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 Topic: Need some guidance here....help please!!! |
Callista
Replies: 19
Views: 321
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:38 pm Subject: Need some guidance here....help please!!! |
| Have you considered the possibility of problems with attention rather than memory? If attention is impaired, you may never get things into your memory to begin with. |
| Topic: How is Asperger a Disability or a Disorder? |
Callista
Replies: 62
Views: 1548
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 3:00 pm Subject: How is Asperger a Disability or a Disorder? |
| What about somebody who was impaired earlier in life, but found ways around the impairment and now can do all the things an NT could do? Would that person still be an aspie? It's a permanent condition ... |
| Topic: Treated like a disorder, not a person |
Callista
Replies: 9
Views: 228
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 2:54 pm Subject: Treated like a disorder, not a person |
| I wasn't diagnosed as a child (deliberately so--my mom went to great lengths), and when I was a teen, my parents, especially my stepfather, always blamed whatever they wanted on PMS, no matter what pa ... |
| Topic: Misconceptions re. re-classifying Asperger's in the DSMV |
Callista
Replies: 63
Views: 1761
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:01 am Subject: Misconceptions re. re-classifying Asperger's in the DSMV |
| The stereotypes need to get changed anyway. I've had people assume I'm retarded despite my AS diagnosis, so it's not like you haven't gotten that before, and why should it be such a horrible thing to ... |
| Topic: How is Asperger a Disability or a Disorder? |
Callista
Replies: 62
Views: 1548
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:21 pm Subject: How is Asperger a Disability or a Disorder? |
| Why do people think their skills are always directly related to their condition? I have talent in areas like drawing/writing but take the condition away and id still be good at them, just without the ... |
| Topic: The Time Machine |
Callista
Replies: 7
Views: 234
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:17 pm Subject: The Time Machine |
| Why in the world would you go back to prevent silly things that happened to you when you could do things like prevent major accidents, plane crashes, bombings, shooting sprees... jeez, compared to tha ... |
| Topic: Holidays for auties etc with challenging behaviour |
Callista
Replies: 14
Views: 1056
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:07 pm Subject: Holidays for auties etc with challenging behaviour |
| I hope you figure out the holiday thing. Just one note--please, please warn your auties about what exactly is going to go on. It is so unpleasant when nobody gives you specifics about what to expect, ... |
| Topic: Do you love or hate having aspergers/autism? |
Callista
Replies: 53
Views: 1095
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:00 am Subject: Do you love or hate having aspergers/autism? |
| Glass ceilings. Working around a disadvantage (like black people who become doctors despite not having access to the same caliber of education, or an Aspie learning to socialize) is not the same thing ... |
| Topic: Do you love or hate having aspergers/autism? |
Callista
Replies: 53
Views: 1095
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:29 am Subject: Do you love or hate having aspergers/autism? |
| Okay, think about it like this: Let's say instead of Asperger's you're born black in... hmm, 1970s America, maybe. The drawbacks outweigh the advantages, right? (For severe Asperger's, maybe it's 1870 ... |
| Topic: How is Asperger a Disability or a Disorder? |
Callista
Replies: 62
Views: 1548
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:33 pm Subject: How is Asperger a Disability or a Disorder? |
| I think it's utterly senseless to say that you can't consider a disability to be a blessing. Yeah, by all means, let's rank autistic people by how disabled they are, and pity the ones with more disabi ... |
| Topic: Are you poor? Here's a quick, cheap nourishing meal! |
Callista
Replies: 12
Views: 372
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:22 pm Subject: Are you poor? Here's a quick, cheap nourishing meal! |
This is... more complicated than what I am capable of most days.
Yes, I am aware that is really pitiful. |
| Topic: What do you think causes Autism? |
Callista
Replies: 57
Views: 1167
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:17 pm Subject: What do you think causes Autism? |
Vaccines and uncaring mothers do, duh.
Seriously though, regarding the regression bit, I think that's because that age is when the differences between an autistic child and an NT child become appar ... |
| Topic: Marriage partner with Asperger's |
Callista
Replies: 16
Views: 426
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:50 pm Subject: Marriage partner with Asperger's |
| It must be a lot like a cross-cultural relationship--like, say, if somebody from America married somebody from China. You think differently, do things different ways, the communication's impaired, you ... |
| Topic: Therapy From... Classmates? Help! |
Callista
Replies: 4
Views: 156
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:48 pm Subject: Therapy From... Classmates? Help! |
| Psychology grad students often go through therapy themselves while they're studying; and while you're not in psychology, I don't see why this is so different. I say go for it. How are you supposed to ... |
| Topic: Is it normal to feel tired/drained after a meltdown? |
Callista
Replies: 11
Views: 228
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:45 pm Subject: Is it normal to feel tired/drained after a meltdown? |
More common than not.
You should get some sleep; you won't be good for much until you get some rest. |
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