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 Topic: Am I within my rights to be angry about this... |
seebert
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:25 pm Subject: Am I within my rights to be angry about this... |
| It's a situation that would make anybody upset- I'd call the other guy and say "I've already got an offer of $500 on the car, would you go $550 to beat it?"- then you'd have a socially acceptable reas ... |
| Topic: The great autism political divide |
seebert
Replies: 18
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:04 pm Subject: The great autism political divide |
| My wife and I should write just such a testimonial- she's somewhat ok with it- and I think it would be good for our marriage to do so. Communication is the most important thing in any relationship, a ... |
| Topic: The great autism political divide |
seebert
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:49 pm Subject: The great autism political divide |
| I'm pretty busy over the next couple of weeks; and I feel for this, perhaps my wife and I need to write this together. (I'll do the typing so that the grammar is correct and understandible- her probl ... |
| Topic: The great autism political divide |
seebert
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:41 pm Subject: The great autism political divide |
| That's fine as far as the NT/Cure side goes; but on the neurodiversity side I think we also need to accept that the Cassandra Effect *is real*. It might not be as described, it might not be anything ... |
| Topic: Self-Confidence trouble |
seebert
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:44 pm Subject: Self-Confidence trouble |
| If Douglas Adams could write for Monty Python and Dr. Who- then you can certainly be a satirist if you want. But I'd personally suggest a media more in keeping with your disability other than puppetr ... |
| Topic: I might have made a mistake |
seebert
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Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:14 pm Subject: Re: I might have made a mistake |
| Getting back to the restaurant thing, now I'm thinking that this guy may have been under the impression that I was going to meet him at his house that night. I just assumed we were going to the resta ... |
| Topic: Getting things too personally - AS trait? |
seebert
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:11 pm Subject: Getting things too personally - AS trait? |
| This is not an AS trait, this is a common human trait. Every human being on the planet goes through this stage, usually in adolescence. It's holding onto this trait past, say, 60 that would be abnor ... |
| Topic: What criteria is Your AS diagnosis based on? |
seebert
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:20 pm Subject: Re: What criteria is Your AS diagnosis based on? |
Due to this topic
I'm DSM IV as well, but have gone through the other two with my therapist, and I actually would test out the same on all three. But that's not really the criteria that inspired ... |
| Topic: Help with a old friend that wants more. |
seebert
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Forum: Women's Discussion Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:34 pm Subject: Help with a old friend that wants more. |
| My opinion- play the conservative card. Engage him in conversation and let him know how evil you think divorce is (even if you don't, there's always the point that for autistic kids, you'd be kinder ... |
| Topic: The great autism political divide |
seebert
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:15 pm Subject: The great autism political divide |
| Woodpecker- I suspect personally that the Cassandra Syndrome is misnamed, but real. I'd call it the Cassandra Effect instead; a result of many years of living with an undiagnosed Asperger's patient. ... |
| Topic: The great autism political divide |
seebert
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:11 pm Subject: The great autism political divide |
| Carol: Near as I can tell, the *ONLY* real beef that the AS neurodiversity movement has with Tony Attwood is his involvement on the board of FAAAS and their attempt to use the "Cassandra Syndrome" in ... |
| Topic: The great autism political divide |
seebert
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:15 pm Subject: The great autism political divide |
I have yet to notice this "huge divide", though I manage not to notice a great many things that are apparent to NTs and even some Aspies.
I'll check out DiscoverAspergers.com forum to see what's t ... |
| Topic: The great autism political divide |
seebert
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:54 pm Subject: The great autism political divide |
I would not agree that all researchers are doomed to misunderstand and come into conflict with the autistic community.
I can think of one young lady with AS/autism who I know here is working as a P ... |
| Topic: The great autism political divide |
seebert
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:02 pm Subject: The great autism political divide |
I've always found it sad that we have such a huge divide between people with autism, and families of people with autism, and researchers into autism.
Some of that is inevitable. But most of it is ... |
| Topic: Meltdowns in Autistic Children |
seebert
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:27 pm Subject: Meltdowns in Autistic Children |
For me, the same response works for both. Removal to a cold, dark space and give me time to work it out for myself why my environment suddenly changed and I'm not getting what I want.
This is from ... |
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