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 Topic: Do you ever feel its good to Overload your Senses? |
Irisrises
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:05 am Subject: Do you ever feel its good to Overload your Senses? |
| Okay, I understand. |
| Topic: How does it feel to be autistic? |
Irisrises
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Views: 1638
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:03 am Subject: How does it feel to be autistic? |
| It's a classic conundrum, isn't it, can anyone really know how it feels to be someone else. Also "does the colour red look the same to you as it does to me". It's not just for people who are autistic. ... |
| Topic: Do you ever feel its good to Overload your Senses? |
Irisrises
Replies: 6
Views: 207
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:53 am Subject: Do you ever feel its good to Overload your Senses? |
| All these questions you're asking, have you been thinking them over and collecting them for a long time? It seems you've done some research but I don't understand why you bombard people with all your ... |
| Topic: Is autism running in your family? |
Irisrises
Replies: 40
Views: 1191
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:17 am Subject: Is autism running in your family? |
| I am selfdx and very highly functional, but I think I am also autistic rather than aspie. Don't fit with professional terminology, I know, but hardly anyone really does. Anyhow since coming to this re ... |
| Topic: On being hypersensitive and nonverbal... |
Irisrises
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:36 am Subject: On being hypersensitive and nonverbal... |
...in an insensitive and hyperverbal world.
There's ten years of work behind this summary so don't dismiss it out of hand! But everyone is biochemically unique so everyone has to figure themselves ... |
| Topic: Non-responsive behavior. |
Irisrises
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:02 am Subject: Non-responsive behavior. |
Hope you won't think I'm stalking you if I respond! I think it's because you speak clearly enough that I can usually think of something to say back.
To me it doesn't seem like regression because yo ... |
| Topic: Frontal Lobes and the Spectrum |
Irisrises
Replies: 25
Views: 792
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:17 am Subject: Frontal Lobes and the Spectrum |
| Everybody's got their own take on reality, and obviously mine is not the same as yours! To begin with I don't believe there are any "currently known truths", since different things are known in differ ... |
| Topic: Frontal Lobes and the Spectrum |
Irisrises
Replies: 25
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:27 pm Subject: Frontal Lobes and the Spectrum |
Autism is brain damage after all.
This is the second time today I quote danielismyname but this is just coincidence.
Autism is not brain damage. I can tell you this from my observations and from ... |
| Topic: some reasons AS is diagnosed less in girls/women |
Irisrises
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Forum: Women's Discussion Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:17 am Subject: some reasons AS is diagnosed less in girls/women |
Sorry for the intrusion into the women's domain, I saw this thread in the "display all recent threads" thingy.
I was the "shy", quiet and passive boy (I still am), I went 25 years without being pic ... |
| Topic: It's ALL BS |
Irisrises
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:03 am Subject: It's ALL BS |
If there's a lot of BS there's a lot of satisfaction to be had from cleaning it up. Like cleaning the house. It's not fun, but it could be satisfying.
I don't enjoy my situation, but it's worthwhi ... |
| Topic: Does Aspergers define you? |
Irisrises
Replies: 63
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:50 am Subject: Does Aspergers define you? |
| Asperger's is just a term. So is autism. I don't define myself using other people's definitions. But the traits that are associated with autism - yes they do define me to myself, because I have to wat ... |
| Topic: At what age did you give up trying to attract men/women? |
Irisrises
Replies: 77
Views: 2622
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:10 pm Subject: At what age did you give up trying to attract men/women? |
| I need to START trying. So far all I do is try to avoid harassment, which is hard because I'm female and I look clueless. And I'm in my thirties...but getting older is good because I feel less vulnera ... |
| Topic: Special diet to help lessen symptoms? |
Irisrises
Replies: 18
Views: 549
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:48 am Subject: Special diet to help lessen symptoms? |
| It's not that hard to change your diet as long as you don't do it overnight. I did it over the course of a few years because I noticed I felt a lot better, so I was motivated. Scientific medicine is n ... |
| Topic: Aspies ARE imaginative |
Irisrises
Replies: 64
Views: 2048
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:43 am Subject: Aspies ARE imaginative |
| Criteria for diagnosis are necessarily based on those people who have the most noticeable traits. The more you can adapt yourself to your environment the less likely you are to be recognized as autie ... |
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