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Recent content by Sashiengland

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    Have you ever gotten the "Oh, everyone is somewhere on the spectrum?

    I've gotten the "I think everybody has a little autism in them" too. Maybe the person is trying to make me feel better. If that was their intent, they did not succeed. I want to respond with, "If I told you I had asthma too, do you and everybody else has some of that too"?
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    Leaf picking

    I am obsessed with raking or picking up leaves. I have a hard time finding a stopping point UNLESS the neighbor comes outside.
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    Autism and Competiveness

    I have read on more than one autism website that individual sports such as running or swimming are ideal for those living on the spectrum. That wasn't news to me. I don't run or jog, but I do walk in a park by myself sometimes. Since I often sub for P.E. aides in gym classes, I have more...
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    Being alone.

    Being alone is as comfortable to me as wearing my favorite pair of sweats.
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    What 1 thing do you wish non-aspies knew about Asperger's?

    "Why do you talk to yourself, pace the floor, rock in your chair, etc.? I'd answer the NT with one question: Why do you breathe?
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    Did you have a 1-2-1 classroom assistant when you were at school?

    I am a substitute teacher's classroom assistant. My assignments often take me to inside a special education classroom. Other assignments are special ed but in general ed classrooms where I am subbing for one of those 1-2-1 classroom assistants. This threat is enlightening to me. I wondered...
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    My Autismland Cast of Characters

    Someone told me long ago that if you can laugh at it, it hasn't defeated you. I have kept that thought in the back of my mind ever since and I added another: if I can write about it, it hasn't defeated me either. So that's one reason since learning I was on the Autism Spectrum at the end of 2016...
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    Bad at games that require paying attention to others

    I like playing games. The only ones I don't like are ones I can't play with just me, myself, and I. My competitor is myself. I don't have to contend with the pressure of processing and following verbal instructions. I don't have to worry that I will come off looking awkward or inept. The...
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