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 Topic: Stranger In a Strange Land |
Liverbird
Replies: 21
Views: 462
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 3:14 pm Subject: Stranger In a Strange Land |
| There's definitely alot to be said for living in a foreign country. If you do something socially stupid, they assume that you are socially stupid because you are foreign. Not just a retard, which is ... |
| Topic: In remembrance.... |
Liverbird
Replies: 9
Views: 339
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 3:07 pm Subject: In remembrance.... |
| This is an impossible day for you today! Be kind to yourself and do something that you will enjoy and that will make you feel better! |
| Topic: To be autistic or not to be? |
Liverbird
Replies: 43
Views: 1020
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 3:00 pm Subject: To be autistic or not to be? |
when they say 'person with x' it is supposed to be so that you see the person before the 'disability'.
This does happen to everything else as well, I'm sure say, a blind person would prefer 'blind ... |
| Topic: To be autistic or not to be? |
Liverbird
Replies: 43
Views: 1020
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:54 pm Subject: To be autistic or not to be? |
| To me, 'autistic' is a word that defines who I am, who I have always been, who I always will be, how I experience this world, and what makes me different from most people. It is the same as calling a ... |
| Topic: To be autistic or not to be? |
Liverbird
Replies: 43
Views: 1020
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:58 pm Subject: To be autistic or not to be? |
| Yeah, I love how NTs have made the decision for us that we should be separated from the autism and that we somehow are less than human because of it. It's amusing that there needs to be this odd dist ... |
| Topic: To be autistic or not to be? |
Liverbird
Replies: 43
Views: 1020
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:37 pm Subject: To be autistic or not to be? |
| Perhaps I wasn't specific enough. What I'm asking is, how should people who are being trained on ASD's be taught to say? |
| Topic: asperger films |
Liverbird
Replies: 33
Views: 900
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:35 pm Subject: asperger films |
Just found a book called 'Running with Scissors', which evidently is a movie as well. Someone in the book has Asbergers, but he's a minor character...
In "Running with Scissors", the brother of the ... |
| Topic: To be autistic or not to be? |
Liverbird
Replies: 43
Views: 1020
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:28 pm Subject: To be autistic or not to be? |
| Okay, here's the fun world of polls. I have Asperger's and I work with people with disabilities (mostly high school students). I recently attended a conference that is training people who work for a ... |
| Topic: Rare in Women? REALLY? |
Liverbird
Replies: 22
Views: 531
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 12:10 pm Subject: Rare in Women? REALLY? |
| Someone mentioned something about a strange harmony that NTs have in conversation. This takes place in our world too. My son and I often seem to be thinking out of each other's brains. I've been in ... |
| Topic: I am really frustrated with my life... any insight? |
Liverbird
Replies: 14
Views: 564
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 12:03 pm Subject: I am really frustrated with my life... any insight? |
| A lot of us are frustrated with our propensity for talent but our inability to carry through with it. It's just one of those things. Lack of people in our life that our supportive of our uniqueness ... |
| Topic: quit calling yourselves aspies |
Liverbird
Replies: 51
Views: 1626
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:25 pm Subject: quit calling yourselves aspies |
| I have heard some kids telling each other "that's so autistic". I am in schools, alot, so I quickly correct them. It's just as anti social as saying someone is retarded. It's inappropriate and just ... |
| Topic: remarkable listing on topics board - co-incidence? |
Liverbird
Replies: 9
Views: 255
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:16 pm Subject: Re: remarkable listing on topics board - co-incidence? |
i just found the following topics listed,
each one directly following th'other:
> Things you find strangely relaxing...
> NT?
> Schizophrenia videos
to top it off, the list goe ... |
| Topic: RightPlanet |
Liverbird
Replies: 17
Views: 576
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:37 pm Subject: RightPlanet |
RightPlanet has a name. Its name is Bob.
I see what you did there 
KUDOS TO WHOEVER GETS THE JOKE.
And here I was going through life thinking Bob was short for Kat ... |
| Topic: do u have any sencory helps like weighplanked? |
Liverbird
Replies: 14
Views: 225
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:31 pm Subject: do u have any sencory helps like weighplanked? |
I agree, Strapples is such a lucky guy. LOL.
I use my son's game chair because it rocks and it has a back massager on it. It's pretty good for sensory input. You can put your MP3 player on it an ... |
| Topic: Autism diagnosis may be missed in girls |
Liverbird
Replies: 30
Views: 846
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:20 pm Subject: Autism diagnosis may be missed in girls |
| I don't necessarily think it's more rare for girls to have Asperger's, I just think it's not recognised because our charactieristics manifest differently than in boys. I know that some of my my chara ... |
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