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Recent content by Kia_

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    Since finding out you are an aspie, does this effect your stimming?

    I stim sometimes. Usually it's swaying back and forth when I'm standing still, rocking slightly, bouncing my leg, pacing, and then there's a twitching thing I do with my fingers. Before I found out I was "on the spectrum," I didn't really pay attention to the fact that I did these things...
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    Spontaneous Aspies?

    I would say that in this specific instance, it's less a thing to do with Asperger's and more to do with someone's personality. If you are at all familiar with Myer's Briggs personality typology (The Myers & Briggs Foundation - MBTI® Basics then the concept of spontaneity would be more closely...
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    New Here.... Probably have Asperger's and Definitely have Questions

    Not that I know. On my mother's side there's history of ADHD or something of the sort. On my father's there is something like OCD. I don't know about my grandfather (dad's dad) because he passed away before I was born. I don't know anything about family history and genetics past grandparents so...
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    New Here.... Probably have Asperger's and Definitely have Questions

    Thanks you guys for all the responses. I'm surprised how similar a lot of these interests are to my own (art, writing, computer programming) as well as some of the other answers - I can totally relate, which is rare. I have not. It's something I'm really, really anxious about doing if I ever...
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    New Here.... Probably have Asperger's and Definitely have Questions

    Hello all, I'm a 16 year old girl and I'm fairly certain I have Asperger's, though that is just going off a self diagnosis; I haven't seen a professional. I could list all the reasons why I think that and how, but that would take a really long time to put down. I took a few online tests, one of...
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