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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Attwood responds to petition |
| VMSnith |
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Posted: 16 May 2009, 9:46 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,987
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| Attwood has made a firm public statement that Aspies do NOT make bad partners and parents, nor are they any more prone to be violent. This came in response to a recent petition objecting to Attwood's involvement with two NT/AS relationship support groups, FAAAS and ASPIA. (Well, technically it came ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Attwood makes public statement in response to petition |
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Posted: 16 May 2009, 9:40 am
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Replies: 42
Views: 7,635
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| Attwood has made a firm public statement that Aspies do NOT make bad partners and parents, nor are they any more prone to be violent. This came in response to a recent petition objecting to Attwood's involvement with two NT/AS relationship support groups, FAAAS and ASPIA. (Well, technically it came ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Severe Autism |
| VMSnith |
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Posted: 22 Apr 2009, 2:46 am
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Replies: 34
Views: 10,548
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ahem.
everyone ..
JESUS H FREAKIN CHRIST LOOK AT THIS GIRL'S ART ! !! !! !
Stephanie's Art
I think you have a bright future as a working artist.
Dayam. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Severe Autism |
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Posted: 22 Apr 2009, 2:35 am
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Replies: 34
Views: 10,548
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I am amazed at your mind, your expressiveness, and the immense struggle you describe to function in a world dominated by a very different neurology.
Do you blog daily? I'll definitely be reading it. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Myth: People with autism have genius talents. |
| VMSnith |
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Posted: 22 Apr 2009, 1:55 am
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Replies: 34
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| To the contrary, there is an amazing study conducted by SB Cohen at the University of Cambridge. He took a sample of 11 Mathematical Olympiad winners. We're talking world-class mathematical talent here. What he found was nothing short of amazing. He didn't just find that Aspies are to be talented in... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do I get the pass to bypass lines at Disney? |
| VMSnith |
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Posted: 22 Apr 2009, 1:21 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,900
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| Is waiting in a long line too difficult for your son? I really, really, hope that is your motivation. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are We Being Unfair to Autism Speaks |
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Posted: 22 Apr 2009, 1:14 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,276
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| I think it is fair to judge somebody by the worst thing they say, for one important reason : they are free to retract that statement at any time. Apologize even. Autism Speaks never did that. It doesn't matter how many other reasonable things they said. If I shoplift on monday and tuesday, it is no ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Yet another freakin petition, but sign it. Pls |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2009, 11:53 am
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Replies: 2
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| Yes, I know. Calls for petition signatures result in long threads about the utter futility of petitions. Please just give it a quick read, and if you agree with it, sign it. We've got 120 sigs so far. This one is about Dr. Tony Attwood and ASPIA - a hate-group disguised as a'support group for NT par... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are We in a Narcissism Epidemic? (Newsweek) |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2009, 11:41 am
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Replies: 51
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| This could be due to the farce that is modern psychology and its too-close cousin, pop psychology. Psychology, under the guise of science, became the dominant religion in the modern world. People came to believe their lives are Great Literature rooted in ancient greek mythology, that they have been ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I want to have an IQ of 250 |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2009, 9:30 pm
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Replies: 53
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| The highest IQ score in the world belongs to Marilyn Vos Savant in the US. On the basis of this alone, she wrote a magazine column called Ask Marilyn, and a couple of books. The books are awful - she embarasses herself with pedestrian conceptual blunders in fields where she is way out of her depth, ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did Andy Warhol have Asperger's? |
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Posted: 03 Apr 2009, 1:09 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 8,271
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| There is a fantastic PBS documentary called "American Masters : Andy Warhol" which briefly suggests warhol was slightly autistic. He didn't like to be touched, tended to answer interviewers with a single "Um ... yea" or "Um ... no.", was fascinated with repetition, worked like a dog, had a fascinati... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did Andy Warhol have Asperger's? |
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Posted: 03 Apr 2009, 1:08 am
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Replies: 20
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| There is a fantastic PBS documentary called "American Masters : Andy Warhol" which briefly suggests warhol was slightly autistic. He didn't like to be touched, tended to answer interviewers with a single "Um ... yea" or "Um ... no.", was fascinated with repetition, worked like a dog, had a fascinati... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I was threatened by Wrong Planet based on my opinions here. |
| VMSnith |
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Posted: 03 Apr 2009, 12:40 am
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Replies: 68
Views: 6,948
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| I don't know what your original complaint was. But ... well ... "somebody on the internet really pissed me off" will get you laughed out of any lawyer's office. there's a million boards with a gazillion moderators who make a quabizillion judgements every day. People are banned, called names, even ..... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is Baron-Cohen famous in America? |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2009, 9:06 pm
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Replies: 21
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| Meh. Only entertainers are famous in America. In the autism community, there is a grudging, unspoken understanding that SBC, and the research institute he directs (U. Cambridge Centre for Autism Research) is the world's foremost. We just don't say that, cuz we never say that about anyone. AMERICA! F... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Please help us break this destructive pattern |
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Posted: 20 Mar 2009, 9:50 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,777
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| Hi, I'm AS. From my own childhood ... it was pretty common of me to latch on to some word or phrase and walk around repeating it for a while. I don't think I can explain or fully understand the dynamic behind it. Part of it was intentional declaration, part verbal experimentation, part nervous tick,... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What's the term in English to describe this kind of person? |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 12:23 pm
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Replies: 66
Views: 5,907
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Looks like we have multiple votes for "flippant."
"flip" is sometimes used, in American slang anyway. |
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