What are some ridiculous assumptions of people with AS? Some of these assumptions are actually perpetrated by psychiatrists who claim to know about it. In my...
This group is for people with disabilities or disability friendly people who are looking to get together for dating, romance, intimate relationships or even...
Does anyone have any advice on how I explain to my 8 year old son what AS is? I know he knows that he has difficulties mixing with his class mates and he has...
I'm wondering if there are any mute autistics here. I'm trying to get some more understanding of this. I've read works, such as those by Jasime Lee O'Neil's...
I was wondering if anyone knows who came up with the word 'Aspie' for someone with Aspegrers. I first saw that word in a Liane Holliday Willey book. Did she...
fyi..... MONDAY, APRIL 24TH, 2006 10:30AM - 3:30PM AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS RECOGNIZING THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH ASD IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND PROVIDING...
I think of disability as a word. I don't like the word, there are lots of words in the english language. People are manipulated by words though and we can...
When I was around 10-13 years old, I developed some ticks, the most prominent was a facial tick. For the most part, these went away as I got older, but they...
...should (if you want to) read this: http://www.disabledandproud.com/ A quote from there: "Fundamentally, Disability Pride represents a rejection of the...
I think the issue with getting people on the spectrum to say that they are disabled comes from what has happened in the past. If you are deaf or can't walk,...
Hi I just joined a couple of weeks ago and was so happy to find a group of people like me. But first a little background. I was diagnosed HFA about a year...
I think handicrafts like knitting, crocheting, and embroidery are both perseverations (reading about) and stims (the somewhat repetitive nature of doing the...
Hello, Thank you for letting me join your group. My name is Jeanette. I am a mother of 6 children. 5 of our children are in the Autism Spectrum. Our oldest...
I go to some messageboards that have mostly NTs and they discuss things normally b/c I don't tell them about my dx. The problem is that many of them use...
... issues in our daily lives with great regularity. I frequently cannot POSSIBLY imagine that another person is going to react a given way until they are...
http://www.smh.com.au/news/seniorshealth/secret-to-a-long-life--get-even-more-often/2006/03/21/1142703333722.html From the article: "The study tested students...
Lately people have many expectations of me and expect me to act like an NT. They get very frustrated when I am unable to do what they feel I should do. This...
Please check out our website www.aspergersociety.com launched last week. We are a group of adult with Aspergers and have formed a advocacy group for mentoring...
Hello everyone, My name is Trudy and my 3 year old son was recently diagnosed with AS. He is presently receiving speech, special ed, and occupational services...
Hi Terry, Am glad to hear you are OK. (For a moment, I thought Yahoo was playing games with me!) In the meantime, I wish you a speedy recovery. I was also...
How do the rest of you handle people who act as if you're an idiot because you didn't know better about something that didn't turn out the way you expected? A...
An AS pal and I found this ultra fun personality test online last nite. http://www.personaldna.com/ It's very accurate and well designed. It also has the most...
Hi and Welcome Back, Terry, It's good to hear from you after a while and thank you for your diagnostic 411 from the VA. I might have to hit up Mom & Dad re: my...
I was recently diagnosed with PDD NOS at age 41, and was wondering what if any pensions/stipends are available for those with this problem? My older sister has...
Doug wrote: Does anyone else on the list do this? That is, are you able to control what's going on in your dreams, and realize that it is indeed a dream? ...
This article on autistic culture http://trainland.tripod.com/martijn.htm (which I think is very well written) states that on his on-line group the author found...
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