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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: For those who were diagnosed late... |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2011, 2:50 am
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Replies: 36
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| I'm not convinced my AS diagnosis is right, although it is from a specialist clinic. Personally I feel I am just too lazy to get anything done, if I just tried harder, I would be 'normal'. And that has lead to the development of the anxiety and depression, which I feel is my own fault too. You soun... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: For those who were diagnosed late... |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2011, 1:32 am
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| I was diagnosed with NLD when I was 40. Before that I usually thought I was lazy and that everyone else had so much more stamina than me because they were obviously hyper-focusing all of the time to pull it all off. I must've intuited something, though, because I remember in the 80s asking a therapi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you need a "cave" of your own to come home to? |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2011, 12:09 am
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Replies: 44
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| I live alone in a small studio apartment. In the past I've had neighbors who would knock on my door at unpredicible intervals but not now and this is much better. I have my cave. Always, when I was and am with people most of the day I need awake time to lie in the dark secure in the fact that I won'... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you need a "cave" of your own to come home to? |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2011, 12:07 am
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| I live alone in a small studio apartment. In the past I've had neighbors who would knock on my door at unpredicible intervals but not now and this is much better. I have my cave. Always, when I was and am with people most of the day I need awake time to lie in the dark secure in the fact that I won'... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you need a "cave" of your own to come home to? |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2011, 12:01 am
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies, have you read this article? |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2011, 11:13 pm
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Replies: 47
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| How is "severe Asperger's" distinguished from an autistic person diagnosed with autism of a similar severity? When you give the same thing two different names and then rank those labeled one way in a particular way and those labeled another way in a particular way, does the distinction really count... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: main idea versus detail orienated |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2011, 11:07 pm
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Replies: 25
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| I don't know if this is the same thing or not. In essays in the like or even in class lectures if the speaker is organized I get the main idea, but in my nemesis, real life situations, I have more of a problem. Last week I went to a workshop on filling out employment applications and a sample questi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies, have you read this article? |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2011, 10:49 pm
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Replies: 47
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| I also thought that she was too interested in trying to distance herself from 'those autistics', like it's alright to have one-dimensional stereotypes as long as they're not about me. The argument that made me think was the one that said, severe aspergers isn't mild. I thought, okay there is a point... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies, have you read this article? |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2011, 8:20 pm
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| While I agree with a few of her points my first reaction is, How convient for Autism Speaks when aspergers is a separate diagnosis from autism, and vice versa. When those annoying aspies challenge them, just say they don't have autism,they're not qualified to comment. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies, have you read this article? |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2011, 8:20 pm
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Replies: 47
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| While I agree with a few of her points my first reaction is, How convient for Autism Speaks when aspergers is a separate diagnosis from autism, and vice versa. When those annoying aspies challenge them, just say they don't have autism,they're not qualified to comment. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: VIQ>PIQ? |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2011, 10:42 am
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Replies: 51
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| I didn't respond to the poll but I have an NVLD diagnosis and, after I read the list of female Aspie characteristics, I would add suspected Aspergers. I have a 29 point V>P score. V=131, P=102. Highest verbal = Similarities and Letter/Number sequencing. Lowest=Arithmetic. Highest performance = Matri... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: One component of social skills? |
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Posted: 27 Mar 2011, 9:37 pm
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| Maybe I'm just stating the obvious. I was on a bus today, one that runs only on Sundays, going to a natural area just outside of town. Someone I know from a group I'm part of got on and sat down next to me, so I did the obligatory conversation thing to the best of my ability. About 3/4 of the way th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Fun quiz-How neurotypical are you? |
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Posted: 27 Mar 2011, 8:48 pm
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| I got 32%. It did focus a lot on lack of social interest, which I match strongly, and not so much on sensitivities, which I have but they're pretty mild. Overall I think it was fair. So many of us have answered it that we could start the process of testing its validity, and even reliability if we wa... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Female Aspie traits |
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Posted: 23 Mar 2011, 8:33 am
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Replies: 27
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| I first read this list from a post in the women's section (a few days ago). This made me seriously consider the possibility that I'm not just an asocial NLDer but an Aspie. Yeah, I don't bounce around so much now but when I was in Jr High and went to dances I would get so excited I would just jump u... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ever felt like a zombie |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2011, 10:51 pm
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Replies: 8
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| anything involving any kind of exertion takes all my mental energy just to take the first steps. i lie in bed in the morning, and it takes me two hours to summon the gumption to do my morning exercises and get up and get the paper and get dressed and such...it takes me at least an hour of just sitt... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I did something abnormal |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2011, 10:35 pm
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Replies: 17
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| I didn't get the flu vaccine this year. I got the flu, and I still have NVLD/possible Aspergers. |
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