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Recent content by Kaykay

  1. Kaykay

    Is this a kind of shutdown, or something else?

    I am clinically diagnosed with ASD, SPD, and anxiety and I quite frequently lose speech and my muscles lock up when overwhelmed if emotions are the reason I will occasionally lose my ability to stand and on the rare occasion once i allow myself to stop moving I will lose the ability to move at...
  2. Kaykay

    Independence

    Thanks, that does help some. I'll try bringing something with me next time, I'm looking for a pair of noise canceling headphones that work well to help cut down the noise as well.
  3. Kaykay

    Independence

    Hi all, I was just wondering who has had issues with independence. I have recently been having a lot of problems with this, add every time I go out on my own I have a break down and I am constantly in need of someone to help me figure out social situations and discussions even with people I've...
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    Autism awareness

    Thanks when I was looking it up I couldn't find anything, I'll definably check out that film. People outside the autism community don't tend to know about Temple Grandin sadly because she is one of the biggest icons within our community. I'd still like to do my film though so some stories would...
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    Autism awareness

    A while back I was looking up movies about people with autism and realized that there were non about females on the spectrum. I have even heard people say that there is no such thing as a girl with autism. I recently expressed to one of my acting teachers that there were no movies about females...
  6. Kaykay

    So confused! Delayed speech - autism and non delayed speech - aspergers

    I think everything depends on the specialists you see. I learned to crawl at the right age but only did so for a week and then started to walk, my mom says I screamed every inch that I crawled. I learned to talk at the right age but I didn't it's the way they thought I should so I had to go to...
  7. Kaykay

    What are your current obsessions?

    I have been obsessed with Harry Potter, vampires, magic and Star Trek voyager as long as I can remember. My obsession with Harry Potter led to my obsession with books and my interest in writing. I became obsessed with acting eleven years ago and everything to do with it, including costumes...
  8. Kaykay

    Hi

    Thank you
  9. Kaykay

    Hi

    Hi, my name is Kayla, I am twenty years old and have just got my diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (which is not a option on this site for your diagnosis) a couple of months ago. My mom originally tried to get me diagnosed when I was five but the specialists could not agree on a diagnosis...
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