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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I think I figured something out |
| fiddlerpianist |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2010, 10:39 pm
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| Definitely reversed. I can blow through non-fiction pretty quickly, but fiction takes a ton of "set up" in my head. I usually feel extremely lost for a few chapters, and I think it's because I read every single word and tend to only really comprehend it when I can "see" the scene in my head. It ends... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Our Own Individual Personal Philosophy of Autism |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2010, 10:24 pm
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Replies: 20
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| Not so long ago :D I discovered that I was not the only one, and I was amazed that so many different symptoms could be summarized by Asperger. I came to this forum expecting to meet people who were dealing with Asperger the same way I was and even better, I thought I would find some people who coul... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I Love! Silicon Valley! It's the Right Planet! |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2010, 6:19 pm
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Replies: 24
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| I visited the Valley for a conference a few years back. I actually thought it was fairly ugly and industrial, standing in sharp contrast to San Francisco. I almost got thrown off the VTA for not misunderstanding the fare system. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Neurodiversity-friendly survey by autistic self-advocate |
| fiddlerpianist |
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Posted: 25 Sep 2010, 10:48 pm
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| Quick question about the picture comparisons. It seemed like there were two types of differences there: there was one glaringly obvious fine-detailed difference (like the color of someone's shoes changing), and then there were the far more subtler ones which mostly seemed to be position relationship... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Black sheep |
| fiddlerpianist |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2010, 1:31 pm
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Replies: 28
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| black sheep, closer to black holes. but, of course, you don't want to hear about it...you don't want to know we exist. I'm sorry that you've suffered so greatly... but that comment is totally uncalled for. Oren is not rubbing her life in anyone's face, regardless of how much it might seem like that... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you care about what other people think about you? |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2010, 9:21 am
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Replies: 44
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| It entirely depends. If the people are entirely circumstantial in my life, I don't particularly care what they think. Then again, I do my best to avoid emotional conflict with everyone . A classic example of this happened to me a few weeks back. I was waiting at the bus stop where I thought the bus ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone else think like this? |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2010, 9:12 am
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| - Whilst I'm not a great believer in fate, do you ever get the feeling that certain things are beyond coincidence; that, somehow, a 'perfect storm' of seemingly random events seem to come together at just the 'right' time. You're describing the feeling of fate. Many, many others have felt this way ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Diagnosis |
| fiddlerpianist |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2010, 9:57 pm
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| I'm not sure if congratulations is quite the right word, but I'm glad you've gotten some stuff sorted out about your life. That sounds wonderful. I've never felt the need to seek diagnosis. Maybe that's because there's a good chance I currently present as sub-clinical and just don't particularly val... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Meaning of "taking things literally" |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2010, 9:13 am
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| When I was 18 I was lucky enough to work for a man who had a very dry sense of humour. He used to take great delight in the way I initially took everything he said at face value. The time I spent working with him helped me learn how to cut down my reaction time from confusion to understanding when ... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: How many of us have perfect pitch? |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2010, 8:50 pm
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Replies: 39
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| I have perfect pitch. Mostly because of my many years of choir in high school during which our teacher drilled us to memorize middle C. So from there I can usually hum up or down to said pitch and figure out what it is (while being maybe a little flat) It's interesting how we all do this differentl... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: How many of us have perfect pitch? |
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Posted: 25 Jul 2010, 1:04 am
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| Yep, I definitely have it. It makes reading music for transposing instruments (like the French horn) very difficult. I actually had to invent a way to read that was similar to reading a different clef. Only about 1 in 10,000 people have perfect pitch. Interestingly, something like 1 in 20 autistic p... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did you do weird things as a kid to keep people away? |
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Posted: 22 Jul 2010, 8:58 am
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Replies: 14
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| I almost always do my own thing in public without caring what other people really think. I tend to gravitate towards activities which I both find interesting and unusual (i.e., the unusualness of something usually makes it more attractive to me). I've almost always had better success with people whe... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Magazines at the dentist's or doctor's |
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Posted: 22 Jul 2010, 6:54 am
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| I had some dental work done last week. The chair was equipped with a TV and was extremely annoying to watch flash around in front of my eyes. I requested that it be turned off, and the assistant was very surprised. "Are you sure? Well, OK... but just let me know if you would like me to turn it back ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do Aspies draw attention? |
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Posted: 21 Jul 2010, 7:09 am
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| Perhaps not knowingly or intentionally draw attention, but the reality is that they probably end up with more attention (positive and negative). |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Weird variation I got of "you're so quiet" |
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Posted: 21 Jul 2010, 7:07 am
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| I used to sit next to people like that at work. It was odd but I didn't actually work with them whatsoever; I was assigned to sit there because that's where the free cubicle was. They were always talking up a smalltalk storm, and it was almost entirely about stuff I didn't care about (People Magazin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Feeling Sorry for Myself (for being Aspie-ish) |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2010, 6:51 pm
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| But I didn't have a good day. Instead I cried. I needed to get outta the house so I went to the convenience store, got some alcohol and sat outside of my apt. complex on a swing listening to my Ipod. I'm sure all the tenants passing by thought I was crazy, a 30 yr. old girl swinging by herself 8 at... |
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