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Recent content by Bobbert48

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    Age of Diagnosis

    I was officially diagnosed at age 56. When I was 4 or 5, our family physician told my parents that I was retarded and recommended that I be institutionalized. Fortunately my parents opted to mainstream me (perhaps because it was cheaper). Finding out that I had AS was enlightening as it gave me...
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    Dwelling on mistakes made in the past

    One of the common idiosyncracies that plagues people with autism spectrum disorders is an unrealistic double standard that we establish for ourselves and for others. While others are allowed to exhibit faults and frailties, we hold ourselves to impossibly high standards at all times. We (all)...
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    Ruminating on past friendships

    It has been said that it is not possible to hurt enough, worry enough or be sorry enough about the past to change it. As that is the case, it becomes LOGICAL that the past events be accepted as things that have transpired and now only only serve as reminders of how NOT to repeat a behavior. It...
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