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Recent content by MarieMarie

  1. MarieMarie

    Aspergers and ADHD

    Nothing here I don't agree with. Or well, possibly one thing. Everybody here agrees that learning disability does not equal intellectual impairment. I have already stated earlier in the thread, that one could have difficulties in learning for plenty of other reasons than low IQ. So you are kind...
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    Being married to a not understanding partner, Help!

    What I see as an overreaction is the thread as a whole, with the number of posts. I just don't think this massive result is the way to reach out to somebody who will probably not see it the way many here have described. I believe it's called the normalisation process. I just wanted to add...
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    Largest-Ever Genetic Study of Autism Yields New Insights

    That is a very interesting thought. Subgroups, on some other bases than severity.
  4. MarieMarie

    Largest-Ever Genetic Study of Autism Yields New Insights

    This doesn't mean much practical ATM. They've discovered a bunch of risk genes for autism, meaning they each increase your risk. The more of these gene variants someone has, the more likely they are to have autism. These genes typically do stuff in the brain. Seems logical. So maybe eventually...
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    Aspergers and ADHD

    Well, obviously someone whose mental capacity will remain on the level of a 4 year old will have difficulties in learning, in most fields. We once used to call them retarded, now I am not sure which the polite word for it is in English. But perhaps this isn't defined as learning disability...
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    Aspergers and ADHD

    Interesting. I didn't know that.
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    Book suggestions for me?

    Good for you Schism, that you know your way. Not let me walk mine.
  8. MarieMarie

    Aspergers and ADHD

    The term Asperger's isn't a diagnosis any more. So who calls him/herself what is another issue entirely ... There is an ongoing thread somewhere, where plenty of people suggest high functioning autism = ASD1 = Asperger's. But all words that aren't clinical diagnoses will be used in many...
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    Aspergers and ADHD

    Learning difficulties can be because of plenty of things. Not just poor intelligence. For a long time this is how Asperger's was defined - now correct me if I get it wrong, but I have understood that Asperger's for some time really meant exactly that: autism with normal or above average IQ...
  10. MarieMarie

    Aspergers and ADHD

    Interesting. Such simple tests as that list should not be relied on, of course. But it yields me 4-6 yes om ADD and 3-4 on autism spectrum. How are they different?
  11. MarieMarie

    Aspergers and ADHD

    Yes. Lots of people still say Asperger's, though, to indicate autism spectrum in people with normal or above normal intelligence.
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    What behaviors/abilities/symptoms make a person “high functioning” or not, in your view?

    Words like "light", "mild" etc. simplify a spectrum to a scale, of course. Simplifications are not exact, but sometimes useful. I use such words describing myself - sometimes followed by a question mark - since I am not even sure I match the criteria. There are quite a bit in most descriptions...
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    Aspergirls: Empowering Females With Asperger Syndrome

    I didn't like this book. It's like a mix of the author's own personal experiences, with some other voices added in, trying to sound clinical which the the book is absolutely not. Since my experiences don't match Rudy Simone's much, I do not feel the book is for me. The flowery descriptions and...
  14. MarieMarie

    Book suggestions for me?

    Do you have any suggestions om books about Asperger/autism and ... - the lighter end of the spectrum? Perhaps books about people diagnosed in their middleages automatically will handle somewhat lighter forms? - women on the spectrum? I read Aspergirls, but didn't like it much for various...
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    Aspergirls: Empowering Females With Asperger Syndrome

    Her blog is gone but this text is saved in Internet archive. My Response to your Response | Rudy's Rants
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