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Recent content by toothless

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    Change laptop or build a PC?

    being a gamer,your better off with a PC,at least you can change the graphics card to keep up with the development of gaming,plus you could also get yourself water cooling to keep it working at a premium while gaming.
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    my dad has made me a cat enclosure-WIP

    he is spending hours sat outside just sniffing the air and watching the birds/roaming cats/ squirrels,even in the rain he is a weirdo-he just sits there. :D he is outside right now and ive got to sit nearby to watch him as my dad hasnt put the roof on yet. black cats are awesome,im so glad you...
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    my dad has made me a cat enclosure-WIP

    my dad has been busy every day for the past couple of weeks making my boy;mr shadow a cat enclosure and its only cost a couple hundred pound but i was quoted over 700 pound for the same thing by one guy. ive ordered my dad a new laptop to say thankyou. i am so glad my boy is no longer an indoor...
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    Aspie creatives - hands up!

    i am an artist,i use different media in my work ranging from acrylic paint to charcoal to water colour to pastels etc and i am also a photographer,i hope to become a professional photographer one day. i also do ceramics at a professional art studio for people with intellectual disability,my...
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    Should I write a book about my life so far?

    hi rich,i think you should write a book about your life. even if you do not get it published-it will give you something to do and perhaps help you process things that have happened in your life that you have not yet processed very well. one of my support staff was a heroin/speed/alcohol addict...
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    OOPS, are you distracted by people in your space?

    could it be the rise in phones and mp3 players-people getting seriously distracted by them,or do you think people are ruder and dont care? i have come across some idiots who expect YOU to move out the way instead of it being a two way decision- like they are royalty or something.
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    Asperger's - Hard to Keep Friends

    i have classic autism and intellectual disability as opposed to aspergers but i struggle greatly around friendships to. i never had friends until my twenties-i was to involved in my own world and lacked the capacity or care to interact to want friends,now;as a 33 year old i have a number of...
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    OOPS, are you distracted by people in your space?

    i see people as generic objects that blend into the background so people dont get in my way as such,i have more of a problem of scanning them with my visual processing and becoming aware of them and thus interacting with them. if i go somewhere where there is a lot of people together [ie a...
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    Is this thing on? (Feedback noise)

    i loved that episode of family guy. hi and welcome to AC,rock lobster.:spiralshell::ocean:
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    As One on the Autism Spectrum, Do You Have Barriers that Seem to Stop You?

    i dont like looking at the negative sides but all aspects of my autism and comorbid intellectual disability are a challenge,from my communication and life skills to my challenging behaviors,my toileting and personal care due to having extreme sensory issues with water as well as an inability to...
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    Inadequate Education.

    academically clever kids dont get supported very well,my aspie sister was the same,i dont just mean streaming and having low/mid/top sets-there should be proper advanced classes in all regular schools for people whose academics are very good just in the same way there are special needs classes,i...
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    Lashing out - is it a form of communication

    for me,when i was non verbal [up until my late twenties] i would lash out because i couldnt speak and was very frustrated with myself,i still have a speech and language impairment which i attack myself if i am frustrated with not being able to get words out. i also lashed out to tell people i...
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    Are Those on the Autism Spectrum More Prone to Phobias than Others?

    i have a phobia of water which stems from the severe pain i have felt from it my whole life [sensory issue],and i also have a phobia of hoovers because when i lived in an institution the staff chased me around with hoovers;turned on because they knew i had very sensitive hearing and that was...
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    Bipolar II

    i am diagnosed with bipolar but my shrink didnt tell me which specific type i have,i have had it since about 10 years old although only got diagnosed since a few months ago by a shrink who specialises in working with people with learning [intellectual] disabilities,i have ultra rapid cycling...
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    Pros and Cons of Being a Loner

    im a loner always have been,never had friends as a child/teen,i do have friends now i just dont do friend stuff with them unless its at the mencap social group i go to [we go to the gay village for a drink afterwards but i feel detached from the group] and that frustrates some of my friends but...
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