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 Topic: school problems + hearing voices questions |
Apatura
Replies: 4
Views: 1695
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 Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 11:03 pm Subject: school problems + hearing voices questions |
| My 12 year old son has, since he was able to talk (coherently around age 6) told me that he hears voices of people who aren't there. He hears people call his name and currently hears a male voice in ... |
| Topic: ...so how many people on this site have WoW accounts? : P |
Apatura
Replies: 55
Views: 5157
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Forum: Games and Video Games Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 6:44 pm Subject: ...so how many people on this site have WoW accounts? : P |
| I play and have been an addict in the past. I think it's a beautiful, amazing game with infinite possibilities for gameplay. Yet I can see how a hardcore gamer might find it lame or easy... I mean h ... |
| Topic: Have You Ever Been Fascinated By Prisons? |
Apatura
Replies: 17
Views: 1254
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 4:25 pm Subject: Have You Ever Been Fascinated By Prisons? |
| I am fascinated by prisons, if there is ever a documentary or reality TV show about prisons I watch it. It all seems so dreadful and shocking that I feel like a voyeur peeking in on a train wreck. |
| Topic: Sick and tired of my Doc trying to tell me how to live. |
Apatura
Replies: 16
Views: 1323
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Forum: The Haven Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 8:48 am Subject: Sick and tired of my Doc trying to tell me how to live. |
| You shouldn't have to spend 3X what you normally do, or deprive yourself, to eat healthier. Maybe they are giving you bad advice. A few simple changes here and there can vastly improve any person's ... |
| Topic: Homeschooling your aspie teen? |
Apatura
Replies: 15
Views: 1368
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 11:53 pm Subject: Homeschooling your aspie teen? |
| The main problem for us has been finding a non-creationist science curriculum that is packaged for homeschoolers. I know there are lots of secular science textbooks out there but I haven't been able ... |
| Topic: eye rubbing? |
Apatura
Replies: 10
Views: 1350
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 12:04 am Subject: eye rubbing? |
Have you asked her why she likes doing it? IF she likes doing it?
She only recently started talking so can't discuss something that complex. When I tell her not to rub her eyes she just gives me ... |
| Topic: eye rubbing? |
Apatura
Replies: 10
Views: 1350
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 1:17 pm Subject: eye rubbing? |
| Is constant eye rubbing a stim (obviously if there aren't allergies or some other reason)? My daughter (age 3 1/2) has started rubbing her eyes so much that the skin is cracking and her eyes look bru ... |
| Topic: Parenting and Childhood Amnesia |
Apatura
Replies: 31
Views: 2157
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:05 pm Subject: Parenting and Childhood Amnesia |
I remember very clearly what it was like to be a child.
This is the main reason I'm a good parent.
I definitely have plenty of faults but for the deep issues I understand what my children are go ... |
| Topic: What is wrong with childrens fashion designers??? |
Apatura
Replies: 76
Views: 4704
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:06 am Subject: What is wrong with childrens fashion designers??? |
Are girls on the spectrum less likely to fall into the trap of dressing like that? And are there any girls on the spectrum that actually want to dress like that? Are those of us who are on the spect ... |
| Topic: I need love if I want to live. |
Apatura
Replies: 58
Views: 3573
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:52 pm Subject: I need love if I want to live. |
| You're obviously very thoughtful, intelligent, and have interesting ideas to share. I would hazard a guess that your main problem is not AS but your self-loathing and depression (or depressive person ... |
| Topic: AS/NT marriage in crisis - HELP! |
Apatura
Replies: 36
Views: 3498
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:00 am Subject: AS/NT marriage in crisis - HELP! |
| All I can think of is finding an AS-sympathetic counselor who would see the both of you. |
| Topic: Feeling some guilt about how easily I get off based on... |
Apatura
Replies: 28
Views: 2778
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Forum: Women's Discussion Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:51 pm Subject: Feeling some guilt about how easily I get off based on... |
How can one call anyone a slut but the male predator?
I have thought this too. Why isn't the (often) rapacious male sexual appetite not considered slu*ty? Why isn't sweet talking a woman into ... |
| Topic: Cooking |
Apatura
Replies: 26
Views: 1446
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:48 pm Subject: Cooking |
| Yes I cook, I think I have a gift for it. I can get obsessive about it, to the point I will not/ can not eat anything I haven't cooked myself. I taught myself from cookbooks when in my early 20s, I ... |
| Topic: should I have childern? |
Apatura
Replies: 17
Views: 1959
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:14 pm Subject: should I have childern? |
However, I find being a parent to be the most difficult task i have undertaken as a woman with AS. It is a frigging nightmare for me and i find living in a three person household to involve way too ... |
| Topic: For people in their late 30's.Have you lost taste for food? |
Apatura
Replies: 5
Views: 996
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Forum: The Haven Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:59 pm Subject: For people in their late 30's.Have you lost taste for food? |
| I have always been extremely sensitive to taste. The only thing that has made me lose my sense of taste was a traumatic event that happened about 10 years ago. I was diagnosed with PTSD after the ev ... |
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