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 Topic: emotions |
Fred54
Replies: 28
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:54 am Subject: emotions |
Last time I cried was maybe 5 years ago when our dog who had cancer, died 
I think it is an AS trait because of the lack of empathy and all. |
| Topic: Volunteered for Research |
Fred54
Replies: 4
Views: 249
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:47 am Subject: Re: Volunteered for Research |
I have recently volunteered for research at the Maudsley Institute Oxford where they will take a an image of my brain.
I will also be required to take some tests, anybody have any experience or tak ... |
| Topic: Please come out!!! |
Fred54
Replies: 18
Views: 900
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:21 am Subject: Please come out!!! |
About a "coming out", it reminds me something I read last week. We are like the gay community in the 70s it seems...
Mottron draws a parallel with homosexuality. Until 1974, psychiatry's bible, the ... |
| Topic: Please come out!!! |
Fred54
Replies: 18
Views: 900
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:56 pm Subject: Please come out!!! |
Paolo: congrats for your book!
OMG from the MC hammer producer article, this fits me, and I guess a lot of others people here, a lot!!!
The biggest issue I've had to deal with while living with As ... |
| Topic: HFA or aspergers????? |
Fred54
Replies: 46
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:05 am Subject: Re: HFA or aspergers????? |
I'm confused.
I keep reading that "in *random year* aspergers will be called HFA!"
I'm confused by this.
IIRC my psy told me the opposite! |
| Topic: I now have over 200 posts |
Fred54
Replies: 7
Views: 264
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:23 pm Subject: I now have over 200 posts |
haha, you are now a sea gull 
FYI here's a list I found in another thread for the title:
Emu Egg - 0
Butterfly - 9
Hummingbird - 18
Tufted Titmouse - 25
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker - 50
Blu ... |
| Topic: Who Has Autoimmune Disease? |
Fred54
Replies: 35
Views: 2679
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:00 pm Subject: Who Has Autoimmune Disease? |
| I have the opposite, I am immune to [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varicella_zoster_virus]VZV for instance and I am rarely sick. |
| Topic: Self Diagnosing |
Fred54
Replies: 91
Views: 3075
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:32 am Subject: Self Diagnosing |
| I feel that if someone is going to get on the internet and argue about Autism issues like they're authorities, it would help your credibility to BRING IT with an official diagnosis. If not, what cred ... |
| Topic: is Dr. Tony Attwood our Prof. X? |
Fred54
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:17 am Subject: Dr. Mottron |
Do not forget Dr Laurent Mottron, he is also a well known specialist in autism/asperger. He write books, publications, and everything.
Here is his bio
http://www.psychia.umontreal.ca/recherche/cherc ... |
| Topic: I feel wronged by a psych tester who didn't see my AS |
Fred54
Replies: 116
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:06 am Subject: I feel wronged by a psych tester who didn't see my AS |
I dont understand what "a lack of social and emotional reciprocation" is.
It certainly means a lack of empathy, some aspies have beter empathy with animals than with humans for instance. |
| Topic: Self Diagnosing |
Fred54
Replies: 91
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:50 pm Subject: Self Diagnosing |
OK, back on track.... How many self diagnosed members have eventually sought a professional diagnosis?
I did. As we have "free" health care in Canada I went to the public but the waiting time was al ... |
| Topic: Self Diagnosing |
Fred54
Replies: 91
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:03 pm Subject: Self Diagnosing |
dx by a doctor or by yourself? Who gives a sh**? Its the same thing.....
since this thread is so lame....here is a LH aircraft. (Lufthansa)
you == mongrel |
| Topic: Self Diagnosing |
Fred54
Replies: 91
Views: 3075
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:55 pm Subject: Re: Self Diagnosing |
Your Autism Quotient (AQ) is 36 out of 50
Your Empathy Quotient (EQ) is 11 out of 80
Almost like me, I have 36 and 12 if I recall correctly! |
| Topic: Self Diagnosing |
Fred54
Replies: 91
Views: 3075
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:23 pm Subject: Re: Self Diagnosing |
for those of you who self diagnosed, how did you do this? just curious.
Reading and comparing with yourself and your behaviour and youth age, and also take these tests
http://homepage.mac.com/lpet ... |
| Topic: The Truth About Autism [article in Wired March 2008] |
Fred54
Replies: 15
Views: 1245
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:03 am Subject: The Truth About Autism [article in Wired March 2008] |
| One of the vary first articles on Aspergers I ever read, was in Wired, about an autism cluster in Silicon Valley (should this surprise anyone?). That article (1) made me solidly sure that the cause i ... |
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