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AS-and-Proud-of-it@ya...
Feb 1, 2004 5:08 pm
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Feb 1, 2004 5:08 pm
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David, With me, there is no trouble in thinking too much of myself. ^_^ My esteem is usually so low that, even if I raise it, it will *still* be below average!...
Early Saturday morning (4AM) I went to the local emergency for what turned out to be Acute Gastroenteritis (probably food posioning). Some interesting...
hope you are feeling much better now and I am so proud of you for taking action even in your pain and turning off that wretched blaring hospital tv! BRAVO!...
Of course, we knew this already.... Exasperated parents who tell their children "look at me while I'm talking to you" should actually be telling them the...
Rhonda, That's what I was trying to say to you. With that limitation in mind you must learn to think much better of yourself. There is plenty of safe room for...
Looking people in the eye! When I was doing my compulsory army service, they said, "Look the inspecting officer in the eye". I did, once, and he tried hard and...
My son has autism. He is very active and impulsive. My husband and I were strongly against the use of medication. My husband has ADHD and managed without ...
... It is not legal in the sense of a written law on the books okaying killing people with developmental disabilities. It does appear to be fairly okay in...
Thanks to all who offered your opinions ! If I understood right, I may synthesize your subjectively felt effects of SSRI's as "indifference" (Cade Bois) and ...
Mircea Pauca
mpauca@...
Feb 2, 2004 8:27 pm
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... I'm not sure how common is it. For SRI''s and SSRI's they are prescirbed for anxiety as well and I think even for NT's the dose you get for anxiety tends ...
... Except those same things happen in the US too so it makes no sense to me to say that it is problem specific to Canada. On one autism list I am on restraint...
... Yes, I do not know of a country which doesn't need human rights reforms when it comes to developmental disabilities. :( I don't see any evidence that...
When I was reading the article, I thought the NTs were doing it because they were trying to cure her but they were doing it because it was to keep her from...
... I think because we have lower homicide rates compared to the US any murder gets a lot more press so based on media attention it might seem like a more ...
Our son was on ritalin for a while, and various other medications as well. We think it helped. However, it is said that the effects on children are quite...
No, I don't think the equanil did take long to work, because I felt the effect immediately. It was that something needed to be stopped in its tracks but did...
... My dog takes (well, I give her) Prednisone for her asthma. It seemed to be helping, but I'm taking her in tomorrow, because it is getting worse. Dave...
I was under the impression people with AS weren't creative. However, I have seen several with AS that are extremely creative. Is this a stereotype? Does anyone...
smith234@...
Feb 3, 2004 2:54 pm
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... I think the confusion lies in that people with AS are said to lack a certain type of imagination that would otherwise allow them to anticipate and follow...
Hi, Speaking as someone whose cartooning efforts have been called "cliched", whose music has been described as overly simplistic with no surprises, and whose...
... Rachel, I have read several books about writing and becoming a writer and something they all say I am sure applies to other creative arts as well: All...
... little ... Trade union leaders and left wing councils dealing with the practicalities of taking decisions at a social and collective level, tend to drift...
... I am both creative as well as non-creative, if that makes any sense. I have been told, as far as compute programming goes, I come up with very creative...
I am creative, I am a musician, photographer, videographer artist and poet. What I am not good at is falling into other peoples models of any of those ...