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Message |
 Topic: Religion |
DeaconBlues
Replies: 73
Views: 1512
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 1:10 pm Subject: Religion |
| Interesting, that so many people who pride themselves on "out-fo-the-box thinking" and their ability to shun preconceptions, still cling to the preconception that any belief in God/Jehohvah/Yahweh/All ... |
| Topic: Any new theories for Asperger cause? |
DeaconBlues
Replies: 93
Views: 1842
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 12:47 pm Subject: Any new theories for Asperger cause? |
| So, it took until page 5 for someone to point out the obvious - you can't "cure" AS, or any ASD, because it's not a "disease". It's a matter of neurobiology - I have a smaller-than-average amygdala an ... |
| Topic: Genetics |
DeaconBlues
Replies: 65
Views: 1550
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 10:40 pm Subject: Genetics |
| Mal, my friend, you proceed from a false assumption. You assume that genes for depression, bipolar disorder, et al., cannot exist in animal populations, when in fact they can. Their numbers are fewer ... |
| Topic: Genetics |
DeaconBlues
Replies: 65
Views: 1550
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 6:43 pm Subject: Genetics |
..maybe we are Human Mark II, scientifically.
More like v1.5, I'd say - the original model, Homo sapiens sapiens, can still survive without Homo sapiens aspergerus. They wouldn't be as comfortable, n ... |
| Topic: Genetics |
DeaconBlues
Replies: 65
Views: 1550
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 6:39 pm Subject: Genetics |
| Maldorer, if you want to know why, evolutionarily speaking, we exist, all I can say is - because we can. Because AS is not a lethal mutation - which only means we can survive to breeding age, and some ... |
| Topic: That is so NT |
DeaconBlues
Replies: 65
Views: 1308
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 4:53 pm Subject: That is so NT |
| Whining about being oppressed when your thread about coprophilia, which isn't even located in the correct forum, is locked - that's so NT. |
| Topic: How do you get diagnosed with Asperberger's syndrome? |
DeaconBlues
Replies: 34
Views: 3834
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 4:30 pm Subject: How do you get diagnosed with Asperberger's syndrome? |
| I mean that with an official diagnosis, you can force schools and employers to make reasonable accommodations for your disability. You can make them give you extra time if needed, you can get soundpro ... |
| Topic: Genetics |
DeaconBlues
Replies: 65
Views: 1550
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 3:58 pm Subject: Genetics |
This crap of they are the majority so they are right is crap. It's made up. It wasn't the same story even 100 years ago and it will change again.
The quote I've seen used for this is from Larry Niv ... |
| Topic: "Can I call you Dad?."-Z's story |
DeaconBlues
Replies: 63
Views: 2077
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 3:36 pm Subject: "Can I call you Dad?."-Z's story |
I suppose I'll share my story.....
first, though...the God thing....I always heard that God only gives us that which we can handle..and my reply? ...I wish God didn't think so much of me ! : ... |
| Topic: Partner of "graveshift'' working Aspie. I am all spent. |
DeaconBlues
Replies: 7
Views: 300
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Forum: Getting to know each other Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 1:30 pm Subject: Partner of "graveshift'' working Aspie. I am all spent. |
| Let me join the chorus: This isn't Aspie behavior, this is verbal abuse. Proper Aspie behavior, in such a situation, would be to examine it logically, and find the simplest way to get his clean socks ... |
| Topic: RUSH? |
DeaconBlues
Replies: 29
Views: 1146
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 1:13 pm Subject: RUSH? |
Hemispheres would outrank 2112, in my opinion, save that it's spoiled because the first part of the story, "Cygnus X-1, Book One: The Voyage", is on the album Permanent Waves instead.
OTOH, I'd nom ... |
| Topic: Autism and Abuse?!?!? What?!?!? |
DeaconBlues
Replies: 17
Views: 652
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 12:59 pm Subject: Autism and Abuse?!?!? What?!?!? |
Autism is brain wiring...unles they hit the kid hard enough to rewire their brain....?
And right there, Krex (and in the rest of your post), you've, er, struck the nail on the head, as it were. Some ... |
| Topic: Now that you know... are you harder or easier on yourself? |
DeaconBlues
Replies: 54
Views: 1808
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 12:50 pm Subject: Now that you know... are you harder or easier on yourself? |
| She tells everyone on the first day that she's like this, she embraces it, and they will have to too. She says "Sometimes it will seem as if I don't know what I'm doing, and maybe I don't, so it will ... |
| Topic: Conformity |
DeaconBlues
Replies: 10
Views: 254
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 12:41 pm Subject: Conformity |
| I'd been idly thinking about an old (that is, March 1959) MAD Magazine article about conformity, non-conformity (and the paradox that after a time, the "non-conformists" begin conforming to their "non ... |
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