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 Topic: Facial recognition test (famous faces version) |
Mage
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:13 pm Subject: Facial recognition test (famous faces version) |
Out of 30 faces, you correctly identified 27.
You were familiar with 30 of the people in this test.
I think this is a poor test on face blindness, however. I cannot recognize people I used to wor ... |
| Topic: Changing the WP logo to include Autism - Thoughts? |
Mage
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:00 pm Subject: Changing the WP logo to include Autism - Thoughts? |
According to Wikipedia, PDD-NOS is the most common, followed by "classic" autism, then Asperger's.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_spectrum_disorders
One review estimated a prevalence of at leas ... |
| Topic: Mitochondrial Dysfunction May Play a Role in Autism . . . |
Mage
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Forum: News and Current Events Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:02 pm Subject: Mitochondrial Dysfunction May Play a Role in Autism . . . |
| IMO mitochondrial disorders shouldn't be called autism just as fragile X shouldn't be called autism. Those disorders have a very clear cause, and very clear symptoms, and should be just left under th ... |
| Topic: I got diagnosed with Personality Disorder NOS |
Mage
Replies: 25
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:59 pm Subject: I got diagnosed with Personality Disorder NOS |
Are you sure it's not PDD-NOS? Or are you absolutely sure they said personality disorder NOS?
I have PDD-NOS, which is on the spectrum, but I believe that the definitions for PDD-NOS and Asperge ... |
| Topic: List your favorite directors |
Mage
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:06 pm Subject: List your favorite directors |
| Richard Kelly and Darren Aronofsky. |
| Topic: BOW DOWN AND PAY HEED ... I DRIVE A PRIUS! |
Mage
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:00 pm Subject: BOW DOWN AND PAY HEED ... I DRIVE A PRIUS! |
I have a red Prius too. Is yours the dark red or the light red? Mine's the lighter red because I can pretend I'm driving a sportscar.
I love my car so much. I used to have a Saturn, but it wasn' ... |
| Topic: Changing the WP logo to include Autism - Thoughts? |
Mage
Replies: 11
Views: 579
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:54 pm Subject: Changing the WP logo to include Autism - Thoughts? |
| It used to say just Asperger's, it was just changed. |
| Topic: Difficulty recognising faces |
Mage
Replies: 25
Views: 429
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:52 pm Subject: Difficulty recognising faces |
| My problem is I can only remember people very systematically. I try to remember their name, then attach to that their hair style, hair color, what race they are, whether they wear glasses, or any oth ... |
| Topic: What Are Your Favorite Colors? |
Mage
Replies: 34
Views: 633
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:47 pm Subject: What Are Your Favorite Colors? |
| My favorite is green, followed closely by yellow and blue. When I was young it was always blue, then about middle school it changed to yellow, then to green. I do like all colors of the rainbow thou ... |
| Topic: How long can you sleep? |
Mage
Replies: 31
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:44 pm Subject: How long can you sleep? |
| 17 hours is my record. I can usually sleep 13-14 hours with no problems though. I likes my sleep! |
| Topic: CA_NES Appreciation Thread |
Mage
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:30 pm Subject: CA_NES Appreciation Thread |
| Just don't go anywhere near my cake and we'll be fine, k? |
| Topic: Why are so many aspies from the UK? |
Mage
Replies: 33
Views: 1128
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:29 pm Subject: Why are so many aspies from the UK? |
| I think in the UK the term "Asperger's" is more common and more diagnosed. In the US the more conventional terms might be PDD-NOS or High Functioning Autism, and I would guess there are less people t ... |
| Topic: Do I need to seek a formal diagnosis? |
Mage
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Views: 1611
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:27 pm Subject: Do I need to seek a formal diagnosis? |
I had a high aspie score but TEACCH said I'm PDD-NOS. I think they define Asperger's and PDD-NOS differently than most people do though.
Anyhow the best way to get a legit diagnosis would be to lo ... |
| Topic: Low Muscle Tone (Hyptonia) |
Mage
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:20 pm Subject: Low Muscle Tone (Hyptonia) |
| That's a good description. When they first said my son had low muscle tone I didn't quite know what it meant either. |
| Topic: PEEPS |
Mage
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:12 pm Subject: PEEPS |
| You can make smores with Peeps, just squish them between chocolate and a graham cracker. You can also make a kind of molotov cocktail by lighting them on fire and throwing them at things (they stick) ... |
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