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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Greetings from Antarctica |
| Sappho |
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Posted: 10 Feb 2007, 1:42 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,210
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| So, we're supposed to "psot" things other people agree with by reading their minds? This is silly. But thanks for the response, Tennis Fanatic. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Greetings from Antarctica |
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Posted: 09 Feb 2007, 3:14 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,210
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| Would someone please be so kind as to tell me what "psot" means? Thank you. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: 12-year-old girl charged for wetting pants |
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Posted: 07 Feb 2007, 4:14 pm
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,846
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| This story probably made the paper because the outraged parents called the newspapers. When my son was abandoned on the preschool handicapped bus, I called the newspapers. Then I sued the hell out of everyone involved. I assume this girl's parents are going to do the same thing. My son's case was se... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Fish Oil in Pregnancy Benefits Babies’ Brains |
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Posted: 07 Feb 2007, 3:57 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,890
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| Some studies claim that Omega 3s prevent post partum depression as well. The idea of taking fish oil during pregnancy makes me feel queasy even now, though. I doubt I could've kept them down during my pregnancies. Flaxseed caps work for me, and they have an added benefit for pregnant women of preven... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: [adult swim] shuts down boston... |
| Sappho |
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Posted: 07 Feb 2007, 3:53 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,338
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| I just hope they don't deport the guy from Belarus. He does fit the stereotype of the bomb-throwing anarchist, with his white-boy dreadlocks. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: For the More Mature Among Us (Old folks) |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2007, 3:58 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,070
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| I'm 46 and haven't really had a career. I worked for the last ten years in healthcare, by accident. I wound up in charge of a small staff, making good money, but had a recurrence of panic disorder, then major depression. Now I'm trying to get on disability. I used to write poetry all the time, but t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: AS & being photographed |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2007, 3:44 pm
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Replies: 83
Views: 7,353
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| I hate being photographed or recorded, also hate mirrors, except... when I put on my clown makeup and transform into Dozo the Clown! Everybody either loves or fears clowns. Nobody expects a clown to act "normal." I don't even have to speak if I don't feel like it, just wave at people. I don't have t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: how many people in your family are very NT? |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2007, 3:33 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,082
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| My mother is very sociable, but she is a chronic nail biter. Also, she can't touch her fingers to her thumb independently. That's a little test the early intervention team used on my son when they diagnosed him. I don't know my father, but he is an engineer and I'm told very cold emotionally--any ma... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why so much opposition to curing Aspergers? |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2007, 3:15 pm
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Replies: 126
Views: 12,189
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| I don't think the difference between syndrome and disease is merely semantics. It's a very important difference. A disease has a definite cause and may be curable. A syndrome is a different ball of wax entirely. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Has anyone actually experienced love? |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2007, 2:48 pm
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Replies: 61
Views: 5,382
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| I love my husband and children, my pets, my brother and mom, my close friends, even myself. I think self-love is the hardest for me. I didn't know I was an Aspie, kept getting told I wasn't trying hard enough, lots of rejection, etc., which I internalized. It didn't help that my mother's second husb... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Do you use toiletries made for the opposite gender or age? |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2007, 7:08 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,359
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| Back when I was able to use scented products I used baby products or men's products. Now I have to use scent and fragrance free only. I can't even use deodorant, but I've found witch hazel works pretty well. There's also a "crystal" which is just alum, and unscented. One crystal lasts for years. How... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is stimming a "normal" aspie practice? |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2007, 12:34 pm
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Replies: 35
Views: 5,955
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| And I'm middleaged! I took an online quiz in the name of science. At the end of it, I was offered another survey on stimming. I figured I don't stim, but even that would help the researchers. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that I have something like 20 out of 30 stims. Pretty surprising. NTs ... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Self diagnosing |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2007, 1:22 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 918
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| Practising a martial art/meditation helps many people with AS stay calm and keep from being overwhelmed. I do t'ai chi, and my son does aikido. Going someplace peaceful is always better for me than going someplace stressful, like an amusement park or a city. My son has an AS diagnosis. He learned ev... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: as student stabs another student |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2007, 12:41 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,469
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| It looks like this boy had a fascination for knives. Apparently his parents let him have a knife collection. This might be a harmless activity for a country boy or girl. When I was a teen, I liked to whittle with a Girl Scout knife. As a parent, I have to ask, what were this kid's parents thinking? ... |
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