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    Do you have issues/dislike talking on the phone?

    BruceCM, you are better off than me dude! I had a call center job for less than a year. I HATED it. I would go back to making pizzas at the gas station before I would work in that environment again. I was depressed and nervous the whole time I worked there. It's not like I don't know...
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    Do autistic/asperger's people have an abnormal love for animals?

    When my cat Felix died I was devastated. He was the first pet that had ever been totally MINE. He saw me through losing a job, moving, and a crappy breakup of a 3 year relationship. He died of a blood parasite, I had to have him put to sleep. I cried and cried. I was more depressed than I...
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    Do you have issues/dislike talking on the phone?

    I hate to talk on the phone, pretty much always have. I have 3 exceptions: my momma, my best friend, and my husband. The only thing I can figure out that makes me hate it so much is that it is hard for me to gague moods by tone of voice, I don't have the body language or facial...
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    What are your sensory issues?

    loud noises (I wear earplugs to vacuum or blow dry my hair) super-bright lights too dim lights (oh the contradictions!) flashy lights smells -I can't stand most perfume (though I tend to like men's cologne) and most scented lotions, the fragrances give me a headache quickly textures...
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    Do autistic/asperger's people have an abnormal love for animals?

    I have always been far more comfortable with animals than people. Any kind of animals really, horses, dogs, cats etc. Animals don't judge you or make fun of you. You don't need to 'read' animals to know if they like you. I read a comic by and Aspie girl once that said she was always the...
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    Difficulties you had as a kid that might be due to your ASD

    I was shy, had trouble making friends. I was (and still am) far more comfortable with people older than me than with my peers. Great at reading, always way above my grade level, but horrible at math. Seriously lost all grip on math in like 2nd grade. Klutzy (I once tripped on a wet kleenex...
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    Table-Top Role-Playing Games

    I play! I have played D&D, and my group is just getting ready to start Deadlands and Star Wars. I am super-excited, Star Wars will be fun, but Deadlands is what I am really pumped about. I have an awesome character written. Tee hee! I am SUCH a geek!!
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    What are your current obsessions?

    WWII History -Concentration camps -Screaming Eagles 101st PID Medicine -Pharmacology -Neurology -a little bit of psychology *AD/HD Knitting Gaming -tabletop war games -tabletop RPGs -card games -European board games
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