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Recent content by krisi

  1. krisi

    Social Rules

    I realize that what I did was the same thing everyone else has done to you: told you that you've done something wrong without telling you how to do it right. However, I was quite taken aback by your sharp, abrasive response that I 1) had no desire to be helpful to you anymore and 2) felt as...
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    Social Rules

    If you're going to lash out at me, I see no reason to help you. I understand you're frustrated with the situation but that does not give you the right to verbally assault me. I said nothing disrespectful in my post, I was only trying to gauge what you wanted help with. You however, were very...
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    Social Rules

    So, all those things are pretty abstract and relatively debatable. I don't really have an operational definition for any of the concepts you listed. Let's start with some basic social skills that are easy to define and follow through with, and more abstract things will follow. The things you...
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    Social Rules

    Can you help me to better understand the social rules you already know, and what you're looking to learn? This is something that I've struggled with and I feel have learned pretty successfully, although I'm still struggling to integrate some into different settings (there are different rules in...
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    Shutdowns, what might be causing them?

    Sounds like a tough situation given her age and the questionable level of self-awareness... (because I write a lot, I've bolded the part that is in direct response to your questions, the rest is simply answering, in detail, your question "does anyone suffer similar shut-downs"?) Last night, I...
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    HI, I'M NEW!

    Hi and welcome! Glad you're here! I can't believe I've been on here almost a year as well! It's kind of crazy to think about how few people were here in the beginning.
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    What sports do you enjoy?

    A very good friend of mine plays rugby--I might watch her play this semester :) I don't know anything about the sport.
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    What sports do you enjoy?

    I don't enjoy watching any sports. My family loves to go to games, and my sister plays basketball, but I hate going...particularly because the crowds and the buzzers are so loud. I am not skilled at any sport or exercise, but I do enjoy running, dancing, yoga, and swimming. My talents...
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    Echolalic Expression

    I'm glad you enjoyed it, or were at least interested by it. I have indeed heard of this type of expression before, I just was unsure of what to call it. I'll have to check out the one with David Bowie lyrics. :) I don't so much view things like this as an extension of myself, but rather...
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    Please read this, for your own safety.

    Wow. What kind of uninformed idiot writes such articles? He makes some clear, important points (and very articulately gives the reason I am not going for an evaluation for AS). The author demonstrates insufficiency both cultural and psychological knowledge and sensitivity (did you SEE the...
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    I completely freak out on the phone...

    Talking on the phone is something that's really difficult for a LOT of people--even beyond people with AS. For people who stutter, talking on the phone can be entirely unbearable. It's hard because all the visual cues you might use to learn what the person really means are totally stripped away...
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    Friendship, trust, and emotions

    Thanks :) This is probably the best, and most encouraging advice anyone has given to me about this, even if it will be difficult to follow, particularly regarding "being second choice." Sometimes I get so stuck on feeling like someone would rather be with someone else that I feel hurt even when...
  13. krisi

    Stimming

    Everyone "stims"--even neurotypicals. Those are stims, and so is bouncing one's leg (a LOT of girls I know do this in class), jumping up and down repeatedly, and bouncing on the balls of your feet. It's just any repetitive movement that does not have an overt cause. Mostly, they're...
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    Asperger's or just social anxiety?

    Hi anpuca! Welcome! Alrighty, I'm not going to give you a one-way yes-or-no answer, because well, frankly, I'm not qualified to give an answer, and autism spectrum disorders are quite complex. Firstly, having "just" social anxiety can be quite debilitating. It's not necessarily better or...
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    Echolalic Expression

    Preface: In her book, House Rules, where one of the main characters has an autism spectrum disorder, Jodi Picoult describes echolalia as "when he cannot find the words for how he feels, he borrows someone else's." This has often been a way that I have attempted to express myself with varying...
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