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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can someone have great social skills and still have AS? |
| ixochiyo_yohuallan |
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Posted: 18 Oct 2008, 6:22 am
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Replies: 125
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| My point is that without a disability, you have a stronger chance of living a happy and fulfilling life without being LIMITED by your disability. No one likes limitations, especially when they are this strong and potentially hurtful. No one needs that. Of course, but if one does end up with a disab... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: PETA says cow's milk causes autism |
| ixochiyo_yohuallan |
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Posted: 18 Oct 2008, 5:41 am
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Replies: 112
Views: 20,147
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Curiouser and curiouser.
First it was vaccines, then candida, then rubella, then gluten/casein products, now milk specifically. What will be next? Air? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: To be autistic or not to be? |
| ixochiyo_yohuallan |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2008, 5:25 am
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Replies: 43
Views: 4,499
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No matter what label one chooses to slap onto oneself, one still is whatever one is, I guess. This is why I don't like labels.
KingdomOfRats wrote: dont care about the language used,it's just words.
I agree. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How far back does you memory go? |
| ixochiyo_yohuallan |
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Posted: 27 Jul 2008, 4:24 pm
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Replies: 32
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| I think my consistent memories date back significantly later than the time when I was nine - possibly 13-15. I do remember some fragments from my earlier childhood, and some of these are quite vivid, visually, but they're just that - fragments. These moments seem to be taken out of context as I can'... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: My letter to jenny Mc carthy. |
| ixochiyo_yohuallan |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2008, 4:50 am
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Replies: 50
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| [quote="Spokane_Girl"][quote="demoluca"]At oprah dot com. They deleted it for no-reason. No email as to why they deleted it, no warning no anything. Very odd.[/quote] They deleted it because you were supporting autism? People who are anti autism seem to be against the positive si... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: NT |
| ixochiyo_yohuallan |
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Posted: 03 Apr 2008, 2:23 am
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Replies: 13
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| It means something that doesn't seem to exist. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: emotional vs logical thinking |
| ixochiyo_yohuallan |
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Posted: 29 Mar 2008, 5:02 pm
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Replies: 27
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| I am certainly not a predominantly logical thinker, but I wouldn't say I am a predominantly emotional one either. Sure, emotions do play a large part in my thinking, but they do not seem to be its main component. If there is any single word that could describe my thinking style, it would probably be... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Any of yall had speech class while in school? |
| ixochiyo_yohuallan |
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Posted: 29 Mar 2008, 7:53 am
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Replies: 28
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| I had speech therapy as a child. I don't remember when exactly - the memories have become quite murky by now, - but I think I was not in school yet, or in grade one, because we were still living at my grandparents' place (we moved when I was around eight years old). At that time I could already spea... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does the thought of BEHAVIORAL treatment make you twitch? |
| ixochiyo_yohuallan |
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Posted: 27 Mar 2008, 4:37 am
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Replies: 67
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| Okay, you're losing me a bit here. I think what you're saying is that her squeeze machine came out of an obsession? Am I following you? If that's what you're saying, that's not quite true. She has sensory integration dysfunction and the machine was created to help with that. The machine was not cre... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does the thought of BEHAVIORAL treatment make you twitch? |
| ixochiyo_yohuallan |
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Posted: 26 Mar 2008, 6:25 pm
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Replies: 67
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| I know all about the Rottenberg Center. Everybody does. Have you been there yourself? No. But I was hit by electricity once after touching a plug that was half bared (it was my own stupidity, but that is beside the point). Have you seen their program in action? Have you monitored their facilities? ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does the thought of BEHAVIORAL treatment make you twitch? |
| ixochiyo_yohuallan |
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Posted: 26 Mar 2008, 3:55 pm
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Replies: 67
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| Actually, it isn't Skinner who was the problem. Most Behavior mod programs seem to model their therapies on Pavlov. Look it up. Operant conditioning? Oh yes....I don't know why I forgot, thanks for bringing it up. I read quite a bit about Pavlov as a child, and later in grade eight while preparing ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does the thought of BEHAVIORAL treatment make you twitch? |
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Posted: 26 Mar 2008, 3:25 pm
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| Neale, Your son's program sounds fantastic! Makes me feel happy for him. :) I'm quite familiar with B.F. Skinner and if you and Zwerfbeertje want to insist that the current programs are disrespectful of the individual and cruel, without having ever observed a behav mod program, particpated in one, r... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Faking autism and Faking aspergers |
| ixochiyo_yohuallan |
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Posted: 26 Mar 2008, 12:31 pm
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Replies: 360
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| "Higher-functioning" is easy enough to diagnose as the only difference between the two is an IQ value, whether it's "high-functioning" or not is moot as it's "high-functioning" in relation to "low-functioning"; Well, if it were THIS easy to diagnose, there wouldn't be so many instances of misdiagno... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does the thought of BEHAVIORAL treatment make you twitch? |
| ixochiyo_yohuallan |
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Posted: 26 Mar 2008, 4:38 am
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Replies: 67
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| Zwerfbeertje: I agree. If you don't like ABA, that's your choice. My ABA program does not go beyond what ABA is about. If you knew the first thing about ABA today, youd know that it and other behav mod programs like it are not one-stop fits-all and abusive anymore like in its infancy. These programs... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The fundamental difference between AS and NT people is .... |
| ixochiyo_yohuallan |
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Posted: 25 Mar 2008, 2:12 pm
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Replies: 60
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| We are obssessed with thinking and analyzing. NTs do not do this. Ever notice that it seems that NTs are walking around with their heads in the clouds and don't know what is going on around them? Both of my closest friends are obsessive self-analysers (they just do it different - I do it by running... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Faking autism and Faking aspergers |
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Posted: 25 Mar 2008, 12:36 pm
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Replies: 360
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| Danielismyname, I guess I know where you are coming from. I also have an issue with people who flaunt their "gloominess" and "disillusionment with life", dress in black just to show how low they are feeling, etc., and believe that there is something romanic and attractive about depression. Whenever ... |
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