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 Topic: Is it harder to detect autism in girls |
Irisrises
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Views: 2148
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:14 am Subject: Is it harder to detect autism in girls |
| I've never been to see a psychiatrist or psychologist but autism is certainly very hard to detect in me. Usually they say that girls are very good at mimicking and therefore they don't stand out as mu ... |
| Topic: Does your opinion never count? |
Irisrises
Replies: 29
Views: 588
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:02 am Subject: Does your opinion never count? |
| I find that the less I say, if I just act on what I know, people follow it. But if I start explaining or verbalizing my thinking, they reject it. For some reason the things I take into consideration d ... |
| Topic: Employment rate differences for AS people, US vs Europe |
Irisrises
Replies: 20
Views: 1116
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:18 am Subject: Employment rate differences for AS people, US vs Europe |
| For example, anthroposophists successfully create meaningful work for profoundly autistic individuals. They create an environment that adapts to the person's needs. |
| Topic: Employment rate differences for AS people, US vs Europe |
Irisrises
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Views: 1116
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:54 am Subject: Employment rate differences for AS people, US vs Europe |
I agree with Rossi.
The welfare state is a privilege that most people in the world can only dream of. Some people who grow up in it are spoilt and think that if they lived in another country their ... |
| Topic: Asperger's Syndrome and Self-Meaning |
Irisrises
Replies: 18
Views: 924
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:45 am Subject: Asperger's Syndrome and Self-Meaning |
| Autism/AS hasn't affected my life's purpose as such, because I'm 35 and I only self-diagnosed just over a year ago. The things I've done I've done without the benefit/shackle of an autistic identity.
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| Topic: When you close your eyes..., |
Irisrises
Replies: 63
Views: 3216
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:09 am Subject: When you close your eyes..., |
| I don't close my eyes unless I'm sleeping or in savasana (relaxation after yoga). When I did close them now to write this post I couldn't think of anything except trying to keep my eyes closed. I cert ... |
| Topic: Does anybody hate their own race? |
Irisrises
Replies: 131
Views: 4773
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:41 am Subject: Does anybody hate their own race? |
[quote="oscuria"]Yes, but I wouldn't call them races. Nationalities, ethnicities, etc.
Yes, in the nineteenth century people talked about "the Irish race" or "the German race". Before long talking ... |
| Topic: Does anybody hate their own race? |
Irisrises
Replies: 131
Views: 4773
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:38 am Subject: Does anybody hate their own race? |
I wouldn't think white aspies would be ashamed of their own race...
I think the reason I'm ashamed of being black is because there are so few black people in my town. Before I knew about AS, I had a ... |
| Topic: Lorenzo's Oil for Autism |
Irisrises
Replies: 117
Views: 3585
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:25 am Subject: Lorenzo's Oil for Autism |
No doubt cancer has existed since the beginning of time, and no doubt it has increased exponentially in the modern era. That's hardly controversial.
In an ideal world, noone would ever express a th ... |
| Topic: Are you non-verbal? |
Irisrises
Replies: 64
Views: 3228
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:16 am Subject: Are you non-verbal? |
Writing is hard too in my opinion. Yes, it can be edited, but there's always something that gets left out, and I wonder in what way I've set myself up to be misunderstood.
I always feel it should b ... |
| Topic: too open in conversation |
Irisrises
Replies: 31
Views: 912
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:06 am Subject: too open in conversation |
| I've been having a sort of longdistance courtship with an ultra-NT alpha male and I've told him pretty much everything about myself. He's dealt with it pretty well, of course he still doesn't deal wit ... |
| Topic: famous people with aspergers? |
Irisrises
Replies: 38
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:54 am Subject: famous people with aspergers? |
I'll be famous in 20,000 years.
Unlikely, but not impossible. Not your name, of course, but your work.
That's roughly six hundred generations, assuming there's three generations to a century. Pe ... |
| Topic: Lorenzo's Oil for Autism |
Irisrises
Replies: 117
Views: 3585
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:43 am Subject: Lorenzo's Oil for Autism |
| I don't agree with the article but more power to everyone who works things through in their minds and in their lives rather sit on their arses watching TV and wishing they didn't feel like sh** all th ... |
| Topic: Can a person on the spectrum ever be socially confident? |
Irisrises
Replies: 27
Views: 1179
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:38 am Subject: Can a person on the spectrum ever be socially confident? |
| I am socially confident as long as I don't have to talk to anyone. If there's one-on-one conversation I dry up once the niceties have been disposed of. This has always been the case but when I was a t ... |
| Topic: feral kids and autism?? |
Irisrises
Replies: 17
Views: 675
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:23 am Subject: feral kids and autism?? |
| It's nothing to do with autism, it's more like extreme PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). |
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