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 Topic: How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb? |
Liverbird
Replies: 30
Views: 498
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 Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:11 pm Subject: How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb? |
| And a partridge in a pear tree. |
| Topic: To be autistic or not to be? |
Liverbird
Replies: 52
Views: 1434
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:03 pm Subject: To be autistic or not to be? |
| Come on and help me out. I go back to the autism conference next week and I would like to have some semi accurate numbers to share about how we feel as a community. Won't you help me? |
| Topic: Sometimes do you want to be like them(NTs), why? |
Liverbird
Replies: 55
Views: 1077
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:58 pm Subject: Sometimes do you want to be like them(NTs), why? |
| Nope. I'd still dress weird. Or do something else weird. Oh well. Be happy with yourself. No point in wishing for an instant brain rewiring. Enjoy your super AS powers. |
| Topic: On being gifted as well as Aspergers |
Liverbird
Replies: 57
Views: 1788
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:49 pm Subject: On being gifted as well as Aspergers |
| The anomaly of the high IQ in conjunction with the ASD is that our ability to care enough about what we are being taught in school systems designed for non-visual thinkers who can only think by sittin ... |
| Topic: lack of emotional connection? |
Liverbird
Replies: 13
Views: 426
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:29 pm Subject: lack of emotional connection? |
| This is the problem. What other people call "inappropriate emotional connections". My husband says that I don't trust him. It's not that I don't trust him. It's that I don't trust him the way he h ... |
| Topic: Do you prefer the outdoors or indoors? |
Liverbird
Replies: 47
Views: 921
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:50 pm Subject: Do you prefer the outdoors or indoors? |
| My idea of outside is the space between the front door and my car. |
| Topic: Do you like to sing? |
Liverbird
Replies: 20
Views: 342
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:52 pm Subject: Do you like to sing? |
Love to. Would like to get brave and be able to do it in front of audiences again. I got stage frighty in the last 20 years.  |
| Topic: I have Aspergers! |
Liverbird
Replies: 35
Views: 768
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:49 pm Subject: I have Aspergers! |
What'd you get with yours?
They threw a pension in with mine. (I was hoping for a tank.)
LOL! I wanted a bazooka. All I got was a lousy ex-husband and a t-shirt.
Congratulations, and welco ... |
| Topic: Have you ever held, cuddled or kissed a baby or toddler? |
Liverbird
Replies: 43
Views: 819
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:46 pm Subject: Have you ever held, cuddled or kissed a baby or toddler? |
| I love the way that babies smell when you kiss their little heads. Something about Johnson's Baby Lotion just makes everything good. |
| Topic: Fear of spiders. |
Liverbird
Replies: 36
Views: 630
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:38 pm Subject: Fear of spiders. |
| Yes! Hugely so! Doesn't matter if they are dust mite sized. They will still throw me into a panic. |
| Topic: To be autistic or not to be? |
Liverbird
Replies: 52
Views: 1434
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:34 pm Subject: To be autistic or not to be? |
| So, a new twist on this question...how should we teach others to refer to us. What do we as a community feel is PC for NTs to use when referring to us in context? |
| Topic: To be autistic or not to be? |
Liverbird
Replies: 52
Views: 1434
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:57 pm Subject: To be autistic or not to be? |
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| Topic: Stranger In a Strange Land |
Liverbird
Replies: 21
Views: 489
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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: 375
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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: 52
Views: 1434
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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 ... |
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