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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Different view on autism/AS |
| Alexender |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 8:34 pm
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Replies: 21
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| Alexander, no I wasn't being sarcastic at all. Maybe I should have been more specific, when I wrote I believe Autism, symptoms of Autism and Aspergers are caused by a virus, I think I should have wrote I think these disorders are caused by a viral infection in a person's body, in my body. I do beli... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Aspies and Greek Life |
| Alexender |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 7:34 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,033
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| Are they really friends if I have to pay for them? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does this sound like high functioning autism? |
| Alexender |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 6:20 pm
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Replies: 51
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| HFA means that there _was_ delayed speech, perhaps initially indicating LFA. Speech arrives, then you basically switch diagnosis to HFA. If speech had been there you'd just have been labelled aspergers. Jason That is your opinion. Speech delay does not make or break a diagnosis of HFA or aspergers.... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Am I sleeping too much? |
| Alexender |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 6:15 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,622
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| Adults need 8-9 hours of sleep. But you should not get more than 10 hours of sleep generally (unless you are catching up on sleep from the night before). Lots of the time people say yeah I get 5 hours of sleep each night because I have grown used to it. Very ffew people need more or less than norma... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Am I sleeping too much? |
| Alexender |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 5:34 pm
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Replies: 31
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| Adults need 8-9 hours of sleep. But you should not get more than 10 hours of sleep generally (unless you are catching up on sleep from the night before). Lots of the time people say yeah I get 5 hours of sleep each night because I have grown used to it. Very ffew people need more or less than normal... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does this sound like high functioning autism? |
| Alexender |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 5:29 pm
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Replies: 51
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| HFA means that there _was_ delayed speech, perhaps initially indicating LFA. Speech arrives, then you basically switch diagnosis to HFA. If speech had been there you'd just have been labelled aspergers. Jason That is your opinion. Speech delay does not make or break a diagnosis of HFA or aspergers. |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Over 3 days what food would you buy for 50 dollars? |
| Alexender |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 5:26 pm
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Replies: 27
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| I miss American groceries. It's crazy, the prices. A huge bag of Cheetos costs less at my grocery than a single bell pepper. I have a discount card, and I used to go with my BF, where he would get soda and chips, and a cart's worth of crap, and with my card, it would take off probably a quarter of ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Why was he angry about this? |
| Alexender |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 4:43 pm
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Replies: 10
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| He could have felt ashamed. A lot of people believe that their family is a sign of combined reputation, and those worried about their image tend to worry about how their family appears too. I thought of that too, but couldn't think of how to word what i was thinking so it wouldn't appear like I was... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: The inscrutable Christian marriage dynamic |
| Alexender |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 1:50 pm
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Replies: 48
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| The husband leading and the wife following? What is this, the '50s? Get with the times and ditch that sexist, backward dynamic! Hey he is just going by the bible, which says women are weaker, which is generally true. I can lift more than most girls my age. i can do more pushups (men style ones) tha... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Over 3 days what food would you buy for 50 dollars? |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 1:41 pm
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Replies: 27
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| I spent $23 two days ago for a week's worth of food: 6 limes 2 heads of cauliflower 1 package of 8 sandwich slims 1 half gallon of almond milk 1 package of mushroom slices 1 box of 6 cereal bars 1 tomato That's around 300 calories a day. Maybe get some steamable vegetables? I dunno- I have no idea ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: More low wage jobs or fewer better paying ones? |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 12:17 pm
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Replies: 93
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| How about a third option: Alleviating high costs of living by eliminating the cronyism rife within government? Get corporations out of bed with agencies like the FDA and EPA. That sort of thing. Nah... "Haves versus have nots" arguments are so much more emotionally satisfying... Forget I said anyth... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: More low wage jobs or fewer better paying ones? |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 12:12 pm
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Replies: 93
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| Do you ever intend to make an actual argument and just play on peoples emotions? I am an Aspie. I do not understand or believe in emotions. I just ask questions. And I will make a statement. I would rather be poor in the U.S. than poor in Haitii or Africa. Is that plain enough for you. ruveyn I wou... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: More low wage jobs or fewer better paying ones? |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 12:09 pm
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Replies: 93
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I forgot praise the job creators! praise the job creators!
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: More low wage jobs or fewer better paying ones? |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 12:06 pm
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Replies: 93
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| Trickle down works well because the rich get richer. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Who is in my avatar? |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 12:02 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,643
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: Anyone else getting this pop up? |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 12:01 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,255
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| Just got it: (in task bar) Survey - For help, please email surveysupport@symphonyam.com if you click about in the bottom right: Powered by Factor TG � � Welcome to OpinionMart! OpinionMart gathers opinions from real people - like you - to find out what they think about a variety of top... |
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