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Recent content by vergil96

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    What's wrong with saying "mild" or "severe" autism?

    Yes, exactly. It's black and white thinking. It sells content online well. Reality isn't as black and white and many people realise it. You're describing your experience and trying to orient it with regard to others and it's fine. I find the whole dynamic of disability complicated. On one hand...
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    What's wrong with saying "mild" or "severe" autism?

    I don't take an issue with people using those terms, but I disagree that there is mild and severe autism. It's the accompanying brain damage that can be severe. No difference between the classical autism and Asperger's syndrome otherwise. Also a more progressive definition of a disability that...
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    Are You Eccentric?

    I asked Chat GPT why people could ask me if I'm autistic and it actually gave a really good answer and pointed to the way I have a conversation with it 😱 (I think so, because the answer was too accurate). It pointed out that I take long to respond, stay calm and neutral, don't small talk or add...
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    Are You Eccentric?

    Don't you find a excess of colours and forms annoying and don't you think it's too much effort just to get dressed and leave?
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    Are You Eccentric?

    Nope, I'm boring :D
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    Why Is The Tune Of Jingle Bells So Addictive?

    I personally find this song annoying
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    Self Advocacy help

    Then you have to pay the assistant out of pocket. Also let me repeat myself, in institutions such as banks and government offices, assistance is often available immediately and for free. It's worth a try.
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    Self Advocacy help

    I think what you're looking for is a helper or a personal assistant whose clients are disabled. In some countries/regions such services are available via government disability services. However, getting a government provided assistant is likely to make it hard to get a car. Driving is an...
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    Any one else here obsessed with physics?

    I don't personally think that quantum mechanics is objectively bizarre or bizarre to me. It was a literary description meaning that it defies "common sense". It's pure mathematics and perfectly logical - moreso than the macrosopic world. As for the ability to visualise. I'm not sure if this...
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    Tips for Possible Autistic Burnout?

    I don't know what kind or severity of autism you have, but I wouldn't last long as a paramedic. I crash after a few days of irregular sleep and rush. In sensory terms, it's high impact. The psychological aspect might be hard as well. So I'm not surprised that it would burn someone out in the...
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    Why therapy is scary to me

    Psychotherapists are ableist in my experience They also have difficult personalities and struggle with what they preach - understanding themselves, being rational and having distance to themselves, having dialogue. Probable why these people choose this profession- to deal with their own problems.
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    Any one else here obsessed with physics?

    The quantum world is bizarre in macroscopic terms. I suspected it was a question of time that scientists would find out something like that.
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    Do you believe there's extraterrestrial life out there?

    That is also my completely fantasy-based suspicion ;) There is some evidence for time travel on the quantum level, contrary to alien life. The quantum world is very different from the macroscopic world. It might open the door to faster than light travel in the future as well.
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    Atopic dermatitis

    Thank you for all the tips!
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    Journalist query: Studies of "subtypes" of autism

    In my country Asperger's and classical autism are still the diagnostic units used. As for the study, I'm not sure what it brings in. It seems to combine two factors - whether an individual has developmental delay and whather they suffer from additonal mental health conditions. The categories...
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