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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Getting my picture taken... |
| Johnk |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012, 3:46 pm
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That's fine! You look friendly enough, Metalaspie.
I was actually dreading the picture more than the 50 question driving test which I aced, by the way. (I need that fact under my picture. He's okay. He aced the test.) |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Getting my picture taken... |
| Johnk |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012, 3:33 pm
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| I look worse when I try to smile. Really need a mirror in front of me to make sure I don't look too nuts. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Not looking at people have got me into trouble :( |
| Johnk |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012, 3:32 pm
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Replies: 5
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| I actually got let go from a place because they said I was disrespecting a co-worker. I told them I had aspergers (undiagnosed) and it's hard to connect with folks at first but the fact that I was undiagnosed was the thing for them because they went ahead and let me go. It was an archival operation ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Does aspergers get harder as you get older? |
| Johnk |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012, 3:21 pm
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Replies: 35
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| It's my experience that it does get more difficult but that could be pessimism or my getting more used to being withdrawn and trying less. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Getting my picture taken... |
| Johnk |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2012, 3:18 pm
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| I had to get my picture taken for a drivers license renewal and am once again horrified. Something about sitting for that stupid picture sets off that disconnect thing I have and I end up looking.... Well, I have the look my cat has when she's on the litter box. Does anyone else have this experience... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it worth being diagnosed? |
| Johnk |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2007, 7:16 pm
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Replies: 22
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Your Aspie score: 107 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 90 of 200
You seem to have both Aspie and neurotypical traits
Do I like caves? Pfht... OK, whatever. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it worth being diagnosed? |
| Johnk |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2007, 7:11 pm
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Your Aspie score: 107 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 90 of 200
You seem to have both Aspie and neurotypical traits
Do I like caves? Pfht... OK, whatever. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it worth being diagnosed? |
| Johnk |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2007, 6:13 pm
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It's certainly a factor in helping me land a job. Wouldn't mind some of those disability benefits I've heard about.
Can you get disability benefits with Aspergers? I have sleep apnea, too... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it worth being diagnosed? |
| Johnk |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2007, 6:07 pm
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Replies: 22
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Good reasons NOT to be diagnosed?
Like what? Being labeled "disabled"? |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: The Dino-Aspie Cafe (for Those 40+... or feeling creaky) |
| Johnk |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2007, 5:29 pm
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Replies: 3,936
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Hey! What's up?
I'm 43 and just learning about Aspergers. Wrongplanet.com looks great so far. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi I'm weird |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2007, 5:26 pm
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Replies: 13
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I've just started learning about Aspergers Syndrome, and at 43 figure I am suffering from this condition.
Wrongplanet.net seems like a great place for aspies to hang out and I will be paging through the web site and see what's going on.
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it worth being diagnosed? |
| Johnk |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2007, 5:12 pm
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Replies: 22
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| Thanks for posting Grimbling! I appreciate it. I don't have OCD or Depression, I guess. I can certainly remember OCD going on as a very young kid. Eye contact problems, weirdness like finishing other peoples sentances, coming off like i didn't want to deal with anyone. Hard to know which is Asperger... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it worth being diagnosed? |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2007, 4:08 pm
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| At 43 I'm just learning about Aspergers Syndrome. From what I've read, I think I suffer from this. Is it worth going out and getting diagnosed? Is there therapy or medicines? I tried going to a psychiatrist but didn't know where to start and he wasn't giving me any direction on what to say or where ... |
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