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Recent content by ADL

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    Being good at most social skills, with ASD

    ASD folks aren't a monolith. Every individual person is going to have different strengths and weaknesses, and many of us can learn skills that don't come naturally to us. If you think you have a skill that's not common among other ASD folks, there's really nothing strange about that. There's...
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    My posts are still "trending"

    I think you might be misunderstanding how a forum works. This isn't a social media site like Facebook or Twitter where a user posts something to their own page and then others might comment on it or give it a like for a few hours before the algorithm sweeps it away. On an oldschool forum like...
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    Does anyone do that thing where you replay a social interaction in your head for hours/days?

    I'm not sure if it's an autism thing or not, and I don't know how common it is or if it even has a name, but basically after any intense or unfamiliar social interaction I will run it over in my head for hours on end, sometimes for more than 24 hours. When I've described it before, people have...
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    Internet relationships- tips for young players

    One thing I would suggest is finding a fun activity or discussion topic where you can get to know people online without being too personal. Then once someone is familiar and you know how they play games or talk about their favourite foods or something, you'll have a better idea of if you want to...
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