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Recent content by MROSS

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    Any opportunites for holiday get-togethers with people aware of the Autism Spectrum?

    Bumping-up discussion-thread for the holidays. Any opportunites to introduce 'Autism Forums' at get-togethers? I would be helpful to help newcomers to 'Autism Forums' by showing specific examples of discussion threads discussing issues that are personally relevant.
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    Are sleep dreams as indicators to social-skills?

    It's been found (by experts who study dreams) that alot of dreams are not remembered. As mentioned in previous post, my memories of social dreams (with active participation) are rare - yet recall of social-themed dreams happen. Most of my social themed dreams tend to lean on the nagative side...
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    Are sleep dreams as indicators to social-skills?

    Thank-you for the first two very diverse responses. Personally, social-themed dreams are rare - hence the need to post descriptions of dreams experienced several years ago. Can active participation (in this discusison-thread) yield important insights in the near future?
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    When do parents stop acting like parents?

    At this point in my middle-age years, my main sentiment: "it is what it is" and "it was what it was."
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    Are sleep dreams as indicators to social-skills?

    It might be helpful to keep dream journals and/or post experiences of social situations in dreams on 'AutismForums." It's said we reasses our strengths in order to reassess our weaknesses. If writing about social experiences in sleep dreams is a strength - then such writing may eventually help...
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    Autistic songs?

    The twentieth-century (before Autism Awareness) produced songs on characters who might be on the Autism Spectrum. "A Most Peculiar Man" by Simon & Garfunkel is a good example. Simon & Garfunkel's 'Sound of Silence' may be another example. Personally, I remember always remember associating...
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    How might AI augment human TECH service-people?

    Bumping-up discussion thread after eleven months.
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    When do parents stop acting like parents?

    Parents (of even adult children with High Functioning Autism (HFA) - short of NT like) can often do the wrong things for the right reasons. What a parent's heart says, their mind can naturally forget. There is online content on what is known as the "reason-emotion dichotomy" - descriptions in...
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    'Holiday Music'

    After listenting to 'Christmas (Baby Come Home)' Darlene Love (1963), and getting goosebumps, decided to reassess the 50-plus posts, and bumped-up disc. thread for the holidays 2025. Same songs, yet new feelings, perspectives, etc. etc. etc, for this year. P.S. Getting goosebumps to Elton...
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    Any interests in books applying 'metafiction?'

    It's a must to read several different book reviews for: Book:'Your Name Here' - Dewitt, H. - Gridneff, I. One such book-review: BOOK REVIEW titled, 'A Work of Genius ora Complete Mess? Even Its Author Can't Decide.'
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    Any interests in books applying 'metafiction?'

    Anybody feel it's necessary to read book-reviews (on books applying metafiction) after reading the book?
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    Puns

    RELATED: Humour on puns - without a pun. If puns come to mind for those common (small/trivial) things in life - that's when active interest will happen. If no puns come to mind, active interest won't happen!
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    Thanksgiving Plans?

    Including the following for "Thanksgiving plans' SEE: Discussion thread, in the 'Friends, Family & Social Skills Forum' - 'Beginning Friendships - Mutual Initiation, or Not??'
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    Beginning friendships - mutual initiation, or not??

    How are the dynamics of friendships over teh holiday season? Anybody prefer meeting people outside of the holiday season - rather than meeting with people during the hectic holiday season?
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    Any TECH. themed (sleep) dreams?

    LINK on book, 'The Committee of Sleep: How Artists, Scientists, and Athletes Use Dreams for Creative Problem-Solving—and How You Can Too.' LINK on book, 'The Committee of Sleep..........'
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