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 Topic: should i even try to be more social? |
schleppenheimer
Replies: 38
Views: 1224
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 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:16 am Subject: should i even try to be more social? |
Is there any kind of theater group at your university that you could join, just for fun? Theater people are usually pretty accepting.
Do you play any kind of musical instrument? If you play guita ... |
| Topic: Do you think that God could have created the big bang? |
schleppenheimer
Replies: 40
Views: 774
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:51 am Subject: Do you think that God could have created the big bang? |
| I don't see why not. |
| Topic: Do aspies have better hearing? |
schleppenheimer
Replies: 42
Views: 837
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:50 am Subject: Do aspies have better hearing? |
| I've often wondered about this -- my son can hear music playing in a very loud restaurant that I can't hear at all. It's kind of cool. |
| Topic: Feeling overwhelmed. |
schleppenheimer
Replies: 3
Views: 252
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Forum: School and College Life Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:50 pm Subject: Feeling overwhelmed. |
| Is this Food and Nutrition assignment something that could be accomplished by looking up the nutrition information on a site like Wikipedia? Just an idea . . . |
| Topic: [Volume III] You might be an aspie if... |
schleppenheimer
Replies: 92
Views: 2835
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:31 pm Subject: [Volume III] You might be an aspie if... |
You know you're an aspie if . . .
you tape record the billionth episode of "Cheers" that you just HAVE to have recorded, but you record it over the videos of your latest grandchild's "brand new bab ... |
| Topic: Can an Aspie help an Aspie?? |
schleppenheimer
Replies: 10
Views: 396
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:34 pm Subject: Can an Aspie help an Aspie?? |
| We are in a school situation where we don't often know what kids at my son's school are on the spectrum, and which ones do not (the school doesn't like to share that information). But, having said th ... |
| Topic: is it ok to be a nerd |
schleppenheimer
Replies: 25
Views: 486
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:29 pm Subject: is it ok to be a nerd |
| In our family, we kind of have the feeling that our whole family is nerds, and we don't much care for anyone who isn't. It's not that we don't like other people, it's just that we find others who are ... |
| Topic: Letter to John McCain from Erica Jong |
schleppenheimer
Replies: 7
Views: 297
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Forum: Women's Discussion Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:23 pm Subject: Letter to John McCain from Erica Jong |
| Amen -- could NOT be said any better than this. |
| Topic: Brand new here needing help! I am desparate! |
schleppenheimer
Replies: 8
Views: 321
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Forum: Getting to know each other Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:09 pm Subject: Brand new here needing help! I am desparate! |
dughr, first of all, I am very impressed with your story. I can't believe the lengths you are going to in order to help this man.
Unfortunately, I don't have much experience with finding resou ... |
| Topic: *Social Services Assessment Tomorrow!* |
schleppenheimer
Replies: 8
Views: 369
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:24 am Subject: *Social Services Assessment Tomorrow!* |
Yay! That must have turned out WAY better than you expected! What a relief. So glad that everything turned out so well.
Kris |
| Topic: Middle school socialization. |
schleppenheimer
Replies: 12
Views: 387
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:05 pm Subject: Middle school socialization. |
| Most middle school children are the spawn of adults who could care less about them, and don't provide training that would prevent them from acting horrible to others. For some odd reason, it is at pr ... |
| Topic: *Social Services Assessment Tomorrow!* |
schleppenheimer
Replies: 8
Views: 369
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:56 am Subject: *Social Services Assessment Tomorrow!* |
| ouinon, I really hope this interview goes well for you. This sort of thing makes me extremely nervous as well. It is overwhelmingly frustrating to think that someone outside of one's family has any ... |
| Topic: One-on-One Assistant in School?? |
schleppenheimer
Replies: 2
Views: 165
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Forum: School and College Life Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:51 am Subject: One-on-One Assistant in School?? |
I have real opinions on this one!
We lived in California, in a district where they WOULD NOT give a one-on-one assistant in a regular classroom for our son -- but they WOULD put him in a special ne ... |
| Topic: Desperate advice needed |
schleppenheimer
Replies: 28
Views: 1038
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:11 pm Subject: Desperate advice needed |
I don't know -- does stealing stuff sound very aspie to the rest of you? My experience is that aspies are rule-oriented.
This sounds like a description a friend of mine had about her daughter, jus ... |
| Topic: 10 yr old, Asperger's, Suggestions for teacher...HELP! |
schleppenheimer
Replies: 10
Views: 378
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:03 pm Subject: 10 yr old, Asperger's, Suggestions for teacher...HELP! |
Litwhwolf, something that helped my son at that age was to use Inspiration Software. You can check out their products at the following link:
www.inspiration.com
It's just a simple software th ... |
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