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 Topic: How About That Boy Who Won't Say the Pledge of Allegiance? |
2ukenkerl
Replies: 44
Views: 750
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 9:10 pm Subject: Re: How About That Boy Who Won't Say the Pledge of Allegianc |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK_B3RbgV18
Isn't he articulate?
NOPE!
Isn't he right?
NOPE!
Doesn't he sound like an Aspie?
NOPE!
I really liked his dad's reactions, too.
WHO ... |
| Topic: Flu vaccines for kids |
2ukenkerl
Replies: 68
Views: 1602
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 10:08 pm Subject: Flu vaccines for kids |
| There is a preservative in the H1N1 vaccine that can cause paralysis. The name eludes me but it starts with an S. There are several people in Europe that have died from this vaccine. There is a per ... |
| Topic: semi-urgent help needed please |
2ukenkerl
Replies: 13
Views: 462
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:58 pm Subject: semi-urgent help needed please |
thanks folks.
She's not showing any of the classic symptoms of an ear infection. You know, tugging at ears, vomiting and so on.
I NEVER heard of vomiting, and there is no rule that says there h ... |
| Topic: Ever been told you only care about your interest? |
2ukenkerl
Replies: 18
Views: 438
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:35 pm Subject: Ever been told you only care about your interest? |
| Yep, I am the SAME way. |
| Topic: After learning of AS did you look back on your childhood? |
2ukenkerl
Replies: 28
Views: 645
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:30 pm Subject: After learning of AS did you look back on your childhood? |
| Well, when I heard about AS, I looked at the symptoms, and I see examples all through my life. |
| Topic: I Hate this ISSUE!! |
2ukenkerl
Replies: 12
Views: 477
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:19 pm Subject: I Hate this ISSUE!! |
| Zelda, you and I sound similar in this respect. I tend to BITE MY TOUNGE when I have such an impulse, but sometimes I STILL "ramble". I STILL get ignored, etc.... Still, I have been on the receivin ... |
| Topic: Asperger's: Close, But No Cigar...? |
2ukenkerl
Replies: 16
Views: 801
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:53 pm Subject: Re: Asperger's: Close, But No Cigar...? |
| The non-symptom in question is this: while persons with Asperger's Syndrome are said to have great difficulty with non-literal use of language, I am VERY good at polysemy -- riddles, double-entendre, ... |
| Topic: Asperger and speech delay |
2ukenkerl
Replies: 12
Views: 393
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:06 pm Subject: Asperger and speech delay |
Hans Asperger had children with delayed verbal ability, so it's accurate enough. He also had people with LFA too (ha).
The DSM and its ilk are written up for the most socially able of Hans' group ... |
| Topic: Asperger and speech delay |
2ukenkerl
Replies: 12
Views: 393
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:13 pm Subject: Re: Asperger and speech delay |
Recently, I read an excerpt of a book of neurologists (specialized in children) saying that one of main symptoms of Aspergers is... a speech delay.
About the DSM criteria (saying that a speech dela ... |
| Topic: Does anyone else find this offensive? |
2ukenkerl
Replies: 28
Views: 699
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:32 pm Subject: Does anyone else find this offensive? |
Aren't all kids put on "leashes" (we referred to them as reigns when I was young) at some point? 
I was.
I never was! Then again, I was born in the 60s. I think this became FAR more accepte ... |
| Topic: my GF might have asperger's and idk what to do? |
2ukenkerl
Replies: 23
Views: 1029
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:24 pm Subject: my GF might have asperger's and idk what to do? |
Draven,
You said NOTHING that even causes me to CONSIDER AS. |
| Topic: Are you smarter than |
2ukenkerl
Replies: 28
Views: 636
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:19 pm Subject: Are you smarter than |
| That's certainly the case NOW. |
| Topic: Do dump and drop mean the same thing? |
2ukenkerl
Replies: 23
Views: 627
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:30 pm Subject: Do dump and drop mean the same thing? |
Yeah, dump is a full action. It is often associated with trash.
Drop is almost the ceasing of an action, like dropping a bottle. To drop something off means that that is like the end of the tri ... |
| Topic: Puberty |
2ukenkerl
Replies: 10
Views: 189
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:29 pm Subject: Puberty |
| I've read a few theories that autism has something to do with high levels of testosterone in the brain, which maybe could impact on puberty. But then there are those contradicting claims that some peo ... |
| Topic: " Autism is really a dolphin in a human body " |
2ukenkerl
Replies: 34
Views: 1020
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:05 pm Subject: Re: Hmmm... |
What, by sithis, is a flatworm?? 
And if it was "flat", stomping on it would do no good 
A flatworm is often a parasitic insect that often feeds off the nutrients from a host ... |
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