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  1. Sara3

    Need help with asperger kid

    Hi. I recently was in a school for autistic kids. I loved being there. However I noticed one asperger kid who I think has an anxiety disorder (maybe selective mutism). He didn't speak to the adults, however I was told he was able to speak words in english and French. I would love to help him...
  2. BlueSky Aozora

    How to Make a Place of Belonging for an Aspie, If He's Not Interested?

    That's hard! Without the aspie's cooperation, or if he's not interested in anything that the society there has, what to do?? When I asked him, he said to me, "Make one." Who's the one who need to MAKE that place of belonging for him? Is it me? How is that possible without his cooperation? The...
  3. GeminiSagittarius

    Hi, I’m new here

    Hi, I just joined this forum :) How are you all? I’m pretty sure I’m an Aspie with Pathological Demand Avoidance. Trying to connect with others on the spectrum and finding ways to cope and how to safely unmask.
  4. Lundi

    Unable to tolerate casual touching (dating)

    I have heard over and over how touch is key in the dating world, and that no touch means no attraction. However, as a 30 year old male, I never felt comfortable with casual touch. When I was 14 in high school, a girl kept trying to talk to me. Eventually, one day, when I was eating lunch alone...
  5. Lundi

    Excess maturity instead of excess immaturity

    If I understand correctly, a stereotypical symptom of Asperger's is seeming or looking younger than one's actual age. But I have the opposite problem, and have not seen it discussed explicitly. I turned 30 last month, but before that in most of my 20s most people whom I met thought that I was...
  6. Lundi

    Extreme naïveté

    I have had this problem since I was a small boy. I tended (tent?) to not only interpret everything literally, I also trusted in everyone and believed that everyone was 100% right and 100% trustworthy. When someone told me something, I had to believe it, because I believed that what everyone...
  7. Lundi

    Problems modulating voice volume

    Ever since I was a small child, I always had a problem adjusting the volume of my voice. It did not help that I have always been very socially awkward, but I often am accused of mumbling or talking too low that no one can hear me. So in order to talk louder, I would raise my voice. Often I would...
  8. Lundi

    Virginity problem running in the family

    I am a 30 year old American male. My first thread on this forum was written when I was 29, about my fears about turning 30 and being a virgin. Not by choice, not by some sort of religious belief like abstinence, but rather just it happened that way without my wanting it to. I did some research...
    • Lundi
    • Thread
    • asperger asperger dating aspergers and women dating family social anxiety social awkwardness
    • Replies: 96
    • Forum: General Autism Discussion
  9. Lundi

    Do normal people really act like this?

    I am the guy who made a thread about being worried about being a virgin at age 30. Anyway, at age 26, I started attending meetups and social gatherings in my city to make friends, and perhaps if things went well, maybe find a girlfriend. So during all of the meetups since then up to now, I have...
  10. Jibbers

    How do you present yourself, how do you handle colleagues and does your employer help you?

    Hello all, I recently lost my job as a dietitian and I am currently in a process of thinking about my options. I love to help people get healthier and I am not bad at doing it either. As I love to work as a dietitian I want to continue to do so. However I have some trouble with a few things and...
  11. Lundi

    Strange or non-standard use of language in ASD

    I was told quite often whilst attending meetups that my use of language is odd or "off" compared to a normal person. In worst-case scenarios people just call me "autistic" like an insult. But it is because I refuse to use contractions and other things when speaking English. I also use strange...
  12. H

    What do you like about your autism?

    Choose one or more! And write if you want! ------------------------------- I did this poll because many people hate their autism. There's always a bright side but it's often so small. Let's make a list of the good things of autism!
  13. Rebecca Bailey

    Warehouse work

    Hi, Is there anyone on here that works in a warehouse? It’s just that I’m looking to get into that sort of work as I feel that I would be able to cope with it. I’m looking for another job as I just don’t feel that my current job is worth the stress anymore, it’s mentally draining as well as...
  14. AHClemist

    What is a relationship?

    I have been wanting to post something like this for a while now, but never found the exact way I want to word it, so here’s an attempt: How exactly do you define a romantic relationship? I have read and heard so much about people deciding to “work on their relationship”. Sometimes they have...
  15. Jibbers

    Well, I am new here

    Hello, I am Jibbers, I have a bachelors degree and have worked as a dietitian for the past 2 years. I like to lead-climb in the climbinggym and outside as well. I like running and fitness too. I live by myself and I own a cat, her name is Luna (I added a picture). Sinds February 2019 I learned...
  16. Lundi

    Adapting to being single for life

    Following my very long first thread here about being single/virgin at almost age 30 (my 30th birthday is this Thursday), I was wondering about choosing to resign myself to be single for life. It is another path, but I was thinking about how I have a lot of quirks and difficulties that would make...
    • Lundi
    • Thread
    • asperger asperger female dating dating advice dating an aspie lonely single single forever
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: General Autism Discussion
  17. Lundi

    Is dating harder for men with ASD compared to women with ASD?

    I have noticed throughout my life that I have met a lot more men who have some degree of autism or Asperger's who are single, compared with women with the same condition. Given that men are still expected to do all of the approaching and initiating, no matter how far society has advanced in...
  18. Trichotillomania in my aspie kid

    Trichotillomania in my aspie kid

    
My nine-year-old kid plucked part of his eyelashes out on Sunday. It was not the first time, but the second. The first time was when he learned that his best friend was changing schools. As a consequence, he plucked out 90% of the eyelashes in one eye, and half of them in the other.
 Back...
    • Sabrina
    • Blog entry
    • 4 min read
    • anxiety asperger aspie autism children high fuctioning autism trichotillomania
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Aspergers & Autism
  19. BlueSky Aozora

    Started learning the local language

    My spouse relocated to my country. We have at least three languages used here; I repeat, THREE LANGUAGES!! English for work (we are not from English-speaking countries), Another local language for communication with the locals, And another foreign language for religious culture purpose...
  20. Zealot North

    My Aspie friend told me they love me -and I feel the same way!- but......

    Hello everyone, this will be my first thread that's not an introduction thread! As the title already mentioned, I have a very close friend who has diagnosed Asperger's Syndrome. I personally have PDD-NOS myself. While I have an easy time describing my strengths and weaknesses, and what I can...
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