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 Topic: Single forever? |
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 Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 1:06 am Subject: Single forever? |
| One of the main reasons I feel I'm on the spectrum somewhere are the many emotions I seem to be missing, love being the most obvious one. I'm not miserable or lonely though, just resigned to the fact ... |
| Topic: Are people with GAD as conspicuous as people with Aspergers? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:09 am Subject: Are people with GAD as conspicuous as people with Aspergers? |
The symptoms of GAD can appear very similar to ASD if one isn't looking to the root of the cause.
I was diagnosed with GAD a few years back after decades of unexplained problems that in part seemed ... |
| Topic: IAN Project |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:59 pm Subject: IAN Project |
FYI --
I just heard an ad on the radio for this group for the first time.
http://ianproject.org/
I don't know anything about them except for what I briefly read on their site. They claim thei ... |
| Topic: Aspie--OFFICIAL SONG! Nominate something! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:34 pm Subject: Aspie--OFFICIAL SONG! Nominate something! |
Sorry to resurrect such an old thread but I couldn't find a newer one and I didn't want to start a new one.
This is an old and rather obscure Paul Simon song called A Most Peculiar Man. Paul wrote ... |
| Topic: I have a question about an AS trait. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:49 am Subject: I have a question about an AS trait. |
| Aren't food issues just like any other AS trait? Taken by itself it doesn't mean anything and can easily be explained away but when added to the many other traits it's part of the picture? |
| Topic: I have a question about an AS trait. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:29 pm Subject: I have a question about an AS trait. |
| Food issues is something I wish I didn't have. I find many foods to have too much taste so I don't eat those. I have texture issues. Coconut is at the top of that list. People think I'm nuts if I say ... |
| Topic: I never played house as a kid |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:08 pm Subject: Re: I never played house as a kid |
| So I'm working with a therapist to find out if I have AS. We were talking about how and what I played as a child. She asked me about what role I liked to play when I played house. I thought long an ... |
| Topic: Common Myths about AS |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:06 pm Subject: Common Myths about AS |
| This entire thread reinforces my current belief about autism and that it is a large group of traits that have been labeled "autistic," many more than the famous triad of impairments. The traits may or ... |
| Topic: Barking Dogs |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:13 pm Subject: Barking Dogs |
sorry - I am replying to myself...
but here goes...
the dog is still barking....
I do not understand why people would get a dog and leave him alone to bark for hours. Is that cruel or am I t ... |
| Topic: My husband may finally join this group |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:05 pm Subject: My husband may finally join this group |
Okay ... I found some articles and there appears to be some overlap between Aspergers and gifted kids.
Now I am really confused. I think the most confusing thing for me is that he didn't have beha ... |
| Topic: Anybody else view the calendar literally? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:46 pm Subject: Anybody else view the calendar literally? |
| I don't know why but I've always visualized the calendar or year as a 365 day circle. Fall is at the top, winter the right, spring the bottom,and summer the left. Sometimes I'm standing on whatever da ... |
| Topic: OK... just back from my diagnosis.... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:50 pm Subject: OK... just back from my diagnosis.... |
| I just know my psychiatrist won't see anything socially wrong with me, because a situation like that is the best possible social situation I can be in. I'm talking about an interesting topic with som ... |
| Topic: Top 10 Terrific Traits of Autistic People |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:29 am Subject: Top 10 Terrific Traits of Autistic People |
Autistic People Rarely Lie:
True for me. I have been in the position where I would have had personal gain by lying but I didn't. I have learned not to hurt other's feeling though.
People on the A ... |
| Topic: Typical Aspie Student? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:37 pm Subject: Typical Aspie Student? |
Due to another post, I came across this article:
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2008/07/07/yoder
I'm wondering what any of you think about "Fred." Do you think he is an AS person or perhaps ... |
| Topic: What Is the Core of Asperger's Syndrome? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:31 am Subject: What Is the Core of Asperger's Syndrome? |
| I chose the last one. My favorite theory right now is the one that says it is several different possibly non-overlapping "conditions" and other traits that are present throughout the population but wh ... |
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