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 Topic: Navigational skills - huh? |
alone
Replies: 18
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:40 am Subject: Navigational skills - huh? |
| This isn't an issue if I do the 'overkill' technique. I study the area. If I'm traveling I study the route, the topology, the weather; 10 day forcast, precipitation probabilities and the temperature r ... |
| Topic: Does anyone know if any Aspie "Houses" were ever s |
alone
Replies: 25
Views: 933
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:18 am Subject: Does anyone know if any Aspie "Houses" were ever s |
| First of all get ready there is no network of adult services for those on the spectrum unless you are in the 'developmentally disabled' end of the spectrum. I personally think Sheldon would be a dream ... |
| Topic: Do you have "fun"? |
alone
Replies: 15
Views: 588
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:28 am Subject: Do you have "fun"? |
I'm not so much interested in 'fun' as it not being torture. Whatever isn't torture is like fun. Like someone else said; "enjoyable" is stellar. I do have fun but it is rarely around other people.
T ... |
| Topic: My special Interests |
alone
Replies: 5
Views: 507
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:47 am Subject: My special Interests |
mine are public transportation systems in large cities [  but I hate to travel] |
| Topic: I scored 99 percent on an ADHD test |
alone
Replies: 35
Views: 1638
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:27 am Subject: I scored 99 percent on an ADHD test |
| I'm frustrated when I hear the two are put together. I feel they are opposite. I over focus on everything. For some reason the people that devise the criteria for diagnostics are compelled to come up ... |
| Topic: What is the final fate of people with Asperger syndrome |
alone
Replies: 55
Views: 4248
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:29 am Subject: What is the final fate of people with Asperger syndrome |
| I think the best thing about a late diagnosis is no one cared 'why' I was this way and it forced me to find my own way. By all outward definitions my life is a tragedy, today and all the days I've bee ... |
| Topic: Aspies who travel a lot |
alone
Replies: 34
Views: 2460
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:00 am Subject: Aspies who travel a lot |
This is such a mystery to me. There isn't enough room here to write out the list of why I can't stand to travel. I would never think I'd see so many responses here that people 'love' to tra ... |
| Topic: A Freightening Revelation |
alone
Replies: 11
Views: 798
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:05 am Subject: A Freightening Revelation |
| I think if you can begin to try to see your life as the only life you are living you will learn how to find a balance. Much of my anxiety and related issues are not as crippling as they once were when ... |
| Topic: Help Please! |
alone
Replies: 12
Views: 705
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 12:38 pm Subject: Help Please! |
find him the right word, dig for it, teach him to scan [he might have the special power]
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| Topic: Article in NY Times on transitioning to independence |
alone
Replies: 11
Views: 798
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:11 pm Subject: Article in NY Times on transitioning to independence |
| I don't think this issue has been properly addressed. I have just recently emailed about every 'transitioning' group in the country to find out some information. These groups are small and just beginn ... |
| Topic: Extremely resistant to social conditioning? |
alone
Replies: 35
Views: 2295
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 7:54 am Subject: Extremely resistant to social conditioning? |
| I honestly try to interact with people around me, go with the flow and keep a open mind. It is impossible for me to block out 'feeling' and 'seeing' other people's motives. I can't make myself believ ... |
| Topic: Behaviour modification and mourning what's lost |
alone
Replies: 26
Views: 1380
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 4:59 pm Subject: Behaviour modification and mourning what's lost |
| I think you have to get to a place where you learn to be comfortable with who you are and how you need to live in order to be ok. I do understand, for me it means a simplier life. But it also means I ... |
| Topic: RAADS-R: Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Adults |
alone
Replies: 118
Views: 15042
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:41 am Subject: RAADS-R: Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Adults |
Made the test into a PDF with scoring table.
http://www.adrive.com/public/0d91e4a75c801b14848979474572e51d9141e4ffc1839fb5d0326e8a7a3ef8dd.html
Brilliant!!!!!!!!! |
| Topic: RAADS-R: Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Adults |
alone
Replies: 118
Views: 15042
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:35 am Subject: RAADS-R: Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Adults |
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the ones reverse scored were upsetting and sidetracked by how often the patterns are repeated in counting 3
all in all fun but no clue how they are scoring it or how to get the categories ( ... |
| Topic: Handling Child Tantrums, |
alone
Replies: 17
Views: 1464
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:19 am Subject: Handling Child Tantrums, |
| i find with my nt children i can easily mend their problems or distract them from a tantrum with an offering of a chocolate egg or a freezie. while this will occasionally work on my asd children that ... |
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