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ASPartOfMe wrote:
Blogs, articles, youtube videos by Autistic and experts and WP people in my support groups. I do plan to read the recommended books at some point.
What has been most important to me?. A combination of 57 years experience living as an autistic person, the
The person a clinician with 30 years experience saying "I have no problem diagnosing you with Aspergers" then writing in my diagnostic report I was moderate to severe. Her discussing what I thought was being normal was a coping mechism.
And most of all this video I watched shortly after diagnosis and have watched a number of times since.
What has been most important to me?. A combination of 57 years experience living as an autistic person, the
The person a clinician with 30 years experience saying "I have no problem diagnosing you with Aspergers" then writing in my diagnostic report I was moderate to severe. Her discussing what I thought was being normal was a coping mechism.
And most of all this video I watched shortly after diagnosis and have watched a number of times since.
Wasn't there a thread recently asking where beautiful female aspies were? This woman right here is a fine example.
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09 Mar 2015, 11:21 am
rugulach wrote:
ASPartOfMe wrote:
Blogs, articles, youtube videos by Autistic and experts and WP people in my support groups. I do plan to read the recommended books at some point.
What has been most important to me?. A combination of 57 years experience living as an autistic person, the
The person a clinician with 30 years experience saying "I have no problem diagnosing you with Aspergers" then writing in my diagnostic report I was moderate to severe. Her discussing what I thought was being normal was a coping mechism.
And most of all this video I watched shortly after diagnosis and have watched a number of times since.
What has been most important to me?. A combination of 57 years experience living as an autistic person, the
The person a clinician with 30 years experience saying "I have no problem diagnosing you with Aspergers" then writing in my diagnostic report I was moderate to severe. Her discussing what I thought was being normal was a coping mechism.
And most of all this video I watched shortly after diagnosis and have watched a number of times since.
Wasn't there a thread recently asking where beautiful female aspies were? This woman right here is a fine example.
By the time I remembered her the thread was finished. While of course as a heterosexual male I noticed her looks but her value to me was in teaching me what I actually was doing for 55 years as an Aspie-Autistic in an NT world was very different from what I thought I was doing.
09 Mar 2015, 12:55 pm
ASPartOfMe wrote:
rugulach wrote:
Wasn't there a thread recently asking where beautiful female aspies were? This woman right here is a fine example.
By the time I remembered her the thread was finished. While of course as a heterosexual male I noticed her looks but her value to me was in teaching me what I actually was doing for 55 years as an Aspie-Autistic in an NT world was very different from what I thought I was doing.
Of course, what she says has value but her beauty is a bonus and reminded me of that recent thread.
