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special interest

  1. C

    Special Interest targets as humans?

    Greetings Everyone: I'm going to get roasted for this one but please hear me out: I absolutely adore the fathering autism youtube channel (link below) to the point of having a crush on the nonverbal autistic daughter Abigail Lorraine[^3]. Note that I would never do anything to harm her or her...
  2. Jenisautistic

    (new video) Punky Brewster theme song cover

    does anyone remember this show? I use to watch it when I was younger on DVD. I really related to the character of punky since in always really lived with my grandmother in a building when my grand father was alive he was there too but passed away when I was 6 or7. also punky reminds me also...
  3. Ladybird2013

    Anyone else like British mysteries?

    I love British mysteries- books, movies, TV shows! My favorite shows are: Midsomer Murders Father Brown Shetland Broadchurch Anyone else like these, or can recommend others?
  4. Jenisautistic

    Does anyone like coloring,drawing or writing ?

    Does anyone find coloring or drawing relaxing ? I used to draw a lot now I don’t draw as much but I still color a lot I’m trying to get back into drawing but it’s difficult It’s the same thing with writing stories I use to made a lot of short stories or a fanfiction or two. I wrote...
  5. Jenisautistic

    In this place called slaughter race cover A random cartoony video for you unhappy aspires

    :blush: It was a lot of fun making this and I think I went a little too overboard ha ha ... :)another video to show you an insight into my world .
  6. Reu

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    One of my special interests is video games. I don’t talk about it with most people my age because I get weird reactions to being dismissed or asked if I think I’m too old for video games. Anyway, I’m really looking forward to Shadow of the Tomb Raider. It comes out Friday but I preordered it...
  7. M

    How would you cope with the loss of your special interest?

    My closest friend/companion/spouse is recovering from spinal surgery. Some of the after effects are numbness in his fingers, and loss of about fifty percent of his ability to hear. He now wears hearing aids and is hoping that his hearing eventually heals or returns in some way. He was a...
  8. windowall

    Memory palaces and mnemonics

    I'm pretty interested in this topic right now. I was wondering if anyone else was familiar with memory palaces or mnemonics and knew about the topic, wanted to provide information for me to learn or just discuss. :p Also wondering if anyone has made memory palaces before? Or used mnemonic...
  9. Jena

    Does anyone else do this with their special interest too?

    Hey y'all so was curious if anyone else does this, where they literally have a difficult time buying stuff UNLESS it's related to special interest. Like with me, it is animals. Every single thing I buy has always and I mean always been around animals. I can't buy something if it's not animal...
    • Jena
    • Thread
    • asperger's syndrome aspie autism collecting obsession special interest
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Obsessions and Interests
  10. sisselcakes

    Aspie overload - how to help

    How do you like your friends and family to treat you when you're on overload? My bf had gotten fired from many jobs in IT due to interpersonal issues- usually would end up telling someone off or having his version of a meltdown due to frustration with "illogical" people. Actually he might have...
  11. The Gentle and Brave Writer

    A mom, a son and lots of curiosity

    My eight-year-old told me last night, again, that he’s not learning anything at school. That he wants to know how everything was created, and how the plants and animals were inside. I told him the we could learn it at home anyway. So today I found these very cool videos that I want to see and...
    • Sabrina
    • Blog entry
    • 2 min read
    • aspergers aspie aspie kids children education mother parents space special interest
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: General
  12. The Gentle and Brave Writer

    Filling up your world

    You don’t know your life is filled up with elephants, but it is, believe me. Pay attention today, and see how many elephants you can find. I had this epiphany when my daughter was an elephant-obsessed-two-year old. She thought that elephants were called ‘circles’ because I once told her ‘that’s...
    • Sabrina
    • Blog entry
    • 2 min read
    • inspiring kids language languages obsession hobby learning mother motherhood special interest women
    • Category: General
  13. Jenisautistic

    Hey everyone

    Just want to share a video with you I thought you might like it’s about bullying and caring and loving and disability thank you I made it myself
  14. L

    How does a special interest form?

    When I got diagnosed last year, I thought I didn't have any special interest, which at the time was true, but looking back on my earlier life I've definitely had a few. The last few years I haven't had any though, and I've felt meaningless and bored. So I was wondering how a special interest is...
  15. S

    Do you have a special interest you are passionate about? Your help is need in starting a magazine!

    As a sixteen -year old with Asperger’s syndrome I know all too well, how it feels to share extensive knowledge on your passion with someone, only to be met with blank expressions; bored by your knowledge regarding the history of mechanical keyboards, disengaged by your talk on your extensive...
    • Seb Pegg
    • Thread
    • anime art collecting journalism lgbt philosophy psychology sociology special interest video games
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Off Topic
  16. Cher_Ami

    Chess

    I am essentially self-taught, which led to an amusing situation where a family member had to tell me I could not checkmate with a single bishop and king after trying to do it for 30 minutes. Between digital and physical versions, I own over 600 chess books and have taught chess in 3 different...
  17. M

    Aspies and beauty

    Beauty isn't a special interest of the stereotypical Aspie. But there are women on the spectrum who do obsess with things like make-up, perfume and even things like vampires, and cartoons.
  18. saskinakki

    ASD?

    Hi there! I was wondering if there's anyone else here with ASD as their special interest? It's been mine for a couple of months now, before that it was mental illnesses. I read articles on it, watch documentaries, and browse forums. Some would say I'm obsessed. But yeah as I said, anyone else...
  19. WereBear

    My passion in life: helping kitties

    Yup, totally sane cat lady here. Didn't even have cats until I was an adult, but my first husband was my cat mentor, and he was willing to let me run an amateur cat rescue from our house for 15 years. When he died and I lost the house and business, I rebuilt my life, but now I was in an...
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