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 Topic: In a job situation, how would you perform as a leader? |
glider18
Replies: 24
Views: 1107
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:03 pm Subject: leader |
| Looking back at my career as an English teacher for 19 years in the leadership role as head of the classroom---I was bad. At the time I thought I was good. I thought I had good ideas. I now realize th ... |
| Topic: Autistic Spectrum People and Being Touched |
glider18
Replies: 71
Views: 14235
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:51 pm Subject: touch issues |
| That's good that you (Kaysea) don't find the touch issues as severe as a lot of us on the autistic spectrum do. I have been doing a lot of thinking about the issues of perceiving the unpleasant touche ... |
| Topic: Interview the person below you |
glider18
Replies: 24265
Views: 725025
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:03 pm Subject: interview |
| Yes. A guy in a sedan pulled out in front of me when I was driving to the dentist. He destroyed my VW Beetle. Then, an insurance agent hit me in the rear end of my Mustang. Realizing my car was a cust ... |
| Topic: Autistic Spectrum People and Being Touched |
glider18
Replies: 71
Views: 14235
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:54 pm Subject: interesting |
I encourage everyone to read the post by 2ukenkerl---talk about interesting. I never knew that about the Moslems and knights. That was very fascinating.
What a coincidence that when I was reading ... |
| Topic: Autistic Spectrum People and Being Touched |
glider18
Replies: 71
Views: 14235
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:41 pm Subject: touch topic |
When I made this topic, I had no idea so many of you would post---I so appreciate it. It has helped me understand myself on this issue.
Padium wondered how I could stand the surgery. For my wisdom ... |
| Topic: Autistic Spectrum People and Being Touched |
glider18
Replies: 71
Views: 14235
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:16 am Subject: interesting |
| chasingthesun brings up an interesting point here about Taekwon-Do sparring and getting hit. I personally hated any kind of contact sports. I never considered football. And I only played basketball in ... |
| Topic: Autistic Spectrum People and Being Touched |
glider18
Replies: 71
Views: 14235
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:01 am Subject: research on the touch issue |
| I was reading somewhere about the touch thing, but I can't remember what site it was. Anyway, it said that many of us on the autistic spectrum find the types of touch that NTs perceive as soothing as ... |
| Topic: Autistic Spectrum People and Being Touched |
glider18
Replies: 71
Views: 14235
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:41 am Subject: thank you |
Thank you to all who have responded to this question so far.
Fo-Rum never liked hugs but learned to accept them---that is me. Fo_Rum also has sensitive areas that "freak out" when touched. I have ... |
| Topic: Autistic Spectrum People and Being Touched |
glider18
Replies: 71
Views: 14235
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:10 am Subject: Autistic Spectrum People and Being Touched |
| This is just something I have been thinking about. I notice a lot of autistic spectrum people don't like to be touched (me included), but many say they cannot stand light touch. I have AS, but I prefe ... |
| Topic: Interview the person below you |
glider18
Replies: 24265
Views: 725025
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:44 pm Subject: interview |
I like my 8 tattoos.
What is/would be your favorite pet? |
| Topic: Interview the person below you |
glider18
Replies: 24265
Views: 725025
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:26 pm Subject: interview |
Yes, I love older cars/muscle cars. I still have my first car---a 1977 Mustang II V8 T-top convertible.
What foreign country would you like to visit that you have never been to? |
| Topic: Do you daydream? |
glider18
Replies: 38
Views: 1941
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:23 pm Subject: daydreaming |
| I daydreamed as a child, and I daydream now as an adult. Daydreaming has always occupied a large amount of my time. I have walked down the midways of my grand old traditional amusement park many times ... |
| Topic: Does this man have breasts or is it an illusion of the fish? |
glider18
Replies: 24
Views: 1302
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:18 pm Subject: This is my opionion. |
It looks like well-develpoed muscles combined with an illusion of a fish and your perceptions (I wouldn't have seen it that way).
Men can have gynecomastia as well as boys though.
I agree with G ... |
| Topic: Which is the best Star Trek series? |
glider18
Replies: 18
Views: 897
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:14 pm Subject: TNG |
| Although I have 99% of the original Star Trek series on video, I believe that The Next Generation is the best one. But, I can remember coming home from school and eating my dinner in the living room w ... |
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