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Recent content by MROSS

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    Any interests in books applying 'metafiction?'

    Stories applying meta-narrative techniques might be of interest with the Autism Spectrum (AS): Meta-narrative techniques serve as a means to reconcile fiction with truth.......challenges common with (AS). Such reconcilation can be beneficial with (AS) - in better understanding NTs. ADDENUM...
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    Any interests in books applying 'metafiction?'

    Stories applying meta-narrative techniques might be of interest with the Autism Spectrum (AS): Meta-narrative techniques serve as a means to reconcile fiction with truth.......challenges common with (AS). Such reconcilation can be beneficial with (AS) - in better understanding NTs. Such...
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    Has Anyone Here Have/Had Difficulties In Autism Groups?

    The "tall-order" here is actually meeting those awesome (NTs or NT-like) people (UNRELATED to Autism support groups).
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    What would cause you to instantly "like" a person?

    The 'Autism Forums' discussion thread LINK may be of interest. 'Beginning Friendships - Mutual Initiation, or Not??'
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    Beginning friendships - mutual initiation, or not??

    For context: For initiating a friendship (minus that mutual initiation dynamic), we might develop friendships from people who we felt those positive vibes (that sixth sense) via small talk people who are on a first name basis. Again, the Autism Spectrum presents challenges with initiaing...
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    Has Anyone Here Have/Had Difficulties In Autism Groups?

    Personally, making friends via Autism support groups is not beneficial. Developing friendships with people who are NT-like (and understand those on the Autism Spectrum who are not quite NT-like) seems most favorable. P. S. I sense people reading this post are thinking, ""MROSS', that's a...
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    Beginning friendships - mutual initiation, or not??

    Concerning the challenges with friendships on the Autism Spectrum (even with High Functioning Autism (HFA), HFA yet NT-like), I personally feel that friendships initiated via mutual initiation prove most favorable. Friendships where (even thoughtful people) initiate (non-mutual initiation)...
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    Self Advocacy help

    Self-advocacy can become a concern with consumer issues. It's not just navigating the purchasing of motor-vehicles, self-advocacy also comes to mind in naviagting those other usually uncommon consumer issues e.g., questions on bills, insurance, etc. The Autism spectrum (even those on the...
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    Self Advocacy help

    What about those uncommon situations where self-advocacy alone is not an option? As the world becomes an ever more "complex place", its sometimes necessary to hire a trusted, qualified third-party to advise. Some of the more complex consumer transactions are an example. Navigating the...
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    Is there always a tendency towards math or other pronounced interests in people with autism?

    Personally, my math-related interests combine both science and art -that is interest in mathematical art-forms e.g., geometric string-art patterns. One of my photographic styles heavily applies mathmatical, and geometric patterns. I view the "power of nines" with much interest when composing...
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    Any interests in books applying 'metafiction?'

    Book-review of a 2025 book applying metafiction. Currently reading book - halfway through. Impressive. Book Review - Death of an Author
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    Any interests in books applying 'metafiction?'

    Kurt Vonnegut (most notably - 'Slaughterhouse Five') is notable for metafiction.
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    Any interests in books applying 'metafiction?'

    NEWS-STORY: Nine books incorporating meta-themes: Just read all 550 pages of 'The Book of Form and Emptiness.' Opinion on 'The Book of Form and Emptiness'
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    Can Autistics be writers?

    A search was conducted applying the terms: 'postmodern' 'metafiction' 'autism.' The search results were interesting, and offered links about authors on the Autism Spectrum who've written works applying metafiction, meta-narrative genres - that is genres which can be associated with...
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    Does anyone else like talking to chatbots?

    I found myself talking to a chatbot to successfully resolve a misunderstanding (via a rare technical glitch) of my bill with one of our utility companies. Chatbot still have to progress further in development in order to best yield confusing experiences.
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