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  1. hiraeth

    What kinds of workplace accommodations have you successfully received?

    If I look up "workplace accommodations for ASD" I see pages and pages of different recommendations, which makes sense given that there are many types of jobs and great variation on the spectrum. But the thought that continuously hits me is how often I find myself thinking "I had no idea this was...
  2. hiraeth

    Alternative relationship styles

    People who feel like they have too much of a need for space / time alone / can never live with anyone / etc any personal needs that are incompatible with the expectations that are often associated with a traditional relationship structure: Have you found other ways to experience the...
  3. hiraeth

    How has your special interests made you a better person?

    Did they inspire you to gain new skills, knowledge, start or change careers, meet new people, do new things, go out of your comfort zone, or just become more energetic and happy in the long term... etc Every relationship requires nourishment and gratitude is one of the most effective ways to...
  4. hiraeth

    Asociality

    Over the past few months I've found myself less and less interested in any kind of social interaction. Casual (in person) social interaction is too exhausting because I have to be mindful that the other people's energy levels are vastly different from mine and make compromises for the sake of...
  5. hiraeth

    Chronic exhaustion

    Is anyone else just really tired all the time? Even when I wake up in the morning feeling great, after being out and about for a few hours doing things, even if they are things I enjoy doing, I'll find that I've developed a pounding headache and want to sleep the entire evening away, right...
  6. hiraeth

    Comfortable being single

    If there is anyone else who is comfortable being single either indefinitely or however you define "long term" - come give a shout here. Although I'm not sure how inclined you would be to read this forum if that was the case. XD Just looking for some moral support.
  7. hiraeth

    Fake Cover Letters Expose Discrimination Against Disabled

    The researchers constructed two separate résumés: one for a highly qualified candidate with six years of experience, and one for a novice candidate about one year out of college. For each résumé, they created three different cover letters: one for a candidate with no disability, one for a...
  8. hiraeth

    Do NTs have special interests?

    Something I've been thinking about for a while, because I use the term "special interest" when I'm talking to (presumably) NTs who have no idea about my autism and every so often, I'll be having a conversation with someone where the other person is describing a certain kind of relationship with...
  9. hiraeth

    Another formal diagnosis thread

    Edit: can this be moved to the general private forum? See, I really am too tired to think :pensive: This will be brief, I think. I still haven't recovered from my chronic exhaustion spell. Sometimes I feel like it's getting worse. I was sitting here today trying to do work and didn't even have...
  10. hiraeth

    The Infodumping Thread

    As suggested in another thread... Let's have a space where we can blab about our latest findings / thoughts / feels about our special interest when you just need a place / person / people to share it with Just Because. You won't have to worry about being "annoying" or anything to folks here -...
  11. hiraeth

    Communications based careers

    This could go in a few different forums, but, I'm putting it here for now. I've always been interested in words. I've always been told that I had a gift for words, too. Apparently I was a hyperlexic toddler. Most kids who left China at a young age can barely speak Chinese at all, but I can...
  12. hiraeth

    "Special interest energy" and overload

    My baseline energy level is almost always low. I also have consistent blunted affect. There are normally only two exceptions -- either I'm really terrified about something in a PTSD-response context, or I'm really energized as a result of some special interest. The latter sounds like a good...
  13. hiraeth

    Loss of special interest

    Okay, I'm not sure if "loss" is appropriate, but it's in effect the same. Needing to distance myself from them? Not having enough energy to engage with them? The thought of engaging with them being really triggering? Knowing that this is going to be indefinite in the sense of, who knows when...
  14. hiraeth

    a quiet greeting

    Hello :) I'm very tired right now and having a hard time articulating too much. I look forward to sharing more and growing with you all over time. Coming across the term Aspergers was such a relief after a lifetime of inability to function in social situations, and feeling like an alien. A...
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