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Recent content by mwgrigs

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    Time to get through our movie and video game backlogs!

    I'm also inspired by this thread. Having only recently received my ASD diagnosis, I'm looking at everything in my life through a new lens. I've never been a gamer (unless you consider spending inordinate amounts of time in 80's arcade rooms), but I've always been a movie buff. I started...
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    Emotions when stimulated

    This is an interesting thread and I really appreciate the perspectives here. Some I can relate to more than others, thanks @Outdated. For me, the shutdowns almost exclusively occur in heightened emotional scenarios, even more, heightened emotional scenarios where a relationship could be at...
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    Hello from Michigan!

    This may not be the appropriate place to ask this question; perhaps there is a different forum thread that discusses this, but as I'm both new to this forum and only recently diagnosed, I'm still trying to navigate exactly what parts of me are Autism and what parts may be something else. (Please...
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    Hello from Michigan!

    Welcome Jeremy—looks like we get to share an anniversary date for starting in this forum! I'm Kansas City, but grew up in northern Ohio and have been a lifelong Michigan Wolverines fan! Glad you're here and that this forum is here!
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    Now that I know...

    Not sure how to introduce myself other than to say that I'm a recently diagnosed autistic and a very scary and thrilling world is opening up to me. I'm 53 years old and have had a stellar career, rising through the ranks in the military, and law enforcement, and as a C-suite technology leader in...
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