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Age1600
Bonita-Azul
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 Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject: Whats your biggest accomplishment lately with your autism? |
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I cant handle change, still to this day, so today we went to class, our classroom was full, we had to change classes, i thought to myself ok i handle this, then we had two pop quizzes although i was prepared, pop quizzes drive me insane, so during the quizzes i noticed my tourettes starting acting up. My whole body started jerking every each way, which left me in pain, because the other day i pulled a muscle in my neck, so any type of jerking makes it worse. Finally after that settled, i thought i was ok, did my usual stimming, but then it felt like a huge cloud just came over me, and I disappeared, I went completely low functioning in my class, I started rocking, staring at the lights, completely shutting down, headshaking, hitting my head with the back of my palm, i couldnt concentrate, i was almost gone mentally. Well by the end of class, i was able to somewhat calm myself, i was able to regain myself and stop me from disappearing into the autism world. After I left, I was so proud of myself, even though the change still bothered me, i didnt let it completely ruin my day. I know its nothing big, but to me, its a huge deal, i amaze myself sometimes hehehe.
Everyday somehow i surprise myself. Everyday I meltdown over small changes like those, or disappear into autism world for hours on ends, but during the short time i was in class, i was able to keep myself from completely disappearing. Idk if i'll meltdown later tonight because of that haha, but right now its a big accomplishment lol. I have a habit or working too hard to keep myself from disappearing, and later it takes a toll on me and everybody around me, because i meltdown and usually my head is the one who gets the worst side of it all lol. Even though their small accomplishments, I still feel their big in my heart hehehe. Whats everybody elses accomplishments lately with your autism? no matter big or small?
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Sora
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I have 2 things I can think off right away. They're not that big, but good nonetheless.
I'll just add it later, if I remember something else.
First thing is I got good at vacuum cleaning. My mother used to nag me for not doing it correctly, using the vacuum cleaner incorrectly. She said everything was as messy as before after I cleaned. Urgh, it was so annoying.
Two days ago, I did a very good job - no dust and pet hairs left, I think - cleaning half of the apartment.
I'm kinda proud.
Another one is that I've been called boothlicker. Wait, there's a story behind it why it's good: I'm so often accused of being spacey, rude or confusing, especially on the phone. And now I was intentionally super-nice on the phone. The person I had to talk to because of my voluntary job and hey were very... it reminded me of a werewolf. So rude! I just stayed nice - I hoped I sounded nice and pleasant - and at the of the conversation, the person started sounding nice too.
Someone's been listening to my calling because of the job and they said I had sounded like a bothlicker after I was finished.
It's kind of a compliment. It means I was nice enough on the phone.
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Age1600
Bonita-Azul
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| Sora wrote: | I have 2 things I can think off right away. They're not that big, but good nonetheless.
I'll just add it later, if I remember something else.
First thing is I got good at vacuum cleaning. My mother used to nag me for not doing it correctly, using the vacuum cleaner incorrectly. She said everything was as messy as before after I cleaned. Urgh, it was so annoying.
Two days ago, I did a very good job - no dust and pet hairs left, I think - cleaning half of the apartment.
I'm kinda proud.
Another one is that I've been called boothlicker. Wait, there's a story behind it why it's good: I'm so often accused of being spacey, rude or confusing, especially on the phone. And now I was intentionally super-nice on the phone. The person I had to talk to because of my voluntary job and hey were very... it reminded me of a werewolf. So rude! I just stayed nice - I hoped I sounded nice and pleasant - and at the of the conversation, the person started sounding nice too.
Someone's been listening to my calling because of the job and they said I had sounded like a bothlicker after I was finished.
It's kind of a compliment. It means I was nice enough on the phone. |
Those are accomplishments in my eyes as well, good job hehe!
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Sora
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| Age1600 wrote: |
Those are accomplishments in my eyes as well, good job hehe! |
Thank you, Age. But you too! You did great there. It's awesome that you managed to not let the change and the crisis get to you. I think it's a big deal, in terms of personal achievement. Because it's really extremely hard to just work through it like you did now, stop going into meltdown or shutdown mode and to get back to being ok.
On a side note: I never thought I'd get vacuum cleaning right, but there it just happened.
So let's keep amazing ourselves. That's a good thing to do.
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Age1600
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| Sora wrote: | | Age1600 wrote: |
Those are accomplishments in my eyes as well, good job hehe! |
Thank you, Age. But you too! You did great there. It's awesome that you managed to not let the change and the crisis get to you. I think it's a big deal, in terms of personal achievement. Because it's really extremely hard to just work through it like you did now, stop going into meltdown or shutdown mode and to get back to being ok.
On a side note: I never thought I'd get vacuum cleaning right, but there it just happened.
So let's keep amazing ourselves. That's a good thing to do. |
Hehe, yea its funny how we never really knew we could do something then after we do it, its like wow, i did it yay me lool. IF only i had a yay me crowd that jumps up and down and flaps everytime i accomplish something lol, wouldnt life be so much easier lool
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I have one of my favorite stories to tell people, I'll be back with it when I got more time.
Good topic idea by the way, I was thinking of creating one similar!
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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Just joining this site this week was a BIG accomplishment for me.
I prefer to live "off the grid."
I got my first cell phone in April.
My friends call me paranoid for a
variety of reasons...one of them
being not liking to be filmed.
My relationship with the internet is changing...
for better or worse.
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| Yesterday marked my sixth anniversary of working at the library. |
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Angnix
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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That a counselor interviewed me yesterday and asked if I was Autustic... I really hopes this leads to a DX, then I can get on with my life.
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nomad21
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmm, nothing lately. But I've set a goal to learn how to tie my shoes by the end of the year. I think it's pretty sad that an 18 year old can't tie his shoes, but I think if I try hard enough I'll be able to do it eventually! if I ever learn, that'd be quite an accomplishment  |
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Fnord
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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Q: What's my biggest accomplishment lately with your Autistic-Spectrum Disorder?
A: Keeping it a secret from my wife, children, relatives, friends, and co-workers. They think that I'm just 'wierd'.
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AGMorehouse
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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My biggest accomplishment with my Autism is that I have learned how to take care of myself over the past two years. For instance, I've learned how to cook my own food while living in Grandma's house - like steamed vegetables, cook meat, etc. Secondly, I have learned to drive while having this disorder, even though there are LOTS of people with Asperger's who can drive, but it took me FOREVER to drive. Thirdly, I've also shed more than 50 pounds since July 2006 and have kept it off for 2 years. THOSE are the things I am proud of!! 
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Age1600
Bonita-Azul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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| nomad21 wrote: | | Hmmm, nothing lately. But I've set a goal to learn how to tie my shoes by the end of the year. I think it's pretty sad that an 18 year old can't tie his shoes, but I think if I try hard enough I'll be able to do it eventually! if I ever learn, that'd be quite an accomplishment |
No its not sad at all, I still have problems tieing my shoes and im 23, I just have them all already tied, so i dont fret about it hehe, don't give up trying though.
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I've written a 21 page RD=FD paper in 72 hours. This was what they called the "Senior Project," and the culmination of all our efforts in school so far. An entire quarter was to be set aside for this paper, the topic was the same for every senior-the JFK assasination. About half of the class got a "C" or below, despite excessive hand holding, and planning for MONTHS. I however, procrastinated until 4 days before the assignment was due. It's called "timing." I collected books from various libraries, printed off reams of articles off the internet, and bought about a dozen "Lost" energy drinks. Then I slept. Upon waking, I decided school was too important to go to school for! And promptly decided to start my research and begin typing my FINAL PROJECT. 72 hours later I had the finished copy saved to disk bibliography and all. Sleep, food, were pretty much abandoned during this time. RD=FD. Meaning the entire paper was this project, no 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and final draft, or however they wanted it, it was all completed in one sitting, literally. F-ck the standards. Anyway, 10% of the overall grade was alloted to the "prep" work, the drafts, "brainstorms" and other planning idiocies, the other 90% on the merits of the paper itself. Final grade= "B+." No pictures, no wasted pages, and I scored 1 point below the highest possible score I could have gotten, 89/90. One other girl tied with me, we had the best score's in our class. To me, I never knew how this was possible, and neither did anybody else. But I know why now-it's cos I'm just cool like that.  
I f-ing love having AS.
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I'm learning to shed the guilt and shame for my Aspie traits, which I had for over forty years. Not easy, but I'm determined.
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