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Recent content by Maddox

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    Sensitive Topic Ballarat Autism blogger recieves death threat by American Anti-Autism blogger

    How can Canby hate something that doesn't exist at all in his limited mind? This is about as intelligent as an atheist who hates deities -- a paradox. I don't think Gluyas should just shut up and leave it at that. In this and all other contexts, "peace" is just a cheap excuse for wimps who...
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    Temple Grandin, Sarcasm and Thinking in Pictures

    She explained that there are different ways of thinking in autistic people and not all of them are visual thinkers. I'm a visual thinker and do not get any kind of nuances in spoken language, however I do understand sarcasm, irony etc. in written form. Not always at the first shot, so I...
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    So what do you people HERE think of Temple Grandin?

    I absolutely agree. She was also the first autistic person who wrote a book on autism from her point of view; previously people believed that autistic individuals don't have some sort of inner life or intelligent thoughts.
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    So You Think You Know Who You Are?

    That's true, I don't care how I'm perceived by anyone else, but I also don't think about myself in a philosophical or evaluative way. I don't ask about the meaning of my life or "Who am I?"
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    Are you constantly disappointed with...

    I'm disappointed with life in general because most of the time it feels like wading in molasses and I'm getting increasingly tired. Every single improvement that would well be worth a try, like hydropower, is blocked by politicians and commercial interests. It's like one step forward, three...
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    Participating on sites like Facebook and constant use of cell phones.

    I did not know that. Thanks for the information.
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    Participating on sites like Facebook and constant use of cell phones.

    Is that meant to be ironic? To make that clear, they track what you post on other websites! And they track your browser history, which is definitely none of their dirty business unless you're (you in the general sense, not personal) an internet whore who wants to share every fart with the...
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    Participating on sites like Facebook and constant use of cell phones.

    I had a facebook account for approximately two years because that was the only way I knew of to play Happy Aquarium. Therefore, I used a fake name, location, and date of birth and never posted anything. Then I added a new computer to my VPN and was going to play with my aquarium before I...
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    Do you find advice or life coaching for NT's useless for you?

    I've read books and tried to apply some of the stuff but it never worked for me unless it was extremely specific and factual, like about time management. More general topics never worked for me; firstly, they are way too emotional and I'm rather emotionally detached; secondly, they operate with...
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    Do Aspies like other Aspies

    There isn't scientific proof that every dog you encounter during your life will try to attack and bite you, but if that has happened in the past, maybe even repeatedly, chances are those bad experiences will influence your present and future behavior. How could learning from experiences be fallacy?
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    Do Aspies like other Aspies

    The utterance "I can get along only with white people" may be based on experiences, past or actual ones , therefore it is not necessarily racist behavior.
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    Do Aspies like other Aspies

    Since I'm not interested in other people's private affairs I don't like social people, whether they are diagnosed with an ASD or not, who ramble on and on about others. I think it was Bernard Rimland who coined the term People--Person as opposed to Things--Person. I do not get along with the...
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    Are Aspie Minds always in Overdrive ? It's long term effects ?

    Exactly! One thing (reading) leads to the next and so on and I drown in notes and sometimes get overwhelmed because there are so many interesting things to figure out and learn about and I get sidetracked. However, I think this is the only decent way to use a brain and I don't understand...
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    Is it obvious that you are aspergic

    I've been told over and over again that I appear odd or strange, but rather in the sense of a mild to moderate mental retardation. I have HFA and speech disorder that gets worse when I'm stressed, and on top of everything I'm hard of hearing. Furthermore, I don't act particularly adult. If I...
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    Relating to others

    Exactly. The functional part of spoken conversations or the mere sharing of information doesn't pose a problem for me. If it get's personally however, I'm on black ice.
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