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Recent content by walkerbretm

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    Aspergers traits

    Confrontation gives me a lot of anxiety, but I have learned ways to cope. If I have a chance to plan out what I will say it helps. In my present job I operate from a position of authority which helps. I also have a very strong sense of justice. This also helps. Most confrontations are simply me...
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    Aspergers traits

    I went from a high level management position that I despised to this that I loved. Big fan. Someday I would like to be able to be my own boss, but never have found a marketable skill.
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    Aspergers traits

    I really enjoy it. I work overnights. Very routine based, little interaction with people.
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    Aspergers traits

    We have them to a degree. Most of them imported from Chicago, but it functions. For instance it is not uncommon to see a man tattooed with the whole white pride ensemble playing cards and hanging out with a gangster disciple who is of course African American. We have the groups but there is a...
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    Aspergers traits

    Actually I was fortunate enough to work with a lieutenant that had spent over 20 years in the CA super max system. He was very informative. I think there are several reasons for the difference. The gang population in CA is I think one of the biggest. Another is the size of the system. In CA they...
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    Aspergers traits

    Ok the survival comment needs explained. I do not threaten or attempt to make someone feel there life is in danger. I do try to put them into situations where they don't or can't think, but rather force them to react. Their reactions are more or less predictable based on primal or instinctive...
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    Aspergers traits

    I am a corrections officer. First let me say I am a corrections officer in Iowa. The experience of a corrections officer would be very very different in states like California. I find a job to be very rewarding. I also find it very easy to adjust to. In prison there is an established hierarchy...
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    Office Anxiety Triggers

    Depending on your locale they may have to provide the additional wall. In the United States the ADA requires reasonable accommodations that is if you want to tell your employer about your AS.
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    Bullying

    I am very interested in this post. I was in fact the bully in school. It was more of a defense mechanism than anything else. I was different and odd so people bullied me. I thought about it in Jr. High and decided I was tired of it. People thought I was odd so I used it. People can be scared...
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    Is it possible for an Aspie to attain the social skills of a NT?

    My previous career demanded I be social. I could fake it pretty well. This was largely just an act. It was very hard to keep it up. Eventually the real me would start to come out. I am learning that the act is no fun and I need to be happy being me. Yes, I am different. I will try to get better...
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    Aspergers traits

    Maybe aspie trait was the wrong phrase, but that is exactly what I was hoping to hear Ereth.
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    Aspergers traits

    To often I have focused on the negatives of Aspergers. I want to try and look at the positives. How have all of you been able to use your specific Aspie traits to your benefit? I have recently learned I have Aspergers and realize that some of the things that make me good at my job may be...
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    Anyone interested in building model cars?

    Do you use an airbrush?
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    Anyone interested in building model cars?

    Was wondering if anyone is interested in building model cars, ships, and planes. I loved this when I was a kid. Now that I am starting to understand my obsessions better I really want to do it again.
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    I was recently diagnosed with AS.

    I have a 9 year old and a 22 month old. My problem is my family is very much in disbelief over mental and neurological health issues. Nothing a good spanking won't fix type people with the exception of a sister who hates me anyway.
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