's all about two guys who share gay love? O_o Critic, people who are homosexual will have obvious reasons for appreciating this movie. As far as non-homosexuals go, some people, as you've probably noticed on this thread, feel an overwhelmin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Short Term Memory |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 5:26 pm
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I have the same problem. Luckily, I recently read the following article and discovered it is the case with me:
http://digitaljournal.com/article/314753
Being aware of what causes memory lapses has helped me deal with them better. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism in France: Psychoanalysis, Packing, Other Travesties |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 4:49 pm
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| Ah, the French. They have two extremes, one being the Lacanian psychoanalysis that is criticized as being too authoritarian, and rightly so; and the other extreme being the thought of Michel Foucault, who believed that criminals and schizophrenics, as marginalized elements, have more moral authority... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Auditory Processing |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 4:19 pm
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Replies: 4
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| I was wondering if the following are symptomatic of Asperger's or of having an accompanying auditory processing issue. (I would get evaluated for a learning issue at my school, but I am not eligible due to having been diagnosed with a mental illness in the past) I can't absorb any information from ... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: *Taps Microphone* Is this thing on??? |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 4:09 pm
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| Vampi, welcome. My best friend is a Scot (though it looks like he's going to have to move to London for work). I'm guessing in Scotland you'll have a bit more breathing room. South England is nice, but CROWDED! Yeah. Its a lot better up here. I am more accepted than in the south. I think people up ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Acceptance vs. other forcing normalcy on you. |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 3:43 pm
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| Was anyone here treated as though you were someone to be broken in order to get you to be less autistic? In other words, others were trying to make you more like the normal kids. How did you respond to that? Were you just accepted growing up? If so, did you end up figuring out your own way of deali... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: *Taps Microphone* Is this thing on??? |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 3:19 pm
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| Vampi, welcome. My best friend is a Scot (though it looks like he's going to have to move to London for work). I'm guessing in Scotland you'll have a bit more breathing room. South England is nice, but CROWDED! I too have dyspraxia, but am amazed what a few brushes with cacti did to improve my coord... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Disclosure when applying for job. |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 1:38 pm
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| I told my boss that I want to apply for another job, and asked her advice about disclosing my AS in a job application- she very quickly told me not to. What do you think? Also, any experiences, good or bad, or disclosing in an application? kt24, I think there are two answers to your question: As an... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Looking for Insight into the Appeal of Traveling, Networking |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 1:04 pm
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| As a man of almost 30 with what I suspect (and may soon to be confirmed) is a mild-to-moderate autism/anxiety disorder, I've been struggling to understand how people have found the courage and appeal to do so many things that I still find frightening. For instance, I insisted on staying close to ho... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Sick of it?I am. |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 12:50 pm
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Replies: 5
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| Does this happen to you as a student or kid? The few times I tell an adult or someone else about my Asperger's, they end up talking to me in that weird, soft, poor kid tone. Is it my imagination or do they really think I am...dysfunctional and ret*d? Why do they do that? I mean, it's just a state o... |
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