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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: British schools and autistics |
| Zakatar |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2023, 11:43 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 143
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| We need a large study like the one here in good ol’Murica… |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: What Am I Even Supposed To Do To? |
| Zakatar |
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Posted: 29 Mar 2023, 7:09 pm
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Replies: 374
Views: 14,752
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| The first real girlfriend I had when I was 29 asked me out. I was getting ready to ask her our the same day, but she beat me to it! Still, it is usually expected that the guy will do the pursuing and asking. yes i easily see that being forever being one-sided, but glad i'm not alone in still feelin... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: What Am I Even Supposed To Do To? |
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Posted: 29 Mar 2023, 7:52 am
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Replies: 374
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| Having a car and job hasn’t helped me and I’m the same age as TGI, so I’m not sure I agree with Mona here. Having a car and a job helped your prospects as it did the OP's. I suspect 100% of the women here would prefer a partner with a car and a job than one without both. We can all agree that havin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspiedar: can you tell if someone is autistic? |
| Zakatar |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2023, 10:24 am
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,212
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| Unless someone is a master at masking, I can usually tell, though sometimes I need to be around someone for a bit to really know for sure. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: What Am I Even Supposed To Do To? |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2023, 9:58 am
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Replies: 374
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| As he has explained numerous times, while he does understand that obtaining "a driving licence and semi-decent job" would indeed make it much less difficult for him to find a girlfriend, his loneliness robs him of the emotional energy to do those things. In all honesty, I'm not convinced ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Increasing popularity of friends-first approach |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2023, 11:13 pm
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Replies: 240
Views: 6,278
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| The results of the study aren’t surprising tho. As I always said, having an active social life is the main mean how NTs meet people. Aspies struggle in dating mainly due to lack of social life, hence lack of friends and hence lack of chances to meet a match. I was going to comment exactly this! The... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Love on the Spectrum, has anyone noticed this pattern? |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2023, 11:21 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 670
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| Never seen the show, but not surprised in the slightest. If more Autistic women were willing to give Autistic men a shot instead of just saying yes to the first NT who asks them out it would be more even. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Desire for social connection and suicide rates |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2023, 9:33 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 250
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| This article is one big “duh!” |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: The Bad Batch |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2023, 3:53 pm
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Replies: 1
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| Huge Star Wars fan here, I also thought “hey, are they trying to make Tech Autistic-coded or something?” When I heard the line. Not the first time they’ve gone with the ND angle for a character, I strongly believe Anakin Skywalker, as portrayed by Hayden Christensen in the prequels, is in some way N... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Where can I meet someone to date? |
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Posted: 07 Feb 2023, 2:42 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 957
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| Most people meet someone via friendship circles, problem is that most autistics have very few to no friends for obvious reasons. Having an active social life is still the #1 causal way of meeting potential partners. People tend to have less active social life as they get older too. This is probably... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Autistic women in abusive relationships! |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2023, 10:29 am
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Replies: 42
Views: 2,365
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| Hot take: if Autistic women were more willing to try having relationships with Autistic partners rather than NTs, the relationsjips would have a lower chance of being abusive. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: New dating app for people with autism. |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2023, 12:00 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,151
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| Hiki is known around these parts. The main issue with it is that there aren’t enough people on it, and the high male-to-female diagnosis ratio of Autusm makes an Autustic-exclusive dating app a lot less practical (at least for straight Autistics) than most of us would like to admit. Yes I find that... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: New dating app for people with autism. |
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Posted: 25 Jan 2023, 12:17 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,151
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| Hiki is know around these parts. The main issue with it is that there aren’t enough people on it, and the high male-to-female diagnosis ratio of Autusm makes an Autustic-exclusive dating app a lot less practical (at least for straight Autistics) than most of us would like to admit. Not a problem if... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: How To Get A Girlfriend If You're An Autistic Man |
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Posted: 24 Jan 2023, 8:50 am
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Replies: 390
Views: 8,714
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RE sports: perhaps the reason so many Autistics avoid them (both team and individual) is that we tend to have deficits in both gross and fine motor coordination to varying degrees.
I personally enjoy hiking and swimming more than sports and going to the gym. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: New dating app for people with autism. |
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Posted: 24 Jan 2023, 12:56 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,151
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| Hiki is know around these parts. The main issue with it is that there aren’t enough people on it, and the high male-to-female diagnosis ratio of Autusm makes an Autustic-exclusive dating app a lot less practical (at least for straight Autistics) than most of us would like to admit. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: How To Get A Girlfriend If You're An Autistic Man |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2023, 8:36 pm
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Replies: 390
Views: 8,714
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| Agreed that Zakatar shouldn't be looking in "bars and other vanity fairs." But, to be fair, Zakatar is talking about the situation of "average-looking, average-earning" autistic men, not "average-looking, average-earning" NT men, and he's talking specifically about the... |
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