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Recent content by LittleFiddle05

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    What do you think causes ASD?

    Not necessarily a lack of oxytocin, we just know that administering oxytocin activates a certain brain region during a social perception task. It could be that we have plenty of oxytocin and extra just activates that region, it could be activating that region doesn't actually improve performance...
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    What do you think causes ASD?

    My own theory is that Autism is not one, but several conditions that are often comorbid but not yet really separated. I work in autism research looking at cortical thickness, and a recent project has been using the autism quotient as a correlate with cortical thickness. When we looked at overall...
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    What to except when being diagnosed with Autism

    Honestly, there's not much benefit to seeking an actual diagnosis and I don't know that I'd recommend it. My experience was pretty invalidating all in all; most psychologists, if they recognize autism, only do so in extreme cases or in children. I was in therapy for PTSD after my roommate...
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    Considering Breaking Up with Aspie

    I don't know your boyfriend, so I'm going to put the two different responses I can think of depending on tone. I have two different tones I could be using in saying that sort of thing and I'm not sure of his. The logic tone. Sometimes people tell me I'm being cold for speaking logically, but...
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    What Aspie traits positively enhance NT/AS relationships?

    I think more than anything, it depends on which Aspie traits are most prominent in you and which NT traits they possess (let's be honest - not all NTs are the same, and neither are all aspies). I'm on the spectrum, but only very mildly (although it didn't feel minor before the diagnosis...
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    Do You Have Empathy?

    I think what aspies are supposed to lack is COMMUNICATED empathy, not empathy itself. By which I mean, we have a hard time making it seen that we're empathizing, but that doesn't mean that we don't; some do, some don't, just as the same variation exists in NT's. I've also heard that it's common...
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    Your first job

    My first job was playing violin in restaurants, at weddings, etc. First non-music job was waitressing at Olive Garden, during which i was also a marketing intern... the next summer I was an admin assistant, while in school I was at the National Air and Space Museum, the next year I was a...
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    Time.... Anyone weird about it?

    I can relate to most of these comments, at least to some degree. I usually try to have at least one crash day a week in my schedule (this summer that's not happening and I've been incredibly anxious as a result), and that day cannot have *anything* scheduled, even fun. If I do have a whole day...
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    What Does Reading Facial Expressions Really Mean?

    I admire your courage in mentioning it to managers! I haven't told any of my managers (I have two jobs this summer, plus a volunteer position, so that's a lot of people to not tell...) that I'm an Aspie, or any of the traits I have that may make certain things harder for me. I'm lucky in that I...
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    The Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale-Revised

    Definitely makes sense! For me, I have to think out a situation in order to understand how they feel (or at least, how I THINK they feel... I'm assuming my conclusions are accurate). For example: tonight I had an argument with my boyfriend, because we had plans tomorrow but I just started a new...
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    What Does Reading Facial Expressions Really Mean?

    I've found I can generally explain pretty well if people respond poorly. I figure it's better to be too open about my concerns than to come across as annoying because people don't understand them. Even before my diagnosis, I figured out that if a silence bothered me I could literally just say...
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    What Does Reading Facial Expressions Really Mean?

    I can relate to this far too well - although, worse, I tend to ask "What are you thinking?" which someone recently told me is a very weird and invasive question. I thought it was just making it open what I was wondering, but I guess most people would never be so straightforward about that...
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    What Does Reading Facial Expressions Really Mean?

    "Pseudo-science - a collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method." I don't know what definition you're using... Why do you keep going back to the criminal court of law? I'm so eager to drop this but you keep completely ignoring what I've said. I...
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    What Does Reading Facial Expressions Really Mean?

    I don't recall ever claiming that it was perfect, but okay... But it's inapplicability to the legal system is founded more in factors other than its imperfections... Anyway I guess we're in agreement in its imperfections, but I still hold that it is not a pseudoscience, which would imply that...
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    What Does Reading Facial Expressions Really Mean?

    What I don't understand is why you're arguing that the proper perspective is in the context of the legal system. It seems to me that the proper context for a science that identifies only the outcome, but not the cause - in effect, leaving much room for interpretation - should be within social...
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