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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mental Health System Nightmare. |
| LilGator |
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Posted: 22 Jun 2010, 11:03 pm
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| Hi All. Yep I got it ... Aspergers. :lol: I have been in mental health system for over 10 years now. ETA: Have been in and out of system since child - typical misdiagnosed HFA when they did not know what it was back when I was achild) Original Dr. who diagnosed me moved away. For years the system h... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mental Health System Nightmare. |
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Posted: 22 Jun 2010, 10:51 pm
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| a group of case workers, those with more sever autism, and those with medium autism who are leaders, either formally or informally, within the group (I often do better as an informal leader). And so the group is about 50-50 between non-autistic leaders and autistic leaders, and yes, about half the ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ways Girls May Mask ASD |
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Posted: 22 Jun 2010, 10:43 pm
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Replies: 146
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ooops. Double posted. The site booted and said to many people posting. Got back in and have 2 post.  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ways Girls May Mask ASD |
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Posted: 22 Jun 2010, 10:39 pm
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| Thanks White Tiger... I am a firm believer that the gender ratio for Autism 4:1 is utter rubbish. I dun believe it's true. I am born in the year of the tiger and the White tiger is my favourite animal Have watched these videos on Youtube more than once. :oops: Love the videos and this might be off ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ways Girls May Mask ASD |
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Posted: 22 Jun 2010, 10:39 pm
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| Thanks White Tiger... I am a firm believer that the gender ratio for Autism 4:1 is utter rubbish. I dun believe it's true. I am born in the year of the tiger and the White tiger is my favourite animal Have watched these videos on Youtube more than once. :oops: Love the videos and this might be off ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: how often does Autism/Aspergers come w/other mental problems |
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Posted: 22 Jun 2010, 2:02 am
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| I have a different view. I think people who are not "fully" informed on asperger see some of our behaviors actions etc and label according to what they know. Depression and anxiety - very common in all disabilities even ones such as multiple schlerosis which my father had. They never said it was thi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ways Girls May Mask ASD |
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Posted: 22 Jun 2010, 12:49 am
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| Oh boy. The blog hit home. I know I am going to sound like an idiot here but I am 45 years old and at least once aweek I STILL start bawling because I have no "real" friends. I can imitate for very short periods but usually veer all conversations to my topics that I like almost 100% of the time. Whi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ways Girls May Mask ASD |
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Posted: 22 Jun 2010, 12:09 am
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| I just wrote a MySpace blog about the ways girls may mask ASD, drawing mostly from my own experience. The blog is here: Blog-How Girls Diguise ASD I thought this might be an interesting topic to discuss. If you are a female, what ways did you learn to disguise your social awkwardness? Also, I've ju... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mental Health System Nightmare. |
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Posted: 21 Jun 2010, 11:55 pm
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Replies: 49
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| The original poster and I sound like we are in the same position. We are somewhere between high and low functioning, been correctly diagnosed, and are ignored for most of the rest of the part. This is my situation and I call us "lost in the middle" I think the middle group may be the most ignored b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mental Health System Nightmare. |
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Posted: 21 Jun 2010, 11:40 pm
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| The original poster and I sound like we are in the same position. We are somewhere between high and low functioning, been correctly diagnosed, and are ignored for most of the rest of the part. I don't go to "mental health professionals" simply because it has not been a good experience. Most know ve... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mental Health System Nightmare. |
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Posted: 21 Jun 2010, 11:29 pm
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| . . . but kids in the hands of people who have literally ZERO ASD understanding at all. I mean why would they not want to understand autism/asperger for their clients who have it??? Makes no sense to me that they would not want to understand. . . Something that has taken me a long time to understan... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mental Health System Nightmare. |
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Posted: 21 Jun 2010, 1:53 pm
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| EEEE. What I bolded is exactly what I was trying to do. You hit it on the head right their. They were polite but did not get my point. You are the first one who did. I was very clear (I think) I mean how else can a person say it. I worded it clearly when I asked for that. :roll: Thank you very much... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mental Health System Nightmare. |
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Posted: 21 Jun 2010, 1:38 pm
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| . . . If its the IN thing to support war they will. When its not the in thing they wont. Talking about people who go with the majority versus making up their own minds on their own beliefs and not the groups belief. I mean like do they ever actually even read up on or educate themselves on what the... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mental Health System Nightmare. |
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Posted: 21 Jun 2010, 1:11 pm
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| . . . I never make phone calls. That is super hard for me. So anytime somebody says "call these people etc" I have never been able to follow through and pick up the phone. Calling people I dont know may be one of the hardest things for me to do in socializing. Dont know why but even after 45 years ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mental Health System Nightmare. |
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Posted: 21 Jun 2010, 1:04 pm
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| . . . I really like what you are sharing and I do agree with you but how do you get "a team" how do you really get an advocate. I think I need them offline in the sense they need to be able to help hands on. Make sense? . . . Yeah, I'd rather have live, face-to-face supporters and colleagues. Okay,... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mental Health System Nightmare. |
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Posted: 21 Jun 2010, 12:29 pm
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| Yep I am in the US. Ohio. Have you conacted AutismOhio yet? http://www.autismohio.org/ I contacted the Autism Society Of Northwestern Ohio. One good thing is they actually paid for me to see Tony Atwood speak. But on the mental health system issue I basically am told to call or write people. I try ... |
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