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    Aspergirls: Empowering Females With Asperger Syndrome

    I'm gluten intolerant, but sourdough bread, toasted, with butter, is irresistible. :D The counselor I was seeing when I self-diagnosed (based on someone else's self-identification) and who seconded my opinion said she's never run into anyone who did not have Sensory Processing Disorder, which...
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    Aspergirls: Empowering Females With Asperger Syndrome

    Avoiding gluten has no effect on my ASD. There is a connection between gut health and depression, etc., but I'm wired this way.
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    Fidget Spinners?

    ...wish I had the money for one. Armét Canada - Official Site
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    Labels

    Why do people without autism define people with autism as 'Aspies' or 'autistic'? If it's a kid, seems like people are slapping a label on a kid's forehead like a warning. They wouldn't refer to a child without autism as a 'normie'...I'm a person with ASD and I must be missing something in the...
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    Freedom of Speech and YouTube comments

    The First Amendment guarantees the right to free speech unless it is inciting, such as 'go and rough up some [fill in the blank]' because King George III of England would not tolerate criticism and dissent from the colonists. Ppl are protected by that even when they are being hateful.
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    Would you use an autistics only Social media platform?

    I would not as it gives me practice and patience to be on Facebook. I don't like the site because of all the 'me too's and the attempts to get you to respond to every damn post, but it gets me out there in the world.
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    The Stigma of Self-Diagnosis

    Yes, I grok that. Have you read the Foundation series? The Mule resides in the White House...
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    The Stigma of Self-Diagnosis

    Yeah, that would be the Bible, in various iterations.
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    The Stigma of Self-Diagnosis

    Thanks. 'Grok' is a part of my vocabulary, although I have to translate it for folks who aren't familiar with the book.
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    The Stigma of Self-Diagnosis

    I could have said exactly the same thing you did and I was older than you when I self-diagnosed. I've felt the same all my life, like a stranger in a strange land (sorry, Heinlein!) and finding out was the closest thing to enlightenment I think a person can feel. If you've taken the aspie...
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    Anniversaries are dumb

    I think we celebrate anniversaries more as milestones, like birthdays. 'Gee, made it another year!' in spite of all the things life throws at us. It's a way of commemorating the past and making a kind of commitment to the future, too.
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    Should Those on the Autism Spectrum Receive Special Treatment in Education or Employment?

    If you need accommodation to do your best, how is asking for it any different than someone asking for accommodation for ergonomics because of scoliosis or for access for a wheelchair or any other issue? It's up to the individual as to what they need; not everyone needs accommodation, but if...
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    Intersectionality podcast on 'becoming comfortably autistic'

    Probably NSFW. Episode 051 - Becoming Comfortably Autistic - An Interview w/ Alex Haagaard
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    The Stigma of Self-Diagnosis

    It's easier for me to do one-on-one or be in a small group with people I know because there's less to decipher on the social side of things. Too many people = too many social signals to sort. Small talk like tea vs. coffee - well, a lot of the data I collect is rather ephemeral in nature, so...
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    People Sharing 'Green Flags' That Someone Is A Good Person - Do You Have One?

    2. Shopping Carts They return their shopping cart to the corral, even if it's not particularly close. People Share 'Green Flags' That Someone Is A Good Person.
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