Aspie-Life In reply to Martin1258 [2011-03-31 06:30:37 +0000 UTC]

notes on recent behavior?? who's behavior?? *is confused* i don't know of anyone joining or not. are you talking about stickmanadventchurs??

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Martin1258 In reply to Aspie-Life [2011-04-01 01:20:41 +0000 UTC]

yes it is about stick man adventures she just joined and behavior about the group OK

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Aspie-Life In reply to MissAspie [2010-12-23 07:02:05 +0000 UTC]

just out of curiosity.. how old is your brother?

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MissAspie In reply to Aspie-Life [2010-12-23 16:33:34 +0000 UTC]

12, and one month and 12 days at 11:08 tonight.

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LordMaddie In reply to MissAspie [2012-01-22 16:48:22 +0000 UTC]

If your brother is 12 years old, he can't have an account on this site.

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MissAspie In reply to LordMaddie [2012-01-22 19:27:34 +0000 UTC]

Now he is 13. He turned 13 on November 11th. We just haven't figured out how to get him back on without re-joining.

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LordMaddie In reply to MissAspie [2012-01-22 19:29:22 +0000 UTC]

Old comment is old, I see. I'm sorry, I should've checked that.

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Aspie-Life In reply to MissAspie [2010-12-24 00:31:10 +0000 UTC]

ah, i figured it was something like that. well i think he has potential. he just needs to hone his skills a bit, and keep working towards clarifying the stories he's trying to tell. after all, if it's hard to read, people won't normally take the time to figure it out and understand the story he's telling. if they do that, then all his hard work goes to waste, and well... that just won't do. if someone says they can't understand his story, he shouldn't get discouraged! he should think "how can i make this easier to understand" and try again. i can see he's already working in that direction by using the text tool instead of hand writing things, but, as a good big sister, maybe you could check his spelling for him? tell him to keep working hard and have fun at it!! ^_^

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MissAspie In reply to Aspie-Life [2010-12-24 02:31:33 +0000 UTC]

I sure will.

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MissAspie In reply to MissAspie [2012-12-15 23:51:48 +0000 UTC]

He's now 14, and has a new account.

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Aspie-Life In reply to MissAspie [2010-12-23 06:43:45 +0000 UTC]

if i was a girl... hmm... well, i'm genderqueer, anyways.. so, when it comes to gender identity, i can't decide if i'm a girly boy or a manly girl xD either way, i'm cute.. fufufu~ so, i don't think it would particularly matter if i had girl bits instead of boy bits

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Aspie-Life In reply to pinksweet14 [2010-12-04 17:56:45 +0000 UTC]

hello~ :3

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pinksweet14 In reply to Aspie-Life [2010-12-07 10:09:11 +0000 UTC]

pardon my asking but...what's an aspie? xD

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Aspie-Life In reply to pinksweet14 [2010-12-11 17:58:32 +0000 UTC]

the term aspie is an affectionate name for someone with asperger syndrome, or "high functioning autism".

you've most likely heard of autism, but i'll explain what exactly it is anyways, since the media gives a warped view of it. you see, brains have these things called neurons that connect parts of the brain with one another and send messages back and forth like a subway system. the non-autistic, or "neurotypical" (often abbreviated as NT) brain has long connectors, while the autistic brain has shorter connectors, but a lot more of them. because of this, information has to jump from neuron to neuron in order to reach its destination.

sometimes, things miss their train and get lost, while others multiply and end up on multiple trains. when this happens with sensory input, it can cause the person to be under or over stimulated, causing a warped perception called "sensory integration disorder" (for example, for me, the feel and sound of cardboard is physically painful).

in addition, because certain parts of the brain are connected, when they wouldn't normally be, some associations are made that wouldn't normally be made. some people on the autism spectrum can "taste" colors or "see" music. some associate numbers, genders, letters, colors, textures, and personalities with each other (for example, to me the number 5 is blue and male and the number 8 is purple, hairy, and grumpy). also, autisics usually think in pictures.

because information has to change trains several times during a trip, it slows down the processing speed, so autistics take longer to work things out. there are several things that this affects. for example, if i see someone i know in a place i don't expect to see them, it takes my brain a while to work out who they are, because i strongly associate them with the places i'm use to seeing them. also, when someone says something to me, there's sometimes a delay between recognizing that they're saying something and my brain working out what they said. during this time i usually say "huh?" or "what?" even though in a couple seconds, i'll have worked out what they said. this can also affect the ability to speak. for example, i have a friend who is also an aspie that often has long delays before or during a response. this is because his brain is still processing what he wants to say and takes awhile before the message is actually delivered for him to say something. many autistics that are "lower functioning" cannot talk at all, because the message to say something gets lost altogether, or they didn't processes what was said to them at all. this can make communication very difficult, which can be frustrating to both NTs and autistics. however, regardless of the challenges to communicate, even the most severely affected autistic has an average or above-average IQ.

when too many stimuli are happening at the same time, either physical or emotional, it causes a meltdown. different autistics experience meltdowns differently. there are two main types of melt-downs. in the first one, the built up stimuli cannot be processed and expresses itself outward. in this situation, the autistic might appear to be throwing a temper-tantrum, but they are not misbehaving, they are simply expelling stimuli. the other kind of melt-down occurs when the unprocessed stimuli expresses itself inward. in this situation, the autistic sort of "freezes" like a computer that's running too many programs at the same time. this is the sort of melt-down i have. when this happens, i have an extremely hard time talking and i don't want to be touched or spoken to, because that adds more stimuli. if at all possible, i retreat to a dark room where i can be alone, and take a nap, which "reboots" my system.

the last thing i'll say about autism, because this is getting insanely long, is that autism is genetic and involves how the brain is wired. it is not caused by mercury poisoning or vaccines. it is not a disease, and cannot be cured, nor does the vast majority of autistics want to be cured.

if you want to know more about autism, i suggest checking out aspies for freedom or wrong planet and especially greenturtle74's cartoon guide to aspergers :3

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pinksweet14 In reply to Aspie-Life [2010-12-16 14:25:29 +0000 UTC]

Wow, first of all, thank you for sending a reply and for making me understand more about what an aspie really is. I read everything and I think what you said is very interesting and at the same time very informative. I had my own encounters with aspies but I never really got the chance to get close to one. What really amazes me is the complexity of the human's body and how such little change can cause a big effect on the person as a whole. Also, it's nice to know more about those because I never really knew what those people with the Asperger syndrome experience or feel like. Anyway thanks again ^^

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Aspie-Life In reply to pinksweet14 [2010-12-17 19:09:19 +0000 UTC]

no problem, thanks for taking the time to read the whole thing :3

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pinksweet14 In reply to Aspie-Life [2010-12-19 16:10:23 +0000 UTC]

haha sure thing~ I mean it would be rude of me to ask and then just ignore youre reply right? ^^ And besides, as I said, it was interesting :3

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Aspie-Life In reply to pinksweet14 [2010-12-23 06:21:32 +0000 UTC]

true xD but.. some people are like "omg, paragraphs!!" and only skim the first few lines...

:3

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pinksweet14 In reply to Aspie-Life [2010-12-23 06:35:46 +0000 UTC]

LOL! I agree~~ Well, I don't mind reading if I enjoy reading it or if I find it engaging xD

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Aspie-Life In reply to pinksweet14 [2010-12-23 07:06:28 +0000 UTC]

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