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Recent content by s6driver

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    Just found this site, decided to give it a go.

    Your story sounds a lot like mine. I forgot to mention that my sister's son, same age as my son, is autistic (not aspergers). So in my immediate family, that makes a total of 4 out of 7 people with some form of AS.
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    Hypersensitivity to sound

    They make active earmuffs for shooting sports that work great. It's the same idea as noise-cancelling headphones, except instead of cancelling ALL noise, they actually let through all sounds at or below a comfortable level, and only cancel out sounds over a certain threshold. They make them so...
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    Just found this site, decided to give it a go.

    I definitely don't have OCD or ADHD. If I'm asperger, which I believe I am to a degree, it's definitely on a lesser level than my son. I'll never bother getting it diagnosed because I don't really need a label, I know who I am. When I mentioned it to my mom, she said "Hmmm, well yes that would...
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    Listing Your Obsessions

    And just for fun, some of my 6yr-old son's obsessions, past and present: Cars (the movie) Toy cars car makes/models Geography Russian language Minions Our cat swimming Rubik's cube (which I also had a short obsession with, spent a week learning how to solve it and then doing it as fast as...
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    Listing Your Obsessions

    Some current and (mostly) past obsessions: (Yes I know that a lot of these things contradict each other, haha... they didn't all happen at the same time) Inventing stuff camping/hiking fitness BBQ'ing cigars cars beer scotch wine web design photoshop photography wikipedia forums guns fishing...
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    Hypersensitivity to sound

    I don't have an aversion to loud sound, and never did as far as I can recall, although I do have above-average hearing ability. In fact, my job is to make loud sound systems, and I enjoy shooting guns. My son is far more sensitive than I - he runs to another room when anything motorized gets...
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    Obsession No Longer Engaging

    My obsessions tend to fizzle out after anywhere from 6 months to 2 years. And when they fizzle out, they really fizzle out. Like many, I played 10 hours of video games a day in grade school. Haven't had any interest in them since. Was obsessed with cigars for about a year, now my humidor with...
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    Comfortable being single

    In my life so far, I had a 5 year marriage, I've been single for 3 years straight, and everything in between. Most of the time I've found that I'm happier single, although I've had a couple relationships where I was definitely happier in them than being single. Currently single by choice, very...
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    Should you tell a girlfriend/boyfriend that you have aspergers?

    I've told every girlfriend I've had since I figured out I have Aspergers a few years ago. The response has always been supportive, and rarely even gets brought up again. Never had a bad experience from bringing it up, a lot of girls think it's fascinating. Of course, your mileage may vary.
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    Aspie Parent of Autie Children...

    My dad probably had more severe Aspergers than myself, though undiagnosed. Myself, less severe Aspergers, also undiagnosed. My son has Diagnosed Aspergers, probably somewhere in between my dad's level and my own, although it's hard to say because we're all completely different people.
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    What is Your Job?

    Don't try to force yourself to enjoy a career and get good at it. Find something you enjoy, and you'll have a natural desire to excel at it.
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    What is Your Job?

    I dropped out of college with straight-A's. Couldn't stand the boredom. I was already working for a small tech company, in a non-technical entry position, and convinced my employer to give me a chance in an engineering position. Fell in love with the job, been there 13 years next month. If you...
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    Just found this site, decided to give it a go.

    A couple years ago, my 6-yeard-old son was diagnosed with Aspergers. Well, it was explained to me that it isn't really called that anymore, but they said that's what he would've been diagnosed with until the recent DSM change. He's extremely smart, memorizes every single thing he sees, reads, or...
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