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 Topic: "But you seem normal!" |
Bluefins
Replies: 80
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:48 am Subject: "But you seem normal!" |
| "But you're not a drooling retard screaming & smearing feces!" |
| Topic: I HATE being autistic. |
Bluefins
Replies: 11
Views: 1839
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:53 am Subject: Re: I HATE being autistic. |
Whenever I think about it, it makes me think of ''special'' people, not capable of doing a lot of things.
Yeah, society has an extremely negative view of disability. Tragedy, burden, worthless lives, ... |
| Topic: Is autism related to schizophrenia? |
Bluefins
Replies: 61
Views: 5184
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 3:00 pm Subject: Is autism related to schizophrenia? |
| It's like saying everyone has movement difficulties. And then when someone knocks something over, tell them to put it back, and when they can't (because they have a movement difficulty), tell them of ... |
| Topic: NT video with surprising insides on NT-aspie problems |
Bluefins
Replies: 8
Views: 699
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:28 am Subject: Re: NT video with surprising insides on NT-aspie problems |
| But still, fact remains: aspies are unaware of NT-type of categorizing. Thus, NT-s, being fully aware that they are about to be "placed into category" by other NT-s, are bending backwards in order to ... |
| Topic: Odd Question and ramble... |
Bluefins
Replies: 11
Views: 732
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:06 am Subject: Re: Odd Question and ramble... |
| So quit it. Does anyone else find that often times you are quite happy in your own little world with your routines or interests doing your own thing in your own way even if the outside world thinks yo ... |
| Topic: Children and stimming. |
Bluefins
Replies: 10
Views: 1947
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:00 am Subject: Children and stimming. |
Well, I know nothing about stemming . I am worried that other kids might notice and say something.
Maybe informing them that it's normal for him, nothing to be worried about, would help. Kids are com ... |
| Topic: Autism, Emotional intelligence, theory of mind and empathy |
Bluefins
Replies: 2
Views: 1152
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:01 am Subject: Re: Autism, Emotional intelligence, theory of mind and empat |
| Emotional Intelligence tests are funny... if it focuses on understanding social cues I score low, if it focuses on caring about others I score high, if it focuses on understanding your bodily reaction ... |
| Topic: Velafaxine, Valium and Zoplicone |
Bluefins
Replies: 15
Views: 1488
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 5:36 am Subject: Velafaxine, Valium and Zoplicone |
| Drugs can definitely mess you up. A good blog: http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/about/ |
| Topic: Should I try to change myself - and how? |
Bluefins
Replies: 19
Views: 2241
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 5:25 am Subject: Should I try to change myself - and how? |
I like the principles and practices of Buddhism.
Many of the problems you mention here sound like the product of Aversion. That is you don't like a lot of things, they cause you to feel the need to ... |
| Topic: Okay to be boring? |
Bluefins
Replies: 30
Views: 1929
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:29 pm Subject: Re: Okay to be boring? |
| It's fine. The only way to waste your life is doing something you don't want to do that won't result in anything you want. |
| Topic: Should I try to change myself - and how? |
Bluefins
Replies: 19
Views: 2241
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:33 am Subject: Should I try to change myself - and how? |
Why do you hate women?
You seem like a nice person over the forums, at least. |
| Topic: Questions for Schizophrenics or Autistics... |
Bluefins
Replies: 24
Views: 2415
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:12 am Subject: Questions for Schizophrenics or Autistics... |
I quite often imagine fantasy stuff whilst doing it... make up stories... this make me think it cannot be Autism because I have heard Autistics do not do well with making up stories...
Many autists ... |
| Topic: Mentally replaying speech to understand it |
Bluefins
Replies: 18
Views: 1182
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:23 pm Subject: Mentally replaying speech to understand it |
| I'm not sure... sometimes I feel like I only understand the sentence once it "echoes", and there's a feeling of time passing inbetween hearing the speech and understanding it. But other people don't s ... |
| Topic: Organizing time |
Bluefins
Replies: 2
Views: 357
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:21 pm Subject: Organizing time |
| My routine is a chain of events, not a timetable. Works fine, so long as you're careful of being late for things. I've been thinking of using a music playlist as a clock, which would be much "softer" ... |
| Topic: Q from a parent-partial guardianship? |
Bluefins
Replies: 9
Views: 873
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:01 pm Subject: Q from a parent-partial guardianship? |
Consider everything Anbuend and Callista said seconded.
Thirded.
Give them what help & support they want, and be ready to catch them if they fall, but DON'T prevent them from trying. |
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