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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: NVLD - bad, misleading, inadequate name |
| Grammar Geek |
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Posted: 17 Oct 2025, 7:03 pm
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Replies: 131
Views: 21,331
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| I think that people with NVLD are treated worse than people with ASD in this world because NVLD, its deficits and otherness are belittled, dismissed and misclassified and people with NVLD do not get significant support due to they disability unlike people with ASD. I don't want to make it a "w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Who has is harder: aspies or NLDers? |
| Grammar Geek |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2025, 10:13 pm
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Replies: 45
Views: 2,466
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| For me, NVLD is far more of a hindrance to a good life. ASD give me passions, and NVLD makes me suck at them. I can barely drive because of this disorder, and I really enjoy martial arts, but I can't remember the forms necessary to succeed, so I always end up quitting in frustration after falling be... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: NVLD - bad, misleading, inadequate name |
| Grammar Geek |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2025, 12:15 am
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Replies: 131
Views: 21,331
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| I have ASD and NVLD. I think NVLD has hindered my life far more than ASD has. Driving is a real struggle for me, and one of my hobbies, martial arts, is very difficult to perform in because of my memory recall deficits and struggles with visual-spatial processing. I am extremely good at one thing — ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How are autistic people fundamentally different than NTs? |
| Grammar Geek |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2024, 9:14 pm
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Replies: 55
Views: 7,760
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| I think it is 100% genetic and 100% biological and has to do with brain development and how the brain is wired. I also wonder whether it is something like vestigial Neanderthal genes. Maybe one day we will know. This post from October is bothering me because it's not true. I am one of the people wh... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Is it normal to hate college? |
| Grammar Geek |
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Posted: 01 Jul 2024, 8:15 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 15,671
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| It sucked for me too. I tried joining clubs, but I still couldn't make friends. I liked high school so much more, which is why I get angry when people criticize those who found high school to be the best time of their lives. They don't know what others' situations were; they just paint everyone with... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you possessive of your special interests? |
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Posted: 02 Jun 2024, 5:54 pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 4,847
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| I made a thread on the Asperger's subreddit once with this exact title. I am, yes. I love The Simpsons, and whenever I see people outside of my community of fellow Simpsons superfans post something Simpsons-related, I get oddly peeved, like "How dare you encroach on my hallowed ground?" As... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: NLD questions: improving visual perception: driving |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2024, 12:10 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 10,459
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| I have this problem. I had my left hippocampus removed in 2014, when I was 18, because I had seizures and wanted to be able to drive. Unfortunately, I soon discovered that I am absolutely terrible at driving. I have no sense of direction at all and need a GPS if I'm going literally anywhere, and as ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Grandparents |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2023, 10:27 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 969
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| I'll be 28 in January, and they're all still alive and in their own homes. I don't know anyone else my age who has all four grandparents still living. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Grammar and Spelling differences |
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Posted: 15 Nov 2023, 10:41 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 11,172
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| I am an outstanding speller and have won several spelling bees. I was the copy editor on my high school and college newspapers and currently proofread documents for an insurance broker. English grammar is a special interest, and when I combine that with my natural autistic ability to see small detai... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Have you ever ran an internet search for someone you knew as |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2023, 11:08 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,928
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| Not via search, but one day, I was looking at the statistics of my town on city-data.com, and one thing that was linked there was the sex offenders. I looked at it out of curiosity and found my mom’s ex-boyfriend on it. |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: I hate algebra 2 with a burning passion |
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Posted: 04 Jun 2023, 9:45 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 7,409
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| Good luck. I had a tutor and studied my ass off in that class in high school, and I still failed it. I didn’t know at the time that my left hippocampus hadn’t developed and thus caused an impairment in my ability to retain information without a “trigger” like multiple choice. I was angry that I had ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: I hate seeing young couples (rant) |
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Posted: 04 Jun 2023, 9:37 pm
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Replies: 159
Views: 12,180
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| Yeah, I definitely feel this. It was a part of what made college extremely depressing for me. Now I work from home, shop online, and live with a roommate who has also never been in a relationship, so I rarely go outside and interact with other people. I’m trying to go back to living alone because th... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Trapped with a nightmare roommate |
| Grammar Geek |
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Posted: 28 May 2023, 10:54 am
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Replies: 19
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| Thanks for the helpful replies, everyone. I’ve told him that I’m casually looking for a new apartment, and he’s not angry about it anymore. He understands the issue and says he’s been working on cleaning his room. I’m not sure if that’s true, but when I asked him about how it got this way, he said i... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Trapped with a nightmare roommate |
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Posted: 21 May 2023, 5:08 pm
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Replies: 19
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| https://i.ibb.co/Gxz7hBz/IMG-0135.jpg This is my roommate’s bedroom. Now that I have your attention, here’s what’s going on with my roommate and me. I have known the person who is my roommate since I began high school in 2010. We are both 27. He is the only friend I have left. A few years after gra... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: For ND people in insurance, investment & financial services |
| Grammar Geek |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2023, 9:05 pm
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Replies: 1
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| I work for an insurance broker and have tried to get my company affiliated with this company, but I think GAIN only partners with companies in the UK. I hope it expands to the US at some point. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's something you've done that most people haven't? |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2022, 11:10 am
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Replies: 206
Views: 15,848
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| Had brain surgery (amygdalohippocampectomy) |
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