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  Topic: Why isn't AS taken seriously?
cyberscan

Replies: 27
Views: 855

PostForum: General Autism Discussion   Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:27 am   Subject: Even More Reasons
It's due to the awareness, ironically. People are skeptics and if they start seeing too much of something, they question it. It's human nature.

My nephew, visiting from out of state, overheard us ...
  Topic: how to turn off preview?
cyberscan

Replies: 3
Views: 126

PostForum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology   Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:10 am   Subject: It sounds like a JavaScript Thingie
I some forums, I noticed that with Javascript turned on, You will get the effect. You might try turning JavaScript off temporarily to see if this alleviates the problem. Unfortunately, some sites f ...
  Topic: Why isn't AS taken seriously?
cyberscan

Replies: 27
Views: 855

PostForum: General Autism Discussion   Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:52 pm   Subject: I Can Understand Why
I think the reason is that there are quite a few successful people being tagged as having Aspergers. I am a classic autie, and I thought if I said I was Aspie (to explain my behavior), people wouldn' ...
  Topic: Bees join hunt for serial killers
cyberscan

Replies: 15
Views: 498

PostForum: News and Current Events   Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:31 pm   Subject: I'm very careful when I take my victim
I am very careful when I take my victim. The event happens at my kitchen table, and I am careful to clean up all crumbs and spilled milk. I can tell you Mr. Charms and Captain Crunch will never be f ...
  Topic: The Pros/Cons of College
cyberscan

Replies: 16
Views: 612

PostForum: School and College Life   Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 9:58 pm   Subject: I did two years
I got an associates degree in Electronics Engineering. I was going to get my four year degree, but I found out that I would have to start again nearly from the beginning. College is mostly about soc ...
  Topic: Bees join hunt for serial killers
cyberscan

Replies: 15
Views: 498

PostForum: News and Current Events   Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 9:52 pm   Subject: A Perfect Killer
A cop would be the perfect serial killer. A cop has the inside knowledge of investigation tactics and be able to develop measures to counteract these tactics. Plus, in a courtroom, it seems the word ...
  Topic: NRA Sends Spy Into Anti-Gun Groups
cyberscan

Replies: 97
Views: 2187

PostForum: News and Current Events   Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 9:31 pm   Subject: NRA Sends Spy Into Anti-Gun Groups
slowmutant wrote;
It's not the principles behind the NRA that I object to, it's the violence. I can respect people defending their freedom. What I can't respect is the reckless and criminal use of fi ...
  Topic: I just want to talk to someone
cyberscan

Replies: 8
Views: 426

PostForum: Kids' Crater   Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 9:27 pm   Subject: I just want to talk to someone
Well, I'm a Messianic Jew Smile, I guess we can all get along Smile
  Topic: I just want to talk to someone
cyberscan

Replies: 8
Views: 426

PostForum: Kids' Crater   Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:14 pm   Subject: Welcome
I am glad you dropped in. My obsession is currently autism advocacy and getting our local center started.
  Topic: A so-called "friend," ignoring me.
cyberscan

Replies: 7
Views: 552

PostForum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:33 pm   Subject: I Sometimes Think...............................
I sometime think that many NT people who befriend auties and aspies do so for what they can get out of us. I have one "friend" who is never around except when he wants money.
I do have a coupl (a do ...
  Topic: Anyone write SOPs for themselves?
cyberscan

Replies: 23
Views: 525

PostForum: General Autism Discussion   Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:44 pm   Subject: I Do Social for Survival
I whole life around the NT world revolves around running scripts. I too have a room entry script as well as an exit one.

1. Enter area.

2. Do a few seconds worth of observation of the area.

...
  Topic: NRA Sends Spy Into Anti-Gun Groups
cyberscan

Replies: 97
Views: 2187

PostForum: News and Current Events   Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:13 am   Subject: NRA Sends Spy Into Anti-Gun Groups
I have been telling libertarians and democrats for years that the best way to effect change is to join the republican party and vote in the primaries... I sincerely believe that if every activist join ...
  Topic: Awesome awesome site I found!!
cyberscan

Replies: 19
Views: 807

PostForum: General Autism Discussion   Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:43 am   Subject: I. S. N.
Institute for the Study of Neurotypicals. I posted a link to this for my auties in support group Smile Since we have a mental health type person just joining, I removed it so that she would not be off ...
  Topic: Losing Autism
cyberscan

Replies: 27
Views: 885

PostForum: General Autism Discussion   Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:48 pm   Subject: If Head Banging Would Lose Autism
If head banging would cause someone to lose his or her autism, I'd been normal many years ago. Unfortunately, the only cure for autism is a bullet to the brain, but then the side effects are horrendo ...
  Topic: Does anyone have this hearing issue?
cyberscan

Replies: 15
Views: 441

PostForum: General Autism Discussion   Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:17 pm   Subject: I have all sorts of auditory problems
Noise bothers me. Background noise in loud environments can make me nonverbal. Many sounds are painful to me. This has INCREASED with age. In a few years, unless something is done, I will be effec ...
 
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