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Recent content by Divrom

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    The Good Doctor (TV-USA)...

    I cant believe some people like this show. It is stereotype city. It also perpetuates the idea that autistics are only valuable if they are savant. In the pilot episode, the president of the hospital said, "he's not rainman." But yes, he is. In episode2 he actually asked someone, "whats the...
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    How Many Friends?

    I have zero. Id like 3 or 4.
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    Positives of an autistic partner...

    Feel free to start a new thread on that topic.
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    Positives of an autistic partner...

    Ability to stick with a task for prolonged lengths of time ;)
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    Positives of an autistic partner...

    I think it's a positive that we tend to express love in practical ways.
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    PIP appeal (UK)

    Hi, I am waiting for my appeal date. There are a couple of good facebook groups on the topic. Look for a group entitled, A1 ESA/DLA/PIP Benefit Help and Support UK ONLY Most people that I've read on the topic recommend taking someone, or at least having letters of support from e.g. Community...
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    Mind-blindness

    I would say it's the latter. In fact, for some of them, developing TOM doesn't count if it is intellectualised, rather than intuited. Nonsense, if you ask me!
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    Positives of an autistic partner...

    I was reading a book last night, by a very well-known author on asperger's, and the chapter on relationships was almost all completely negative. If you were the partner of an autie or aspie you would feel doomed after reading it. So, I thought, why not compile a list of the positives of having...
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    Mind-blindness

    Wight, I think you are speaking accurately, but also ideally. It is not rare to read even well-respected authors who use the idea as a defining one and as something that aspies/auties just cannot do. In fact, I read one such author just this morning.
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    Mind-blindness

    One of the things that sucks about the idea is that if we have learned to intellectualise what others are thinking - rather than intuit it - then that doesnt count and we are still 'blind.' So NTs guess and thats ok. We work it out and that's not.
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    Mind-blindness

    I would argue that they guess. If you look at something like CBT, they list mind-reading as an unhelpful thinking habit. Empathy, as you are using it, is a myth and an illusion. And, of course, it goes both ways. NTs presume sometimes that we are rude or don't care if we say something. That's...
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    Why do so many people define Asperger Syndrome as a mental health condition?

    Condition functions as a perfectly adequate alternative to Disorder.
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    Mind-blindness

    I know quote a few aspies who are very sarcastic themselves. Personally, I struggle to know when something ISN'T sarcastic, as I see/hear it all over the place.
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    Mind-blindness

    I would argue that that is true for everyone.
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    Mind-blindness

    Many clinicians speak of 'mind-blindness' as an essential - maybe even defining - aspect of autism. Personally, I don't buy it. I am a fan of the Intense World Theory. So I tend to see any 'deficits' as actually being the flip-side of strengths. As an example, some people say we feel no...
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