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Recent content by Tesseract

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    On-Line Autism Tests...?

    Completed the free I.Q. test. I know, I.Q. tests don't really measure intelligence, if only because there are so many different kinds of intelligence. Still, it feels good to have a simple, meaningless number that I can latch on to and use for the purpose of telling people, "Ha, ha, look at me...
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    Can I have some feedback on this please

    I've come to learn (the hard way) that the vast majority of people simply do not like being told about how they managed to screw things up, or even that they were simply wrong about something. I don't know why this is the case, and as far as I myself am concerned, if I get something wrong I'm...
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    Can I have some feedback on this please

    Exactly, and this is one of the reasons why I tell people I do not have autism, but Asperger's Syndrome. The very word 'autism' has overwhelmingly negative connotations, and people automatically assume we are mentally challenged, when nothing could be further from the truth. I'm guessing the...
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    Can I have some feedback on this please

    Right, of course, because as we all know children with autism and adults with autism are exactly the same, and should therefore be treated with equal amounts of disrespect and condescension. I must be the only person on the planet who has never had to deal with bad customer service in any of...
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    Maps

    I used to do the same, but they weren't maps of imaginary places, but of the (real) world. 100% accurate as well, without needing to copy or trace. Africa was especially easy. Many here seem to have had the same "obsession" (a.k.a. "passion" if you're neurotypical). Could there be a connection...
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    Eye-contact

    At the end of the article it states: If any of us is caught staring at a cutie's cleavage, we can always tell her, "I can't help it, I have autism, and scientific research backs me up on this".
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    Empathy and Autism vs. Aspergers

    That's news to me. I've always been able to appreciate charisma. People who are charismatic have the ability to interact with others that makes everyone around them feel as though they are special, can accomplish any task assigned, and believe what they are doing is for a good cause.
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    Empathy and Autism vs. Aspergers

    Exactly! One of those "norms" appears to be an emotional attachment to complete strangers who happen to be famous for one reason or another. That's something I simply have never been able to understand, and I've lost count of the number of times I simply stated a fact and people either took it...
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    Are you left or right handed?

    Right-handed, although doing certain things (like changing gears in a manual car) would probably be challenging if the gear stick were on the right, rather than left of the steering wheel.
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    Assumptions about autistic people

    Why is it that when we are interested in something, it's described as being "an obsession" (negative connotation), but if a 'normal' person has a hobby, interest or something similar, it's described as being a "passion", or just plain old "interest" (positive connotation)? There is also the...
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    Assumptions about autistic people

    Although, if you DID see a whole row of yellow cars (say, five of them at the petrol station) that would be interesting, because it would be so unusual, and one might start to wonder if there had been a "glitch in the Matrix" as some people these days like to put it.
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    Assumptions about autistic people

    I can't help but be direct, to the point, and honest about... whatever, when someone asks me with a straight face, "I want your honest opinion about (fill in the blank)", so don't assume I am, or call me, "rude" because of this. I am not rude. You are, when you make unjustified assumptions about...
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    Dealing with harassing forum moderators

    God yes. There is one in particular that I recently joined that has so many rules regarding what can, and cannot be said, that I've effectively been muzzled. It often makes one wonder what the point even is if you constantly have to be on guard in case you inadvertently 'offend' someone somehow...
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    Dealing with harassing forum moderators

    Yes, that place has been dead for years now. Utterly neglected. I'm surprised there is anyone still there.
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    Is there a connection between Autism and Gender Dysphoria?

    You have to sign up and pay to gain access to the paper. Anyway, this is the very first time I have come across anyone linking the two, and I fail to see what the two conditions could possibly even have in common.
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