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Recent content by LovebirdsFlying

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    Do you have children or a child who has autism and may have got it from you?

    I am a strongly suspected Aspie, and the mother of another one. My daughter, on the advice of her therapist, is undergoing more complete testing on her way to a formal diagnosis. Following her lead, I have decided to request the same of my own mental health professionals.
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    How do you deal with the homeless?

    I stopped giving money directly to homeless people after too many instances of being glared at because I didn't give them enough, and really I was not much better off than they were, because I was on disability and lived in a group home. Also, there was one time I "helped" a woman with "gas...
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    How do you define bullying?

    There is the obvious, such as physical assault, taunting, name-calling, ostracism, and other glaring harassment. But I am of the opinion that so-called "innocent" teasing or pranking can also be bullying. if person A *finds out* that saying or doing a particular thing will irritate person B...
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    Is this a "me" thing, or an ASD thing?

    My "is it me or is it AS" question is, my tendency to take things personally that can't possibly have anything to do with me. If a post doesn't get responses, that means it was stupid and I shouldn't have bothered posting it, nobody cares, I should just crawl back into my hole. If my cat...
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    Hello, just flew in...

    Don't know what to think or say yet, but saying Hi.
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