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Recent content by mw2530

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    The misinformation becomes deeper.

    I'm not sure if there is a link or not. I imagine it is much more complicated than what is being claimed. But I appreciate the government focusing and discussing autism because I feel like the issues that come with autism have not received enough serious attention from the federal government...
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    Love Is Not Enough!!

    100% agree with this and have felt this way many times of a sense of not being needed. And it can apply to either career or relationships (or in the form of lack of relationships). And any sort of activity. Sometimes there has been a feeling of the opposite of being needed - a feeling of...
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    Love Is Not Enough!!

    I think the challenge is that many of our gifts are hidden from plain view. Others have difficulty seeing them or just don't understand them. In job interviews, it is difficult to explain some of my skillset sometimes because the interviewer probably doesn't have a full concept of the unique...
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    Autisim spectrum as explained by a duck

    Hahaha the hyper fixation got me. Super focused on something for days, weeks, months, or maybe even years and suddenly it can just disappear. Sometimes forever, but sometimes it will come back again and again.
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    Love Is Not Enough!!

    Your post is beautifully written. Thanks for sharing your observations and insights. Based on your message, I take it you are not on the spectrum. Many of us got through the struggle of finding the right balance of just being ourselves and with masking. Some masking is usually required...
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    The workforce is equalizing!

    I imagine the number has increased. But most men I know are not interested in being stay and home dads. For me personally, I wouldn't want to be a full time stay at home dad. No one would want me to be their primary caregiver, lol. I'm much more suited for the working world, although that is...
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    Last 3 Letters into 3 New Words

    Send kiwi inside
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    Primitive Reflexes Assessment

    Startle, Rooting, Palmer Grasp, Spinal Galant, Asymmetrical Tonic Neck, Symmetrical Tonic Neck, Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex, and Landau
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    Primitive Reflexes Assessment

    I recently completed an assessment to help identify cognitive challenges and whether I have any primitive reflexes still present. I had not really heard of primitive reflexes until recently, and it has me looking at autism in a slightly different light. Based on what I have learned, there are...
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    Weighted vest

    I have used a weighted blanket for years - seems to help me sleep better although I still have sleep problems. Have not tried a weighted vest, but I could see it as potentially having a calming affect. I recall liking the feeling when they put the weighted vest on my chest when getting x-rays...
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    I Had a Job Interview and I Bombed It

    Interviews are a huge barrier for many autistic folks even when they are perfectly qualified for the job. In my experience, the behavioral interview questions are the worst type of question to try and answer. Name a time when you disagreed with a coworker at work and how did you resolve the...
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    Date Experience

    Online dating is one avenue to meet people but the odds are stacked against men since there are 2 or 3 times as many men on most dating sites. My friend met his wife online. She said that she had over 100 messages shortly after joining the dating website. Had set up dates for every day of the...
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    Date Experience

    Certainly dating has changed drastically from even 20 years ago. Can you expand more as to what the old rules were? Perhaps less texting and more phone calls, etc. Or perhaps women did not hold all the power in relationships.
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    Date Experience

    Yeah I agree that is the best way to approach things. But not always easy to do. I have had a few negative experiences of women ghosting me after a date. Which I think is quite emotionally immature to be unable to respond via a text indicating that hey I just am not interested in pursing...
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    Date Experience

    What do you mean by this exactly?
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