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 Topic: More than just lazy, but no one believes it |
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:50 pm Subject: More than just lazy, but no one believes it |
For the record, it is possible to be on the spectrum *and* depressed.
I know.
I don't have depression though, haha. Without all these school worries, I'd be happy as hell. |
| Topic: More than just lazy, but no one believes it |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:40 pm Subject: More than just lazy, but no one believes it |
| I know that many people on the spectrum are able to perform well or even excel academically, especially when focusing on their area of interest. But not me. I have such immense difficulty with motivat ... |
| Topic: AS onset at age 5-6 or ...? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:59 am Subject: AS onset at age 5-6 or ...? |
Which is why they're including the phrase, symptoms may fully not manifest until demands exceed abilities, in the DSM-V.
Oh. Haha, oops. I've been looking everywhere except the DSM. |
| Topic: AS onset at age 5-6 or ...? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:23 am Subject: AS onset at age 5-6 or ...? |
From what I've read its not uncommon for traits to not be strong enough to be noticed by a non-specialist before puberty,
Do you remember where you read this? I'd love to read anything pertaining t ... |
| Topic: Lack of pretend play? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:37 pm Subject: Lack of pretend play? |
To quote myself from a recent :
I daydreamed just as much as a kid as I do as an adult (that is to say, a whole f***ing lot) but I rarely played with toys. I had them, but I didn't really play with ... |
| Topic: Lack of pretend play? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:30 pm Subject: Lack of pretend play? |
but it may be enough to prevent you from getting an official diagnosis of Asperger's.
That's what worries me. I lacked a couple of the most "obvious" signs during childhood/infancy. So even though ... |
| Topic: Lack of pretend play? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:13 pm Subject: Lack of pretend play? |
| Despite the fact that I identify strongly with almost every other aspect associated with the very high functioning end of autism, there's always one or two "major" criteria which seem to disqualify me ... |
| Topic: Would people want this type of art? |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 2:40 am Subject: Would people want this type of art? |
Sorry that I don't have a professional opinion, but I love the wolf, very pretty 
You don't have to be a professional to give me an opinion, haha.
Set up an etsy and rock and roll! If you ... |
| Topic: Would people want this type of art? |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 1:29 am Subject: Would people want this type of art? |
Not sure if I should've put this in the "work and finding a job" forum, so I apologize if this is the wrong place for this question.
I'm an artist and I do paintings and sketches. I haven't uploade ... |
| Topic: Is this clinical psychologist acting professionally? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 1:44 pm Subject: Is this clinical psychologist acting professionally? |
| Ugh. This is exactly what I'm afraid of. Based on what I've been obsessively reading about Asperger's for a while now, this doesn't sound very professional at all, especially since he's never even met ... |
| Topic: Dumbing down speech |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 1:25 pm Subject: Dumbing down speech |
| Yes. Even in daily mundane small talk, especially in my school years, I've had to remind myself not to use bigger words or more complex sentence structure. I learned from a young age that it was someh ... |
| Topic: In situations in which you cannot talk or struggle to |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 1:11 pm Subject: Re: In situations in which you cannot talk or struggle to |
In situations in which you cannot talk OR struggle to talk fluently and/or coherently, how do you deal with other people?
Specifically, when you're forced to have a conversation at work or at a clu ... |
| Topic: Do you have unusual eating habits, incl food fads? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:51 pm Subject: Do you have unusual eating habits, incl food fads? |
| I've always went through food fads. As a kid I would only eat cereal, sandwiches, and spaghetti-o's for about a year, then the next year was cereal, sandwiches, and kraft mac n cheese, until I saw som ... |
| Topic: Panic Attacks |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:18 pm Subject: Panic Attacks |
| I told my psychologist something funny I've noticed about myself. I get stressed about nothing at all and have irrational panic attacks that come out of nowhere, but during an actual stressful situati ... |
| Topic: Does this sound like Asperger's? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:55 pm Subject: Re: Does this sound like Asperger's? |
| I'm sorry that this is a repetitive question, I just would like to have others' opinions on this. Also I understand that it is not possible to diagnose over the internet, but it is not possible for me ... |
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