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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Diagnosed with astigmatism but see fine? |
| patdbunny |
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Posted: 01 Aug 2013, 5:22 pm
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Replies: 12
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| "The "fish bowl" effect is normal." Really?! 'Normal' people are supposed to see out of a fish bowl? Hm, no. For me, it disappeared rather quickly. Maybe it's hard to manufacture very strong glasses with cylinder. Was this when you were a kid? Maybe they have become better. The astigmatism contacts... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Diagnosed with astigmatism but see fine? |
| patdbunny |
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Posted: 01 Aug 2013, 3:55 pm
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| "The "fish bowl" effect is normal." Really?! 'Normal' people are supposed to see out of a fish bowl? " But the "aaaahhh, HD" effect was still amazing" No idea what you're talking about. I didn't see more clearly at all. I just saw fish bowl. " When I got me new glasses, I felt a bit dizzy and I had ... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Diagnosed with astigmatism but see fine? |
| patdbunny |
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Posted: 01 Aug 2013, 11:55 am
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Replies: 12
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| I have severe near-sightedness (-11.25) and astigmatism. I've never had correction for the astigmatism and "see just fine" with the near-sighted correction. Last year the eye doctor gave me a trial pair of contacts specifically for the astigmatism. He said I should be able to see much better with th... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Is it possible to become a "Social Aspie?" |
| patdbunny |
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Posted: 31 Jul 2013, 7:03 pm
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Replies: 13
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| Oh yeah. I pretty much NEVER make eye contact. When I try to make eye contact it ends up creeping people out. These days the only time I make eye contact is when I intentionally want to creep people out. For me, all my other superficial friendly techniques are enough to outweigh the lack of eye cont... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Is it possible to become a "Social Aspie?" |
| patdbunny |
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Posted: 31 Jul 2013, 4:01 pm
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Replies: 13
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| Yes, it's possible. I think you just learn to become a really good actor. You learn how to act social in certain situations. As a teen I worked in our family's restaurant as a hostess and waitress. I learned how to act appropriately social in that particular environment. In the restaurant environmen... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: AS: Independent living? how? |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2013, 12:50 pm
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Replies: 14
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: AS: Independent living? how? |
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Posted: 29 Jul 2013, 6:48 pm
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Where are you located and how old are you?
I'm in San Diego and our regional center helps those with developmental disabilities work towards independence. Here's some info: http://sdrc.org/
Maybe find out about moving into a group home as a transition towards independence. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Playing with toys |
| patdbunny |
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Posted: 29 Jul 2013, 4:43 pm
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Replies: 13
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| So, I've been reflecting upon my childhood. I remember that I didn't know how to play with tinker toys and lincoln logs. I didn't "get it" - how I was supposed to play with them. I guess I was not understanding what was the "correct" way to play with them. It was not an isolated occurrence. Playing ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you like a horse? |
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013, 2:31 pm
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| Following up on this - I'm reading Temple Grandin's Animals in Translation right now. She wrote about a horse that was afraid of black hats. She was impressed the NT owner figured out the specific fear was BLACK hats because NT's aren't hyper-specific, but instead very general. Kinda funny because m... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Losing Interest in Trying to Connect |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2013, 4:00 pm
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Replies: 7
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| I can understand the not caring about being normal but not wanting to connect? You really don't want to have at least one person you can talk to? I enjoy solitude as well but I can get too much of a good thing. If I'm alone too much my own thoughts, feelings, and issues start to get bottled up and ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Losing Interest in Trying to Connect |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2013, 3:06 pm
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| Hi everyone. I've noticed that I'm losing interest in trying to act NT; trying to connect with others. I have "acted" normal all my life. I have to "act normal" all day at work and engage people. I'm now 42 years old and am losing interest in acting normal on my off time. When I'm "acting normal" on... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Is anyone here a manager with Asperger's? |
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Posted: 26 Nov 2012, 1:14 pm
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Replies: 33
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| Congrats Tina! My opinion is that the aspie straightforwardness makes it a lot easier to manage people. Expectations, limitations, consequences are clear. No one has to do any mind reading. I'd think it would be harder being a manager as an NT and having to be concerned with modifying your style to ... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Any vegetarians/vegans here |
| patdbunny |
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Posted: 21 Nov 2012, 12:04 pm
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| You are what you eat. . . so cows are vegetarian. . . I eat cow. . . so yeah, I'm a vegetarian. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Paralegal |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2012, 11:45 am
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Replies: 2
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| What state are you in? I think CA is the only state with an actual paralegal educational requirement. What experience do you have? If you have zero experience, your best bet is to start from the bottom up - take a receptionist or file clerk position and do a fantastic job. Then you can move up the l... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Is anyone here a manager with Asperger's? |
| patdbunny |
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Posted: 19 Nov 2012, 1:25 pm
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Replies: 33
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Welll. . . .
How did it go? |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: What video game characters do you think has Aspergers? |
| patdbunny |
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Posted: 12 Nov 2012, 10:54 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 18,816
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| Sten - Dragon Age: Origins. |
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