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 Topic: Japanese Culture |
youngdoug
Replies: 41
Views: 2688
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 12:02 pm Subject: Japanese Culture |
I lived in Japan for nigh on 20 years. I'd agree with a lot of what has been written.
I've also lived in other countries, and one thing I've learnt is that the commonality of human nature (NT) is ... |
| Topic: Socially awkward NTs |
youngdoug
Replies: 11
Views: 1506
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 4:23 am Subject: Socially awkward NTs |
I'm thinking that the line in the specific case is how your life is effected.
It's a matter of disability. When an individual can not operate in the way that society expects and the individual's l ... |
| Topic: 'We are all somewhere on the spectrum' |
youngdoug
Replies: 48
Views: 3048
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:25 am Subject: 'We are all somewhere on the spectrum' |
'spectrum' is a metaphor. We need it to talk about the various autistic challenges and how we display them to the world.
One thing I've learnt from this discussion is the fact that the Autistic Spe ... |
| Topic: Were you diagnosed as an adult and did it change anything? |
youngdoug
Replies: 78
Views: 9612
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:01 am Subject: Were you diagnosed as an adult and did it change anything? |
effzedpilot
That's so real nice positive. Stories like yours give me hope for us all. Thanks for sharing. |
| Topic: Naive Advice Given To You During Therapy |
youngdoug
Replies: 25
Views: 5289
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:41 am Subject: Naive Advice Given To You During Therapy |
my psych told me to drink alcohol as a solution to anxiety/panic attacks
Is there any room on your psych's patient list... please  |
| Topic: Mind reading |
youngdoug
Replies: 18
Views: 972
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:31 am Subject: Mind reading |
This mind reading stuff - yes, sometimes people can intuit what another person is feeling or even occasionally thinking but...
It's like cold reading - where the guesses that are right are remember ... |
| Topic: 'We are all somewhere on the spectrum' |
youngdoug
Replies: 48
Views: 3048
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:36 am Subject: 'We are all somewhere on the spectrum' |
Now I think I would politely correct them.
How do you do that? What frustrates me is that I don't know a way of disagreeing that will be listened to. The NT 'That's your opinion' tactic or others. |
| Topic: 'We are all somewhere on the spectrum' |
youngdoug
Replies: 48
Views: 3048
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:02 am Subject: 'We are all somewhere on the spectrum' |
Oh, f**k you.
That sounds very reasonable and restrained to me . Honestly. |
| Topic: Naive Advice Given To You During Therapy |
youngdoug
Replies: 25
Views: 5289
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:38 am Subject: Naive Advice Given To You During Therapy |
Not sure if you find that funny I certainly did
I do  |
| Topic: 'We are all somewhere on the spectrum' |
youngdoug
Replies: 48
Views: 3048
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:29 am Subject: 'We are all somewhere on the spectrum' |
'We are all somewhere on the spectrum' - Has anybody come across this or similar statement from NT's - usually very 'well-meaning'?
A variation I've heard is 'we are all a little bit Autistic'.
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| Topic: Email from WP to ARC request debate on WP with S.B Cohen. |
youngdoug
Replies: 98
Views: 70284
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:15 am Subject: Email from WP to ARC request debate on WP with S.B Cohen. |
| Listening to the the answers in the interview, it seems like Cohen when pressed, doesn't deny much of what we are theorizing here: that some people with Autism have greater levels of empathy than othe ... |
| Topic: Email from WP to ARC request debate on WP with S.B Cohen. |
youngdoug
Replies: 98
Views: 70284
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:30 am Subject: Email from WP to ARC request debate on WP with S.B Cohen. |
Ok, SBC has already participated an interview and it is interesting. His POV is nuanced.
http://tinyurl.com/3kpadqk
A lot of the problem revolves around his definition of empathy
But you are ... |
| Topic: Email from WP to ARC request debate on WP with S.B Cohen. |
youngdoug
Replies: 98
Views: 70284
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 5:01 pm Subject: Email from WP to ARC request debate on WP with S.B Cohen. |
| I think it's a bit of an aggressive message. We'll be talking to scientists (at least, supposedly). We are interested in discourse first and foremost. I'm afraid such a message would only serve to ali ... |
| Topic: Email from WP to ARC request debate on WP with S.B Cohen. |
youngdoug
Replies: 98
Views: 70284
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 4:32 am Subject: Email from WP to ARC request debate on WP with S.B Cohen. |
| We have a right to reply, but what do you think we should do? We could simply start sending e-mails to the relevant papers when they publish something like this, or we could mass-criticise Baron-Cohen ... |
| Topic: Isolation as a coping mechanism? |
youngdoug
Replies: 21
Views: 2826
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 3:04 am Subject: Isolation as a coping mechanism? |
I slip into "isolation mode" for months at a time.
Then when I have to or should come out of it, it is horribly hard to.
Yes, that's a pattern I'm following, though tends to be shorter periods. I ... |
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