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Recent content by fireandair

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    How much assistive technology do you use?

    I like earplugs -- I'd live in them if I could. I wish my ears had an on/off switch. I think my work-from-home technology might count as "assistive" as well. Up to this point, I've been compelled to force myself to mask nonstop while at work and work according to how the rest of the world...
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    Any musicians here?

    This is a nice post to find; I was just about to ask if there were any musicians here because I figured there had to be. I just joined the board two days ago. I took about 8 years of classical piano lessons when I was little. I fell in love with the piano because all the notes seemed to be...
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    New here -- hi

    Thank you very much for the welcome. I saw your "AQ" score in your .sig file. I remember taking that after I started to suspect that it applied to me, scoring a 45, and getting scared. I still don't know what to do. Like I said, my mom lives with me in a small, one floor, two-bedroom...
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    New here -- hi

    Hi, unperson. I'm lucky I think, even though it's hard. I'm well employed and my mom lives with me instead of the other way around. She's old enough that she can't really live on her own anymore. I had to move across the country back to this coast because of it. I miss my old life. It was...
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    New here -- hi

    Hello. I haven't been formally diagnosed but it's becoming ever clearer to me that I must be evaluated. I'm 54 -- almost 55 in one month minus two days. Let's just say that I can fully understand why undiagnosed adults are at high risk of suicide at this point in my life, but I can't imagine...
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