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 Topic: My Aspie Dog |
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Replies: 4
Views: 174
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:25 pm Subject: My Aspie Dog |
| My mum and I think our dog Maggie is autistic because she goes to the toilet in the same spot when I walk her. She also once wouldn't enter mum's room when mum moved her bed to another side of the roo ... |
| Topic: How Facebook stops people growing |
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Replies: 14
Views: 564
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:46 pm Subject: How Facebook stops people growing |
| I use Facebook. I don't think about it clearly as much as the OP. Yes there are predators out there, but they are on all the social networking sites and forums. I just add my friends in real life and ... |
| Topic: Strobe lights and meltdowns |
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Replies: 9
Views: 177
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:31 pm Subject: Strobe lights and meltdowns |
Don't those lights cause seizures?
For some, yes. For me they cause meltdowns. I guess I should feel lucky that I'm not epileptic but what happens to me under strobe lights is still not a good experi ... |
| Topic: Strobe lights and meltdowns |
pensieve
Replies: 9
Views: 177
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:08 pm Subject: Strobe lights and meltdowns |
| Well I do have a hat. So good ear plugs + hat/cap might help a bit? |
| Topic: Do you love or hate having aspergers/autism? |
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Replies: 46
Views: 828
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:03 pm Subject: Do you love or hate having aspergers/autism? |
| I really don't want to hate having AS because I know it will be with me forever, and I don't want to live in a constant state of depression. But when I have meltdowns there are times when I wish I did ... |
| Topic: Strobe lights and meltdowns |
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Replies: 9
Views: 177
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:16 pm Subject: Strobe lights and meltdowns |
| What's a visor? I do have these shades, that aren't huge sunglasses but I think they work the same. They used to help me read under bright light. Now all I have to do is find them... |
| Topic: Strobe lights and meltdowns |
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Replies: 9
Views: 177
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:45 pm Subject: Strobe lights and meltdowns |
As some of you know I've had trouble at gigs what with the crowds and sound, but now I have a much bigger problem - strobe lights. Twice last week I had meltdowns and shutdowns because of them.
I wro ... |
| Topic: Kristen Stewart - Aspergers? |
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Replies: 30
Views: 888
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:57 am Subject: Kristen Stewart - Aspergers? |
| I'm not sure who that is. |
| Topic: Do You Ever Mix Up Your Responses To "Small Talk" |
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Replies: 22
Views: 528
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:58 pm Subject: Do You Ever Mix Up Your Responses To "Small Talk" |
Someone will say to me: 'Hi, how's it going?
My reply: "Hi"
Saying 'Hi, yeah I'm good' is just too many words to get out.
Although the funniest reply I said was over the phone.
Girl answers: " ... |
| Topic: What's it like to be normal? |
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Replies: 45
Views: 1278
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:47 pm Subject: What's it like to be normal? |
| boring. |
| Topic: Is anyone here confident? |
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Replies: 42
Views: 891
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:44 pm Subject: Is anyone here confident? |
| I chose no.2. I'm confident about most things, but in some things I'm not. |
| Topic: Echolalia in your head? |
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Replies: 28
Views: 528
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:13 pm Subject: Echolalia in your head? |
I do this time. Also, I do the regular kind where you repeat words for no reason.
I do that musical one too. |
| Topic: Aspie Mods and Rockers |
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Replies: 17
Views: 396
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:45 pm Subject: Aspie Mods and Rockers |
I wish I was a mod. I can sometimes dress up as one, but I'm not that cool. I like my band tees and jeans.
I'm just a little scruffy, bespectacled, shootin' (as in camera), moshing rock pig. Rock ... |
| Topic: Dislexia the opposite of autism? |
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Replies: 18
Views: 564
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:29 pm Subject: Dislexia the opposite of autism? |
But... Aren't there some dyslexic autistics out there?
yep, me.
No doubt I'm both autistic and dyslexic. |
| Topic: Auditory Processing Disorder, etc... |
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Replies: 34
Views: 774
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:49 pm Subject: Auditory Processing Disorder, etc... |
| Yeah you described me perfectly. It does get very embarrassing when I think someone is talking about something when they're talking about something completely different. |
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