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 Topic: Are you Bi? (both AS and NT) |
FishStickNick
Replies: 31
Views: 1410
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:07 am Subject: Are you Bi? (both AS and NT) |
| I've always skewed toward the AS side of things--and if I do indeed have it, I'm fairly mildly impacted by it--but I seem to pass for NT most of the time, albeit quiet, seemingly "shy," very fidgety, ... |
| Topic: Fascination with numbers or words? |
FishStickNick
Replies: 24
Views: 597
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 1:51 am Subject: Fascination with numbers or words? |
Yes to both. I like the symmetry of the number 4, but i think numbers with prime numbers as the last digit look cool.  I've had "6017" in my head for the last couple days after seeing it as the iden ... |
| Topic: What kind of thinker are YOU? |
FishStickNick
Replies: 120
Views: 6693
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 1:40 am Subject: What kind of thinker are YOU? |
| I had both spatial thinker and naturalist thinker. |
| Topic: What are some common social cues that you don't catch? |
FishStickNick
Replies: 88
Views: 3006
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 1:18 am Subject: What are some common social cues that you don't catch? |
how can all of you be so acutely aware of what you do not understand?
how can you so elaborately describe what you say you are oblivious to?
it is a paradox that most of the posters in this threa ... |
| Topic: how many aspies here are undiagnosed or unsure |
FishStickNick
Replies: 54
Views: 1596
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:28 am Subject: how many aspies here are undiagnosed or unsure |
Some days I really think I have it and other days I think it's ridiculous to even suspect it.
This. Some days I feel "normal" and wonder why I ever thought I have AS. Other days, I wonder why I ever ... |
| Topic: What are some common social cues that you don't catch? |
FishStickNick
Replies: 88
Views: 3006
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 1:24 am Subject: What are some common social cues that you don't catch? |
Taking things as criticism or as them being critical or being negative. Mom points this out to me.
Thinking people are mad when they yell at me or assume they are annoyed with me
Yes to both of ... |
| Topic: how many aspies here are undiagnosed or unsure |
FishStickNick
Replies: 54
Views: 1596
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:51 am Subject: how many aspies here are undiagnosed or unsure |
| Undiagnosed and unsure, but I think there's a good chance that I have AS. It's the one thing that seems to explain all of my quirks. |
| Topic: You Might be an Aspie if... |
FishStickNick
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:49 am Subject: You Might be an Aspie if... |
notice that word "Autistic" sounds similar to the word "Artistic" 
Nice to know I'm not alone in this.
Whenever I see the name "Austin" I almost always have to re-read it and make sure it d ... |
| Topic: What are some common social cues that you don't catch? |
FishStickNick
Replies: 88
Views: 3006
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:37 am Subject: What are some common social cues that you don't catch? |
| Conversational flow and timing. I interrupt people a lot in conversation, I find. Aside from that, my biggest issue involves knowing how/when to keep conversation going, or shifting from one topic to ... |
| Topic: autism stimming videos |
FishStickNick
Replies: 9
Views: 456
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:25 pm Subject: autism stimming videos |
| Ah yes, I recognize a few of these, especially the ones demonstrating stims that involve objects. |
| Topic: NTs and Noise |
FishStickNick
Replies: 31
Views: 1656
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 3:55 am Subject: NTs and Noise |
| I always feel a bit disorientated when I first walk into a noisy environment with lots of loud music playing and lots of things going on, but after a while my ears get tuned in to it and it becomes a ... |
| Topic: I Love! Silicon Valley! It's the Right Planet! |
FishStickNick
Replies: 24
Views: 1347
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:48 am Subject: I Love! Silicon Valley! It's the Right Planet! |
| I live in San Jose as well and there are a lot of things I like about it but saying Aspies are the majority is woefully inaccurate. Im not one of those tech savvy math and science types so the valley ... |
| Topic: Consoling people |
FishStickNick
Replies: 11
Views: 399
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 3:59 am Subject: Consoling people |
| I thought of this after reading another thread... I've known for a while now that the socially acceptable thing to do when someone is upset or crying is to hug them or pat them on the shoulder or what ... |
| Topic: why? |
FishStickNick
Replies: 18
Views: 567
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 3:09 am Subject: why? |
Unless you have full-blown autism how can you NOT understand? A person with Asperger's still has the ability to comprehend the seriousness of a situation.
In your profile it says that you're female ... |
| Topic: Tinnitus and Visual Snow |
FishStickNick
Replies: 56
Views: 21147
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 2:53 am Subject: Tinnitus and Visual Snow |
I also have both tinnitus and vs. both for as long as I can remember.
Same. I remember as a kid staring out at a wall and seeing visual snow and thinking how much it looked like TV static. I've alway ... |
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