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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ASD visual memory: If I can't see it, it doesn't exist |
| Kjartan |
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Posted: 26 Apr 2013, 9:18 pm
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Replies: 17
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| WrongPlanet, There is a manifestation of my ASD about which I have found it difficult to locate information because it is so difficult to describe. Simply put, once an object moves out of my visual field, that object ceases to exist, for all intents and purposes. My experience is the epitome of the ... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: I dont know what I'm doing. |
| Kjartan |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2011, 5:58 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,076
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| Hi dmndsol, glad you're here! |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: The Onion: Autistic Reporter |
| Kjartan |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2011, 5:43 pm
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Replies: 29
Views: 9,675
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| ...because I get all the 'in-jokes'. I get the feeling that this video is laughing 'with' autistic people, not 'at' them. I see in this character attributes of myself exaggerated for comedic affect, which enables me to laugh at those qualities in myself but in a way which affirms rather than belittl... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Light it up blue facebook campaign - neurodiversity images |
| Kjartan |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2011, 5:24 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,647
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| Thanks for the graphic, I have pasted it to my FB profile. A nice bit of culture jamming subverting the Autism (doesn't) Speaks (for me) logo. I did not know about the movement to use orange as the alternative to blue, but will make use of orange in the future. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autistic Pride symbol? |
| Kjartan |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2011, 5:08 pm
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Replies: 39
Views: 18,575
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| The ways that we can express our pride in our autism visually (or in any creative media) should be as diverse as we are. I would like to propose an additional symbol: the Knight Chess Piece Some reasons: * The Knight moves in a non-linear manner, which is the source of its power and potential - just... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Autistic Spirituality Blog |
| Kjartan |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2011, 4:56 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,241
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| I would like to invite you all to view a blog I started today exploring the spiritual dimensions of living on the spectrum, at http://autisticspirituality.blogspot.com/ To begin with, there are reflections and vignettes of my own reflections on aspects of holy writings and life and faith communities... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why does your God recieve special treatment? |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2010, 11:15 am
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Replies: 34
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| Therefore, everyone's 'God' is right. Impossible. What you're suggesting is that Yahweh is right in addition to any/all other gods. To say that is to contradict 1) what is known about Yahweh, and 2) what Yahweh demands of His followers. I am suggesting that Yahweh is one image, or name for God, tha... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why does your God recieve special treatment? |
| Kjartan |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2010, 12:33 pm
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Replies: 34
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| How come having faith in the judeo-christian God (for instance) is respectable and and should not be questioned, but if i believed in the Hobgoblin, I'd be called schizophrenic? I'm not calling religious people crazy nor do iI hink they're stupid - i just think it's remarkable that that there are hi... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Atheists - Check Mate! |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2010, 12:27 pm
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Replies: 126
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| Atheists, riddle me this: if God doesn't exist, then how come he has a name? Yeah. Thought so. This argument is like a version of the classic medieval scholasticist 'Ontological Argument' ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontological_argument ) In brief God = The greatest thing that exists something t... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Centrist/Moderate Thread |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2010, 12:21 pm
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Replies: 6
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| I'm troubled by the divisiveness as well. I know that WP is not a 'support group' per se, but I wish that the community would not tear each other down for tearing-down's sake. For example, my spiritual faith helps me cope in my struggles with life as an autistic individual. On making that statement,... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: How was Jesus able to walk on water? |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2010, 12:17 pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 6,535
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| Like other miracles of the Bible, 'walking on water' is a profound metaphor...perhaps it symbolises how faith can inspire one to overcome insurmountable obstacles. To be a believer in a Divinity does not imply subscribing to a literal interpretation. The scriptures have been described as 'God's love... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: FL church declares this September 11 "Burn A Koran Day& |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2010, 12:03 pm
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Replies: 95
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| One of the gifts of autism is the ability to think logically and be detached from emotion. Therefore, in a sense, we are spared the illogical and bigoted paroxysms of hate which would inspire such a grotesque event. Maybe one of the reasons there are autistic people in the world, is so that there ar... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Autism TV and Autism Speaks |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2010, 11:53 am
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Replies: 108
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| I am of two minds about this. On the one hand, there is rarely any value in deliberately shutting down lines of communication with anyone. Social advancement is about making alliances. One of the inhibitors of any movement for social justice is the inability of 'radicals' to partner with 'reformists... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Not into video games anymore... |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2010, 11:31 am
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Replies: 19
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| I have phased out of playing video games because I have realized that at the end of the day, when the game is finished - I have not *accomplished* anything - in real terms, I have gotten one pixellated image to shift into another pixillated image. With my limited time on this plane, I would rather d... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Family Guy |
| Kjartan |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2010, 11:26 am
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Replies: 73
Views: 6,768
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| I think the reason I like Family Guy so much is that the narrative style of the show parallels my way of thinking. Quick flashes of images linked by free association, drawing intertextual connections between hitherto unconnected media - humor based on having an immense mental reservoir of cultural r... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Bahá'í Faith |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2010, 10:25 am
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Replies: 101
Views: 10,185
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| I am a Bahá'í Aspie, and I am glad to see discussion of the Bahá'í Faith on this forum. While at this point I will refrain from getting involved in the previous discussion, I would be interested in talking with other Bahá'í's on the autism spectrum, since I am considering writing a book on the Faith... |
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