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    Is Autism A Combination Of Conditions/Traits???

    Thanks for that info. I'm sad, then, because I think a behavioral focus obscures the entire matter.
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    Is Autism A Combination Of Conditions/Traits???

    The answer depends on whether the person answering thinks of autism as something behavioral or as something primarily neurologically based that drives/influences behaviors. That's why I think the DSM (behavioral) puts many into a rathole of poor understanding. Behaviors are symptomatic, not...
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    You shouldn't ignore your loneliness

    Good post! I have been spending a lot of time recently thinking about my loneliness, because it looms large for me. It's probably when I feel my autism the most -- that feeling of being alone, and not wanting to be alone, while surrounded by people. Makes no sense to me, but that's how it is...
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    People with autism 'have greater quality of creative ideas'

    Has anyone found a link to the actual paper? It's not even mentioned on Best's "Outputs" page at Stirling yet.
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    23 Signs You're About To Be Fired

    My former employer worked very hard at "eliminating positions." I guess they figured it's more affordable to pay unemployment benefits than to fire people for cause and take a risk of a lawsuit. In my case, here's how I found out I was about to lose a job after 25 years at the company: I...
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    Possibility of doing a games design course at Doncaster College

    That is pretty cool. Good luck!
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    Is it true that Microsoft Boss Bill Gates is Aspie?

    So he's never commented, but if you google (or bing or duckduckgo, or ...) Bill Gates rocking, you get some of the stuff, including a video, that makes some go Hmmm. But it's all anecdotal or guessing. Only he knows.
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    just for fun--you might be aspie IF--

    Heh. I have quite specific and individual instructions from my management about what I may wear.
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    What’s With the Good Morning Thing?

    I don't get worked up by the words. Like "How are you doing?" is usually not a request for a detailed report of your situation in life, but a form of "Hello." "Good morning" may be an indication the person is happy to see you. Or it could be a courteous acknowledgment of your existence...
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    New aspiegirl!

    Welcome. I am definitely not extroverted but I do have a very elaborate set of analytic processes, heuristics, and approaches for social situations. I have taught myself to make eye contact, to hold it and not slide off, to smile (seriously, like practice in a mirror till it doesn't look like...
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    Favorite Programming Languages

    Perl. I started with it in 1993 and it just worked for me. Something clicked. Loved the regex power and syntactical flexibility -- it lets programmers be themselves and express personality! I'm convinced that Perl was part of the reason why the dynamic web took off with a bang (the other was...
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    Boss called me a liar.

    Thanks for all the perspectives so far! I am reading and considering carefully. I will not act hastily. The e-mail was directly to me with no CC. Can't speak to the possibility of a BCC. If I got promoted, I'd fall over sideways in shock. I have been ... made aware by other organizations...
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    This is kind of embarrassing, but I don't really know what I'm supposed to feel

    Hard to say. She sounds embarrassed but friendly the way you described it. Could have been broccoli in your teeth; could have been someone else's fart. But 3.5 hours of exercise for some people can create a POWERFUL stank. If it were me, I would just make sure I was scrubbed and groomed and...
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    Boss called me a liar.

    I have had a pretty successful career so far. But I am stuck with a current situation. Got a new boss a couple years ago. Things have never been great. I make more than he does -- or so he tells me -- and we have never clicked. He talks smack about me to other employees in the company. He...
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    Young looking

    Well, howdy, Lanique. Once in a while someone looks startled when they find out my age, and I'm okay with that. I wasn't so happy with it when I was 17 ...
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