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Recent content by Ivana

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    Muscle tension and tightness

    I personally have problems with dancing to. In my case I'm not able to follow a complex dance sequence and my dance does not look like a flown chance but rather just a set of robotic walking movements. I can't emulate the feel of different dances-eg: African dance feels different then...
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    Mental anguish knowing your word counts for 0 and having to convince a therapist about autism

    Hi Suzanne, Sorry that your husband isn't being supportive. What is it exactly the reason that he doesn't believe that you have autism? Personally if I was in your shoes I would go see a different doctor, someone who is knowledgeable in autism, because even if your husband was supportive and...
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    Does anyone here with Autism or their children have difficulty learning dances?

    I am wondering whether the people who do have the problem learning fluid dance sequences also have sensitivity to sound?
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    Has anyone here overcome difficulties with social perceptions?

    I can relate to everything you said.
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    Has anyone here overcome difficulties with social perceptions?

    Hi, I have some problems with social functioning as it can be so complex. I can tell the "obvious' facial expressions such as if someone smiles they are happy,if they scrunch up face they are mad etc..but I can't tell the more "ambiguous" things like if someone is nice to your face but is...
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    Does anyone have any Physical symptoms along with their Autism symptoms?

    Does anyone here have any physical symptoms along with their Autism symptoms?
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    Does anyone here with Autism or their children have difficulty learning dances?

    Maybe it's not so weird-just not very often thought of if there is any connection to Autism or other disorders. Often motor function" is assessed purely by walking and balance or clumsiness,but Neurologists never assess is the person is able to do higher motor functioning like being able to...
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    Does anyone here with Autism or their children have difficulty learning dances?

    Karate movements to be quite "choppy" up and down type movements-is that right? Do you think you would be able to learn/emulate more "flowy type" movements like dancehall type dance movements that require a high use of mixed muscle/movements sequences and also at a fast pace? When you do...
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    Does anyone here with Autism or their children have difficulty learning dances?

    That's really interesting. Was it in particular that it was country dancing that made you mad or do you think you would have had the same reaction no matter which dance style she wanted you to do?
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    Does anyone here with Autism or their children have difficulty learning dances?

    Hi all, I am new to this forum. I'm an adult female with autism and in addition to the usual symptoms such as inability to read social situations,cognitive symptoms and sound sensitivity,I also have motor symptoms. The motor symptoms though aren't stumbling when walking etc but are instead...
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