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 Topic: Got an answer wrong on his HW, so he hit himself? |
BuyerBeware
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Views: 1242
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 Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 1:48 pm Subject: Got an answer wrong on his HW, so he hit himself? |
I used to do the same sorts of things.
Smack myself for wrong answers, for mistakes, for making a fool of myself.
I knew if I failed the driver's test once, I'd never take it again. Learning to ... |
| Topic: What is your biggest fear for your child with Autism? |
BuyerBeware
Replies: 64
Views: 4983
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 1:41 pm Subject: What is your biggest fear for your child with Autism? |
That he'll be diagnosed early, medicated heavily, and have his limitations read to him so often and so authoratatively that it will never occur to him to try actually living life.
Or, lacking tha ... |
| Topic: Western countries to avoid as an aspie/autistic |
BuyerBeware
Replies: 35
Views: 2262
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 8:44 am Subject: Western countries to avoid as an aspie/autistic |
Any country wealthy enough to have the luxury of judging people for not being "quite right" instead of making the best use it can of the people it has.
In other words, pretty much every developed c ... |
| Topic: "You'd be so pretty if you tried." |
BuyerBeware
Replies: 93
Views: 12174
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Forum: Women's Discussion Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 11:09 pm Subject: "You'd be so pretty if you tried." |
Oh. It's an insult??
I thought it just meant my cousin (best girl friend, other random NT female) was drunk again and trying to wheedle someone, anyone into letting her cut their hair, tweeze thei ... |
| Topic: what do you think of temple grandin? |
BuyerBeware
Replies: 89
Views: 5739
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 10:56 pm Subject: what do you think of temple grandin? |
Mmmm. She's OK.
She's not me. I don't want to be her. I don't know if I admire her. I disagree with some of the stuff in Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships. I get tired of having to expla ... |
| Topic: Egg Donation |
BuyerBeware
Replies: 12
Views: 1074
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Forum: Women's Discussion Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 1:02 pm Subject: Egg Donation |
It's going to be different for everybody. Not for me to judge.
What matters, in this instance, is how the four of YOU feel about it. |
| Topic: Our Issue: When autistic children get abandoned. |
BuyerBeware
Replies: 10
Views: 1062
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 8:49 am Subject: Our Issue: When autistic children get abandoned. |
My best girl friend is in this mess.
Her ex is about a poopyhead-- ADHD and I suspect undiagnosed AS, not that it excuses him from being a dipshit.
He bailed on them right before the kid's fi ... |
| Topic: Moms, did you have an ultrasound? |
BuyerBeware
Replies: 17
Views: 1731
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 7:36 pm Subject: Moms, did you have an ultrasound? |
You're probably better off thinking about how you are going to deal with it if it DOES happen than how you are going to keep it from happening in the first place.
There's too much we don't know.
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| Topic: Is college better than high school? |
BuyerBeware
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Views: 1221
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 7:09 pm Subject: Is college better than high school? |
College was definitely better than high school. In high school I mostly tried not to talk and hoped people wouldn't hurt me too much.
Then I went to college, 'cause my Dad made me. I didn't wan ... |
| Topic: What must the kids be thinking? |
BuyerBeware
Replies: 13
Views: 1215
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:23 am Subject: What must the kids be thinking? |
*hugs*
Because you need them, and the comics made me laugh and smile, and I think I'll come back to them the next time I'm so fed up and tired I'm ready to chuck it.
Oh, gods-- The self-doubt ... |
| Topic: Desperately need help--seeking diagnosis for teen girl |
BuyerBeware
Replies: 12
Views: 699
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 1:59 pm Subject: Desperately need help--seeking diagnosis for teen girl |
| Another thing to think about: most general physicians, counselors, and social workers do not have enough information about autism to properly diagnose it. You want her to see a developmental pediatri ... |
| Topic: Hyperfocused on what other people think of you? |
BuyerBeware
Replies: 23
Views: 1899
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 1:53 pm Subject: Hyperfocused on what other people think of you? |
Oh, yeah. I obsess about it. I have obsessed about it to the point of agoraphobia before.
I didn't used to do that. It's a new thing, a result of being kicked and judged.
Which was a result o ... |
| Topic: Would you lose your dx under DSM V? |
BuyerBeware
Replies: 45
Views: 3225
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 1:47 pm Subject: Would you lose your dx under DSM V? |
| I would not be considered "autistic" or "aspergers" under that DSM V. I may have a sensory processing disorder, but that is it. I am glad because I can avoid being put in services that are for people ... |
| Topic: married sex drive in aspies |
BuyerBeware
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Views: 2769
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 1:32 pm Subject: married sex drive in aspies |
NT husband, AS wife (that would be me).
My sex drive is not sufficient.
What's even worse, he says, is that I'm not aware of my own arousal. That is to say, my body can be 100% in the mood, but ... |
| Topic: Would you lose your dx under DSM V? |
BuyerBeware
Replies: 45
Views: 3225
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 10:35 am Subject: Would you lose your dx under DSM V? |
| I'd LOVE to lose my diagnosis. There doesn't seem to be anything anyone can do to help me, or anything anyone can teach me to help me help myself. They tell me how wonderful I am, how high-function ... |
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