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Recent content by AuroraBorealis

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    I want to make a new friend - ideas?

    Volunteering at a zoo/animal shelter would be a good idea, since I love animals, but unfortunately my city doesn't have a local zoo, and the animal shelter is quite far away, which doesn't make it convenient for driving there regularly. Thanks for the inspiration, though! I'll look into it...
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    I want to make a new friend - ideas?

    I need some help/inspiration on how to make friends after my move to a new city. I am getting settled at my job and with the hour reduction I feel like I am slowly working up enough energy again to feel the need to make a friend. I am fully aware that building a friendship takes time. I just...
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    Recently diagnosed

    Hi @cajewels, this forum is a good place to start. I recently got my diagnosis too, but been on here suspecting it for more than a year before that. I also did a deep-dive into autism-related literature. My advice is to let it sink in, obsess about it when you feel like it, but also try to get a...
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    It's very individual. Personally, I never saw the issue - it's just a biological thing, after...

    It's very individual. Personally, I never saw the issue - it's just a biological thing, after all. But then, I'm a woman myself.
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    I never understood how people can do that. Adopting an animal means adding a family member. Poor...

    I never understood how people can do that. Adopting an animal means adding a family member. Poor animals.
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    Couples with Autism

    We're very sure that my partner's autistic too, though not officially diagnosed (and he's not interested in it). In fact, we've been sure about him before suspecting it for me, too. It makes many things a lot easier. It allows us to have a very open, transparent and matter-of-fact communication...
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    Frequency of overstimulation

    Good to see you again, @marc_101 !
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    You can help to develop Autistic Community in Ukraine (research survey)

    Done
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    Frequency of overstimulation

    I resonate with this very much. It feels like the outside urban world, as well as any place with someone else than me in it, is overstimulating all the time. That doesn't mean that I get overstimulated or overwhelmed all the time. It does feel like a constant knocking on my brain. Sometimes I'm...
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    Autism or learning difficulties?

    By "learning difficulties", do you mean an intellectual disability? Or do you mean circumscribed learning differences, such as dyslexia or dyscalculia? I'm not quite sure about the semantics. Other than that, it'll be hard for any of us to say for sure. The way you're describing her she could...
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    Strugling with communication

    For me, interrupting is a mixture of poor recognition of when it's my turn, but also impulse control. I talk and think quickly and tend to forget things quickly, so I feel like I need to get things out as soon as they pop into my head or I'll forget. Also, in my head I often already finish...
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    Strugling with communication

    I think, all you can do is doing your best. While working with patients and clients, I do my very best. I still interrupt people a lot, but since I work in mental healthcare and many people I talk to have their own issues (many ADHDers who have the same problem), we can often laugh it away. When...
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    Strugling with communication

    I'm really sory about that. It's not nice of them. Do they know that you're autistic (if you are)? But even if they don't, you shouldn't say stuff like that to people. It's unempathic. I struggle with this a lot too. Other than that, I'm quite good at communicating (I think), but I tend to...
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    Every social group I joined.

    I second this. The first time I traveled on my own, it was with an organised group. I found it online. I searched for the place I wanted to visit and googled something like "Name of country, tour travels". I found several agencies that offered planned trips for, e.g., 5, 7 or 10 days, with a...
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    I just found a little boy crying at a train station who said he got separated from his mom, I...

    I just found a little boy crying at a train station who said he got separated from his mom, I took him to some police officers nearby. Poor little guy, I felt so sorry for him. I hope they'll find his mom quickly.
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