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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Hand eye coordination |
| chirpy |
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Posted: 24 Nov 2016, 4:27 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 630
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| I got 4 seconds the first time I tried, 10 seconds on second try. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: People with Asperger's who have multiple friends |
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Posted: 19 Nov 2016, 2:03 pm
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Replies: 36
Views: 2,754
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| Well, I'll say that I'm lucky and that I usually find people who want to socialize with me before I can find anyone I want to socialize with. I've asked several people why they got close to me in the first place, and they answered that it is because I am spontaneous and honest, or because I don't ca... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: Vampire or Werewolf? |
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Posted: 30 Oct 2016, 1:20 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,285
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| Werewolf; I would get to turn into another animal. Also, I don't like vampires... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How are you with people joking around? How about sarcasm? |
| chirpy |
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Posted: 29 Oct 2016, 1:05 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,559
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| I used to have a lot of troubles understanding jokes and sarcasm, but now I don't have this problem anymore. I almost always get jokes and I make a lot of them myself, sarcasm sometimes it's a bit harder to get for me but I usually understand it. I'm quite sarcastic myself, but people often don't ge... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Special Interests and Puberty |
| chirpy |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2016, 11:18 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,266
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| I think I did the opposite... I was very obsessive as a child; for example, when I was in 3rd grade I liked rocks and geology and passed almost all my time researching on those topics and I hardly did anything else. This lasted up to when I was 13/14, when I became much less obsessive and my interes... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Those of us with " more strongly autistic " siblings . |
| chirpy |
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Posted: 20 Oct 2016, 12:41 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 885
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| I have a brother 17 years older than me who was diagnosed with severe autism back in the '80s. I don't think he's autistic at all, though. It's true that he doesn't talk and can't take care of himself on his own, but for all the other things, he's the opposite of an autistic, so much that both me an... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Post your political compass result. |
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Posted: 16 Oct 2016, 4:10 pm
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Replies: 111
Views: 5,664
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Women, are you attracted to muscular guys? |
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Posted: 16 Oct 2016, 3:50 pm
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Replies: 192
Views: 13,446
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| I voted for "somewhat lean". I've never liked guys who were too muscular, I usually prefer the ones who are athletic but thin (with some muscles but not too much). It's embarrassing if I think about it, but the guys I felt attracted to (with a few exceptions) were usually less muscular the... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: What are your fears? |
| chirpy |
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Posted: 16 Oct 2016, 3:41 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,410
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- being unsuccessful
- having to spend my life looking after someone else
- becoming severely disabled (either mentally or physically)
- being completely forgotten after my death
- becoming evil
- viruses and germs |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does ADHD medication help people with ASD? |
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Posted: 16 Oct 2016, 3:31 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,066
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| Sorry that it didn't work out for you, Chirpy. They did for me. I didn't and don't feel/am/have become dumb. For me they help me focus on the things that truly matter in my life. Rather than feeling like I drown in chaos... But yeah pills build no skills. So I can imagine they don't work miracles f... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Being told your selfish |
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Posted: 16 Oct 2016, 3:24 am
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Replies: 33
Views: 2,597
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| Yeah, sometimes my mother tells me I am selfish. Pretty much every time I tell her I don't want to spend my life looking after my brother like she did but that I want to have a life and a family of my own. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Giving compliments |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2016, 7:01 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,073
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CherryCoffee wrote: I like giving (sincere) compliments. It makes me feel like I've done somethjng nice, it makes someone else feel good, and it's a nice way to avoid the issue of not knowing what to say to someone.
Same here. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Are all AS people thin? |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2016, 6:59 am
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Replies: 131
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| I am 162 cm/almost 5'4'' and around 53 kg/117 lbs. I don't consider myself skinny, I am just normal. All other people I know who have diagnosed/suspected AS are very thin: for example, my father is 5'11'' and around 142 lbs, my former literature teacher is around 5'5'' and skinny, her son is as well... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does ADHD medication help people with ASD? |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2016, 6:42 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,066
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Coming from someone who has been diagnosed with ADD, ADHD medications don't even help people with ADHD. They just make you dumb. I tried them only once and it was enough.
It's better if you don't use them at all. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Speech Impediments and Autism |
| chirpy |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2016, 5:15 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,143
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| I had some when I was a child, up to the age of 6. I had problems pronouncing letters like r, g or c. A psychologist even suggested I went to a logopedist when I was 5. I never did though, and it just disappeared on its own. I haven't had such issues since then. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What kinda baby were you? |
| chirpy |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2016, 4:52 pm
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,726
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| According to what my mother said, I hardly ever cried, I was very curious about insects, I was troublesome and moved around a lot. Apparently, I almost gave my mother a heart attack a few times because I crawled to dangerous places (like the edge of the stairs), and I used to toss stuff into the fir... |
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