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Message |
 Topic: un-meltdown music |
Jeyradan
Replies: 7
Views: 288
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 Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:48 am Subject: un-meltdown music |
Daniel Lanois, South, Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, Peter Gabriel, some of Ween.
That is what I use, anyway. He may feel differently. |
| Topic: Talking with Your Family |
Jeyradan
Replies: 11
Views: 387
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:37 pm Subject: Talking with Your Family |
| I would never talk to my family of anything significant. My father would either ridicule me or tell me why something he did/does/could do would be better. My mother would just deny it or tell me she ... |
| Topic: Unusual head and body movements |
Jeyradan
Replies: 7
Views: 687
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:56 pm Subject: Unusual head and body movements |
| I do head "tic"-type things all the time. Jerk my head from left to right. It's not really voluntary, I don't think. |
| Topic: I got told today |
Jeyradan
Replies: 33
Views: 1437
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:54 am Subject: I got told today |
| I have AS, and not the mildest, and my current relationship is 3 years. Sure, that isn't a lot, but it's pretty decent for someone aged 22. I don't think that I could never get married, no matter h ... |
| Topic: Coulda told me years ago, Dad... |
Jeyradan
Replies: 15
Views: 759
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:22 am Subject: Coulda told me years ago, Dad... |
| What surprises me the most is that my dad's comments, along with those of my teachers on report cards all through school, paint a classic picture of an Asperger's kid. I understand that they wouldn't ... |
| Topic: Coulda told me years ago, Dad... |
Jeyradan
Replies: 15
Views: 759
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:01 am Subject: Coulda told me years ago, Dad... |
| I was highly academically intelligent in grade school. So much so, in fact, my parents told me, that in the younger grades I left the class and went to the resource room because I already knew what t ... |
| Topic: Female Aspies |
Jeyradan
Replies: 46
Views: 1428
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:53 pm Subject: Female Aspies |
Me too. I'm always open to talking. And I'll always respond very quickly if I am online.
Edit: For the record, I'm female. |
| Topic: Adult Autism Questionnaire |
Jeyradan
Replies: 64
Views: 3420
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:38 pm Subject: Adult Autism Questionnaire |
| I'll participate! Why not? Questionnaires are good stuff. |
| Topic: Advanced vocabulary |
Jeyradan
Replies: 21
Views: 600
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:30 pm Subject: Advanced vocabulary |
| I do that a lot. Nowadays, finding alternatives to the words I originally intended to use has become second nature - a sort of running censor - but it's still early days, because often my friends wil ... |
| Topic: Do you have ideas to help a 12 year old in 6th grade? |
Jeyradan
Replies: 7
Views: 288
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:28 pm Subject: Do you have ideas to help a 12 year old in 6th grade? |
Socialization: couldn't do it at all. No idea.
Organization:
- learning to write every single thing down in agenda (takes lots of practice)
- having agenda signed by teacher at end of school and ... |
| Topic: A week or two ago |
Jeyradan
Replies: 4
Views: 168
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:36 pm Subject: A week or two ago |
"Congrats" on finally having an answer to the questions "who" and "why".
I was very nervous about meeting with a psychiatrist (original diagnosis from a psychologist) after reading about people who ... |
| Topic: OK... what now? |
Jeyradan
Replies: 5
Views: 210
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:36 am Subject: OK... what now? |
| If you have any records from before you experienced injuries - like old report cards with teacher comments, or home videos, that sort of thing - that indicate your behavior, those could be very helpfu ... |
| Topic: We are *NOT* autistic |
Jeyradan
Replies: 100
Views: 3678
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:30 am Subject: We are *NOT* autistic |
You know... that second website calls Asperger's Syndrome autism in the title...
I asked a neurologist (friend of mine, not in his professional capacity) what he thought. His answer was, "A talkin ... |
| Topic: Does anybody else here, like hugs? |
Jeyradan
Replies: 61
Views: 1617
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:41 pm Subject: Does anybody else here, like hugs? |
I like hugs from the few people that I am okay having touch me. From anyone else: no touching, hugs or otherwise. Also: not if I am overstimulated or upset.
And just a question - why do guys do pro ... |
| Topic: We are *NOT* autistic |
Jeyradan
Replies: 100
Views: 3678
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:59 am Subject: We are *NOT* autistic |
| I'm no expert... but in response to someone's [not going back to find it now] post that maybe classic autistics' habits are "worse" than those with Asperger's... couldn't one necessarily say that migh ... |
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