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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What percentage of WP posters are NT? |
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Posted: 21 Nov 2011, 10:07 pm
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| And I belive Neurotypical referrs to people who don't have an underlying neurological disorder/abnormality, I mean as it says neuro'typical' as in what is normal neurologically. No, it means someone who's not autistic. With that kind of definition, it's hard to draw the line around "what's normal" ... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: do you hate it when people tell you to be happy? |
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Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 9:56 pm
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| Ok, I think Sweetleaf put a finger on why telling someone to be happy gives me the willies: it's like the scene that happens in a bad sci-fi horror movie right before the main character realizes EVERYONE around them is a pod person. "Why are you upset? Be happy... Be like us... Jooooin us... Haaappp... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: do you hate it when people tell you to be happy? |
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Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 6:32 pm
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| "The cure for depression is to just cheer up, darn it!" Har har... I actually had a therapist tell me that. I came in depressed out of my mind, and that was their advice: cheer up. I didn't laugh. What scared me was, neither did they. They were serious. I don't really have people tell me to cheer up... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: I finally found a job I like |
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Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 6:18 pm
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| This is awesome! Congrats! |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Moby Dick |
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Posted: 16 Nov 2011, 8:43 pm
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| Moby Dick makes interesting reading for a couple of reasons, one of which is all the information on cetatians. If that's not your cup of tea, those chapters will bore you out of your skull. Another reason is that Melville started with a central character, but then decided he really wanted to focus o... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Hard Days |
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Posted: 15 Nov 2011, 8:18 pm
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| Still, for an HR rep to call you crazy is crossing a line into unprofessional behavior, in my opinion. It's funny, though, I have had a grand total of one employer out of... well, more than I care to admit to, where I felt safe going to HR. In one case I filed a complaint, only to find out the HR re... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: The resistance to being deskilled |
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Posted: 15 Nov 2011, 1:42 pm
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| If the automation results in increased productivity then, assuming the same demand for the product/service, less staff will be required and some jobs may be lost. Turns out that's a pretty big assumption. In most of the cases where I've been at a place that's automating parts of its business, what ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: The resistance to being deskilled |
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Posted: 14 Nov 2011, 10:16 pm
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| I can't say I buy into this. The last two doctors I talked to didn't fit the technophobe model at all. One was a neurosurgeon, and described a seriously cool system he has on his operating microscope: He can take an MRI of a person's head with markers attached to it, and overlay the 3D model of the ... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Help! MSF or PhD? |
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Posted: 14 Nov 2011, 8:11 pm
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| Good set of questions! First off, have you looked for work outside your current country of residence? Development may not be a #1 priority there, but elsewhere development is a big business. Most of the places where there's hard core development, there's not as much experience in urban planning. You... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Chemicals |
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Posted: 14 Nov 2011, 4:19 pm
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| Funny thing is, this isn't all that new. I got a book a while back on factory life in the late 1800's. Two chapters dealt with chemical factories. One was for bleach, the other for sulfuric acid. Another book I've got that dates back to that same time period has sections on the use of sulfuric acid ... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Dealing with a Bully? |
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Posted: 09 Nov 2011, 3:36 pm
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| Bring the situation to the attention of the school authorities. You've told your counselor. Insist that the counselor show you where they have logged this in your file. If they haven't, tell them you want to see a letter, signed by them, and dated, that states you brought the bullying to their atten... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Meds that help with obsessions |
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Posted: 08 Nov 2011, 8:11 pm
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| I'd also be curious if there's something that works. Specifically, I'm not interested in taking a maintenance medication if I can avoid it, but when the obsessions get really nasty, it would be nice to have an out. The obsessions I'm talking about are not AS special interest obsessions. They're intr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Effective Responses to a Bully |
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Posted: 08 Nov 2011, 5:08 pm
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| AngelRho brings up some good points, especially if this is at a school. Depending on what the school rules are, the cost of fighting back may be prohibitive. (I'm wincing as I type this.) In the case of one school I'm unfortunately quite familiar with, defending yourself by raising your hand against... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: I got a job! |
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Posted: 08 Nov 2011, 4:42 pm
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ROCK ON!!
And from your previous posts on working life, it sounds like this is right up your alley. Can't beat that!
Congrats! |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Multi-City Job Hunt? |
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Posted: 08 Nov 2011, 4:40 pm
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| There's some truth to the statement that employers do look to the local pool of talent, but I've also seen that people do hire from out of town. The last job hunt I did involved applying at jobs in more than eight countries. (Hey, I was desperate!) In the end I moved overseas. Since then we've hired... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Debating if I should get a job or wait for economic meltdown |
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Posted: 07 Nov 2011, 10:08 pm
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Replies: 9
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| Get a job. Here's why: There are two big massive red flags an employer can see in a resume: One is an extended period of unemployment with no rational explanation in the cover letter. The other is an extended period of job hopping with jobs lasting only a few months. In the event the economy turns a... |
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