... I received a similar religious indoctrination- though mainly it was through school. My parents stopped going to church and weren't outwardly religious at...
Hi, It has been a long time since I last posted, but find this thread to be about the core of my problems. I am not Aperger but am on the spectrum somewhere....
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Aug 1, 2004 2:44 pm
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Shari, good post. Excellent post. I find your writing very readable and not at all difficult in terms of how you express yourself. Write on! For myself, I...
... I can't really tell you anything that would help in a practical sense, however I can say that what you talk about definitely sounds like one of the...
... Ha - I actually like grits. They're so bland I think they're good for upset tummy. I don't ever put any cheese or gravy on them; just a bit of [real] ...
... Maybe it would be better to think of it as a difference instead of a deficit. Some people just are not "wordy". I have the same issues with words (or the...
... redneck ... I've never had any before but I always thought it was "Ritz," because thats what it always sounded like when someone said it and I didn't know...
Grits? OMG, yes. Grits is grrrrrreat! -Zer (who had her first grits at college in Tallahassee, Florida, where my roommate told me what 'that white stuff' on...
Thing is, whatever your intentions, (which I won't guess at now) your *words* accused all who experience boredom and all lurkers of being voyeurs who use...
... Grits are made from corn -- a different grain. If you ever tasted plain hot-air popped popcorn, that's a little bit how grits taste. They don't have much...
Alan et al., sorry you heard an accusation as I talked about my own life and how I view boredom or ennui or being trapped in a life situation. Clearly I shift...
http://www.savantacademy.org/about.php ~ Unable to work a snap or button to dress himself, Rex flaps his hands and shows traits associated with the spectrum....
I am intersted in info about food sensitivities. This does seem to be due to difficulty with taste and texture. The foods I cannnot get down are all beans,...
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Aug 2, 2004 11:49 am
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Zer: No. Boredom is not a state of contentment in which not a lot going on. If you think that is what it may be, you obviously have never been bored and...
Hi All, After some emails turned up missing, (webmail) and I was recieving a catalog I did not sign up for, (which required a password! and had all my personal...
Lilith, I'm sorry you feel this way. Feelings happen. My writing shares my feelings, just as your writing shares your feelings. Nothing that I write denies...
The Autism-Related Ministerial Shrug... ...And Please Explain Why It's Right to Disrespect Autistics a response by Michelle Dawson Excerpt: "I don't think...
Yep, don't give up! I've got an email account on Yahoo that gets over 100 spams a day, most of which are caught by the Bulk Mail spam filter. Happens it's...
Zer: Sorry. My writing was not clear. I know that you never implied that autistics were lazy. Both you and I know a lot about autism, because we have...
I would recommend going someplace like a library and then logging on to the internet and changing your password to something different I would also recommend...
... I would NOT recommend using a public computer. The reason is that public computers often have key loggers, trojans, and other such installed on them - it...
Lilith, thanks for clarifying. I'm being hit a bit, I think, for coming on board with a late-life dx. I'm stepping on toes as I blunder in my new-found...
http://www.geocities.com/autistry/YMBAAI.html ~ OMG, so funny! So excruciatingly true. Many of these are so much a part of me that I do not realize how funny...
My name is Melissa. and i was diagnosed by my therapist as having asperger syndrome in early june. and i would like to make friends who also have it. i am...
I have been writing a blog about my life with AS & hyperlexia. I am trying to explain about self stimulatory behavior. I am not sure if it was this group or...
hey I have almost all of those steriotypic behaviors. I just thought some of it was normal behavior. I can remember my mother telling me when I was a little...
... I certainly do, as do many on this list. When I was a kid I got into a lot of trouble simply for my inability to sit still. Squirming, swaying and...