... "This is what happens when you get a bunch of people with no conversational skills and stick us in a room together." I think that 's what I said. It was...
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I am frustrated with Peter's school system. Most of the time they are really good. Peter is doing really good in grade 7 in the junior high that we can see...
... Thanks! That sounds more correct. I didn't think I had it quite right. ... That and somebody in the back room kept dropping things unexpectedly. Boy that...
... It seems odd to me that the specifics of the diagnosis would bother them. The only difference in the DSM is whether or not there was a speech delay....
Right now it doesn't really matter because it is the same code and the same funding. I suspect that with more and more children getting the AS label more and...
... I have had the same problem in the adult service system, although since there's no way they can manage to call me "Asperger's" under the criteria, they...
... Yes, and that elevator is how I had to enter and leave the room! <grin> ... I wish there was one closer to Santa Cruz. I think I might attend the current...
I do understand passing for normal is exhausting (for me also) so I can't figure out why we continue to do this. I know we cannot shout out loud about our...
... In my case, I *sacrifice* any attempt at act of normalcy (which I'm apparently bad at anyway) in order to have better understanding of conversations. ...
I know it is scary that the people who know so little run so much of our lives. It is at times like talking to brick walls. I know the NT's are trying to...
I can't even listen for certian long periods of time. I can listen to all the words i want and few seconds later, I forget what was said and all these damn...
Yes that's exactly what I do. If I come back into a conversation because I've spaced out I just wait and I will be brought up-to-date about it by another...
Amanda, what you describe as a family dynamic is what is going on just now, as I realize my sister is more of an acquaintance than a friend. I've been...
I find the same with family. It is best just to try get along with them not to try to push the diagnosis down their throats unless they open it up for...
Its great to get this sort of feedback. It does me good, because here this sort of thing is normal! Getting back to Courtney - how are you today? Edmund Paul ...
In a message dated 4/2/04 1:51:15 AM US Eastern Standard Time, ... I heard THAT! My own sister 7 years my senior is indeed the biggest stranger I know. She...
to be a misfit in a group of misfits,youd have to be a fit,a perfect fit,not a misfit. anna John R Blaker <jrblaker@...> wrote: ... Nice to see some...
In a message dated 4/1/04 3:58:50 PM US Eastern Standard Time, ... find ... most ... Indeed it does I hate to tell the traditional person this fact ,but they...
... That's logical. 8-) ... -- Fr John R Blaker Associate Pastor St John the Baptist Church El Cerrito, CA and Episcopal Liturgist Bishop's Office Roman...
In a message dated 3/29/04 6:52:03 PM US Eastern Standard Time, ... She ... grows ... Sadly mothers are like that, and if possible as soon as possible you...
In a message dated 3/29/04 12:29:41 PM US Eastern Standard Time, ... Despite ALL most employers will do things like this If they like your work and attitude....
Dear John, Congratulations! You have done very well for yourself and have overcome MANY MANY Things that would uncork a traditional person! Your story is like...
In a message dated 3/29/04 4:57:23 AM US Eastern Standard Time, ... The world at large can be very fickle. A few labels good or bad can make you or break you....
This is why I get myself in trouble everyday. I say what's on my mind, when it manifests. No matter where I am, who's around, with no filter. Sometimes i find...
I space out during conversations a lot and wind up missing far too much. I know when to put in the "Mm-hmms," but it's more about tone, so I don't have to be...
... When I was in school I would play a game I called "anticipation". My job was to silently repeat what the teacher was lecturing about *before* they actually...
... I take the opposite strategy and hardly ever say anything at all. If I had a nickel for every time someone said "___, you're *so* quiet", I would have ...