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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why do NTs hate hearing the word, "Why?" |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2009, 7:14 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,210
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| People just want you to take things as they are, so they get offended when you ask "why". I never fully understood this NT habit. I always want to know why. Sometimes people take that simple curiosity and misinterpret it as a criticism. For example, if I go to a restaurant, and I ask them to alter a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you ever have trouble getting words out? |
| ooohprettycolors |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2009, 6:26 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 6,896
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| That happens to me a lot, and I've heard other autistics describe it as well. I think its quite common. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: how terrible is breaking up through email, really? |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2009, 1:20 pm
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Replies: 14
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| In a mutual relationship, it is best to break up face-to-face, or, if long-distance, on the phone. The exception to this is if the relationship was in any way abusive and you are afraid for your safety. In this case, break up in any way that will get you (and your possessions, if you lived together)... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did anyone else ever have an incident like this as a child? |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2009, 6:13 pm
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Replies: 56
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| Also in kindergarten, we had a worksheet where we had to illustrate various spelling words. For the word "gas" I put down my crayons, and carefully made a scribbly ellipse by pressing really hard with my pencil. It was a puddle of gasoline, like you see on the road sometimes. It was in proper perspe... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Gagging on food... |
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Posted: 31 Dec 2008, 6:23 pm
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Replies: 11
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| The first time I tried mashed potatos (at age 19) I almost threw up! It is common for me to gag on different food textures, smells, tastes, etc. The difference may seem minute to you but to an autistic it is extreme. Let your kid choose what he eats (within reason) and never, ever force him to eat s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did anyone else ever have an incident like this as a child? |
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Posted: 31 Dec 2008, 5:47 pm
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Replies: 56
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| In kindergarten I didn't have any paper so I drew on the table with my pencil. The teacher noticed it during playtime and told me to scrub it off. She gave me a sponge with some soap I think, but it wasn't coming off. Probably I wasn't scrubbing very hard, one, because I was fairly weak, and two, be... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: so i'm leaving wp for a while... |
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Posted: 24 Dec 2008, 11:21 am
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Replies: 59
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| Age, I read what "Pegasus" wrote on the autistic living forum. She is absolutely ridiculous. I almost can't believe someone would take so much time out of their day to degrade and pick apart another person. (I say almost because unfortunately these people run rampant all over in internet.) I'm going... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: does anybody have an obsession with hands? |
| ooohprettycolors |
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Posted: 19 Sep 2008, 8:43 pm
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Replies: 12
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| i love to stare at my hands above my head when i wake up in the morning. I like to move my fingers in strange ways and make my hand look like a foreign object. hands are cool! |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: She's dead |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2008, 4:02 pm
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Replies: 21
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| I'm very sorry for your loss. My cat had to be put to sleep a few years ago, so I know how hard it is. I fell into a depression that lasted several months. He also had diabetes and had probably been sick for awhile but we didn't notice the signs. We thought we would be giving him insulin injections ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Picky Eaters, anyone? |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2008, 9:12 pm
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,076
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| I never progressed past the diet of a 4 year old. Mac n cheese, chicken fingers, spaghetti, cheeseburger, pancakes, etc. And I only like certain brands of the various things I eat. Now that I know that I'm not just a "picky eater" (its hard to keep saying that in your mid-twenties) I tell people tha... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: Tourette's |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2008, 9:02 pm
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Replies: 11
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| i have tourette's. i used to have facial twitches like raising eyebrows and such but i trained myself in junior high school to transfer them to less noticable muscle groups in my arms and legs and stomach. I still have ones in my neck, and one where i shake my head, and those give me headaches. Most... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Comedians with Aspergers |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2008, 4:07 pm
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Replies: 124
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| Elijah Paradiz is a teen with AS who was on MTV. He does stand-up. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Alex |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2008, 7:36 pm
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Replies: 14
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| what kind of office are you running for and what does alex have to do with it? whose age are you asking? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: does any one care to comment on this experience? |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2008, 7:26 pm
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Replies: 12
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| You know more than him. It's not worth your time to try and educate him. There is no reason to believe you are "imagining" being on the spectrum. Try and find someone else. It's hard, but they're out there. I saw a guy who had no prior knowledge of AS but was very open and a great match for me. I've... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: How can I help my kid to understand simple stuff? |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2008, 7:22 pm
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Replies: 10
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| man, now my tummy is growling because i'm hungry and its really annoying because i don't want to stop what i'm doing and go eat something just to appease my annoying body. I want to do what i want, not what my body wants. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: iReport: 'Naughty Auties' battle autism with virtual inte... |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2008, 10:23 am
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Replies: 5
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| David Seville? Doesn't he have some chipmonk friends? |
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