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Recent content by Ken

  1. Ken

    Do you like being autistic?

    I feel sure that without being autistic, my social life would have been much better, but that is about it. The autism has made me financially better as well as fulfilling my life's dream. I'm happy where it has taken me. Hard road to get here, but well worth it. Thus, I have to conclude that...
  2. Ken

    Christmas Decorating?

    For the last few years, it has become our Christmas tradition to watch the movie, "A Sunburnt Christmas". A Sunburnt Christmas - Official Trailer | IMDb One of my favorite movies regardless of season or holiday, but it is a Christmas staple.
  3. Ken

    Does anyone feel that they are now comfortable with social skills?

    Good question! I am a person that obsessively researches everything. So I have been studying this for a long time, but I'm still not comfortable with social situations at all. I have also been studying neurology. By profession, I am an electronics design engineer and I can see how neurology...
  4. Ken

    Thanksgiving turkey survey!

    I voted Hell no. I have multiple autoimmune diseases that are triggered by any animal protein as well as a few other plant based foods. So, I have to stick with what works. Even a single little "taste" is catastrophic. So, cheating is no option. However, that is fine with me. I don't need any...
  5. Ken

    Thanksgiving Plans?

    Just can't get any better than that!!! I, and I'm sure many others (especially the homeless!) am deeply grateful to you for that!! I gave you a winner star, but that is insufficient. Should be a few thousand stars.
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    Delayed understanding?

    Yep that's me exactly. However, my whole mind is slow, not just auditory. To slow to do any kind of multitasking. I can't even listen and take notes at the same time. If I'm writing anything, then I can't listen or vice versa. That was a major problem in school. I'm unable to listen to music...
  7. Ken

    Thanksgiving Plans?

    I think that is absolutely awesome!! What food items do you plan to be serving?
  8. Ken

    Are You Eccentric?

    So, this is where I play... Am I weird or eccentric??? Or both???
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    Are You Eccentric?

    Yep, all my life I have been called weird. I'm not rich, so I guess I'm must weird and don't qualify as eccentric. At first, being called weird was taken as an insult. Eventually, I started to actually like the idea of being weird. To the point of thanking anyone for calling me weird.
  10. Ken

    Do you like being autistic?

    Very good question!! I selected Neutral because I both hate it and I love it. In my social life, especially school, family, etc., it was (is) absolute, total hell. When alone everything was great. I was not a bright kid with substantial learning disabilities. That made school hell for me...
  11. Ken

    Genuine Instructions Vs Joking

    Sometimes verbal communication frustration reminds me of a scene in the movie Joe Versus the Volcano:
  12. Ken

    Responding To Bullies With Humor

    As a child on the school ground, I had been "bullied" a couple of times, but never actually beaten up. I was the smallest kid in school by a substantial degree. On one occasion the schools biggest football jock told me he was going to beat me up. I pointed to a group of girls that was watching...
  13. Ken

    Genuine Instructions Vs Joking

    I have been perplexed with this all my life. It is very confusing and exasperating. With my efforts in research autism and examining my life, I have concluded it is actually a communications issue. I found that, as an autistic, I perceive the world differently from non-autistic's. I see things...
  14. Ken

    How many of us have hyperphantasia?

    Pretty sure I qualify as hyperphantasia, if I understand the definition correctly. My strongest case is an extreme case of childhood trauma. I witnessed the murder of my absolute best friends. I don't even consider that a "memory"; I just relive the event in all respects. Even the expressions on...
  15. Ken

    I just made my mother cry.

    Well, those are easy words to say. While it is possible, it's not as easy as we all like to think it should be.
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