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  1. catdog55616

    An Update!

    Firstly, I'd like to thank you all for your kind messages, they made me feel better! And about the school psychologists, I found something out the other day. While they're called psychologists and have the degrees to have that title, the role they play in school is a guidance counselor for kids...
  2. catdog55616

    A Bit Confused

    So I went down to the Guidance Office in school to ask about the school's psychologists. As I thought, you generally need an IEP to really work with one, unless I had a specific person I wanted to talk to. This just made me think, why would I really want to see them? I think I want to because...
  3. catdog55616

    I Feel a Bit Silly Now

    So come to find out, my school has psychologists. 4 of them, in fact. I'll try to schedule time with them sooner rather than later. Or, should I wait until next school year? It's getting close to the end right now, and I don't want to have to waste gas and money driving up to the school or...
  4. catdog55616

    Therapy this week

    As I always do at the beginning of "Therapy Weeks", I'm debating on whether I should bring up autism. I also usually get too afraid to, and refer to the giant list of stuff I wanted to bring up since last year. It feels like I'm doing myself a disservice, by not utilizing the time I have to talk...
  5. catdog55616

    Wiped Out

    So these past couple days have been interesting, to say the least. I've never known myself to have anger issues, but I've noticed that I get annoyed very quickly in situations that wouldn't bother me before. Other kids asking questions in class, a couple of kids talking over the teacher/when...
  6. catdog55616

    Basically Stuck Either Way

    There's a lot of ways this applies in my life. For example, wearing a binder. I'm dysphoric without it, and dysphoric with it. More aware of my chest, constantly feeling it to see if I've "slipped" and have to adjust. Another instance is in school work I have to do. The teacher assigned a...
  7. catdog55616

    Lost my train of thought...

    I had a good idea of what I wanted to write here, keyword "had". I suppose I'm dreading going back to school next week. That first day back is always horrifying, being bombarded with noise and smells and lights and people all at once. But at least I'll have a kind of structure in my life again...
  8. Ieva

    just realized this is the first time I'm sharing my life story to others+ SURVEY -I NEED YOU OPINION

    Not a good thing to start with negative, but I hate traditional education system. I have always hated it, always trying to avoid it, running home to do something more meaningful. I could not concentrate to learn, I was just existing at school, and when I was home I was reading, learning and...
    • Ieva
    • Thread
    • education life changing life lessons life purpose life stories love passion school skills survey
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Education and Employment
  9. Joshua the Writer

    The World Isn't Ready for Me (Poem)

    So, I created this poem and submitted it to be included in my online high school's literary magazine. I just wrote about my disability, without mentioning autism explicitly. I hope it gets in the magazine! Anyways, without much more BS, here it is: I am ready for the world, But is the world...
  10. Jenisautistic

    Myself though the years and regression

    [/UR[/img] [/url][/img] Is it possible to have a form of down syndrome without knowing it? As some of you know ive been a sort of special-needs person all my life and not knowing what special needs i have and why. Some people say I’m manic or schizophrenic for saying that. I have had...
  11. A

    Screaming student needs help

    Hello, I am a teacher who is looking to help a student and his parents. This student has autism and has very little verbal expression. His most frequent stim tends to be verbal scripting. It is clear he is quoting something, but he is difficult to understand. He also enjoys deep pressure and...
  12. stratocaster

    Autism and Higher Education

    A blog about my experiences at university having recently been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. It will include perspectives on social interactions and friendships, academics and organization, disability accommodations and community support, and much more. I'm writing this for the...
    • stratocaster
    • Blog
    • academia autism autism and independence disability education school united states university
    • Blog entries: 1
  13. Onna

    Onna thoughts

    I want to try and help people explain autism and/or understand it from the perspective of someone with Aspergers.
    • Onna
    • Blog
    • adult asd anxiety asperger female dating diagnosis independent living masking relationship school
    • Blog entries: 3
  14. A

    Please help me. Last year of IB now

    Hi, my name is Albert I'm 18 years old, and was diagnosed back in May, which is quite a late diagnosis. I am currently attending my 6th school, in the fifth country I'm living in, and am currently in my last year of IB. I did redo a year of IB as I had switched schools. The last one was...
  15. Daydreamer

    The Umbrella.

    Every so often I form fairly minor habits that repeat a significant amount of times, and aren't always easy to break. I don't always want to break them, since they can be comforting. One that I used to have involved an umbrella. It was a small hand-held one that had a strap you could wrap...
    • Daydreamer
    • Thread
    • coping mindless action pattern process routine school
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Off Topic
  16. catdog55616

    s c h o o l

    For some odd reason, I have a strange sense of object permanence. In this case, if I can't immediately see a deadline (2-3 days depending on what it is), it just doesn't exist for me. Because of this, I'll have random moments where I remember that school is starting next week for me. This makes...
    • catdog55616
    • Blog entry
    • 1 min read
    • school social difficulties stress
    • Category: General
  17. DesertRose

    College and university

    I'm curious. I've read several posts on here saying that it took them longer than required to finish and graduate higher education. To clarify my curiosity, I never went to college or university, so I really don't have a clue how those schools work. I have done some correspondence work, work...
  18. J

    A Design of A Product That Can Help Individuals With Autism Calm Themselves Down [THESIS]

    Hello! I took on this topic because, even if I'm not related with anyone with Autism, I have always taken a liking to psychology. That also goes the same with mental disabilities, and since the push for awareness has become rampant these days, that made me want to take on the topic. I also...
  19. DesertRose

    Friends in primary school

    When you were first starting school, did you choose people you wanted to be friends with, or attempt to be, that met certain criteria? For instance, I would only seek out those who had been to my home, or knew our family. I also seemed to be drawn to those who appeared to be friendless. It was...
  20. windowall

    Anyone studying/working in maths/science who used to struggle in school?

    I want to go to school for maths/sciences but struggled in school growing up. Did anyone here overcome learning difficulties and was able to enter this field? I would love to hear your experience. I have low confidence from failing in school growing up but my goal is to learn skills to be...
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