Just to know, since I am still new to this group, I have autism.
Do any of you others have any kind of disability?
Do you have autism?
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Re: Do you have autism?
Not me.
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Re: Do you have autism?
Think I may have, to use the Cartman-ism, @$$-Burgered a bit as a kid, before I went clean (if Ben thinks I'm "obnoxious" now, shoulda seen me in second grade)--
So now any time some poster on any forum (not here yet, thankfully) starts:
- Acting a little too creepily chummy with the group, or individual members who respond to them,
- Tries to start needlessly persistent off-topics with a single-minded age-ambiguous obsession with one thing from his childhood like the Muppets or Disney Afternoon,
- Makes inexplicable "running-gag" jokes only he gets, or thinks he's witty using strange expressions not heard since 70's variety shows or 60's sitcoms,
- Answers/updates his own posts in chain succession even over a period of months or years, or even
- Unparsably writes his posts like he was literally typing blindfolded,
...No one ever believes the expert when I try to alert them to the danger signs.
Let's just say the LGBT "I'm odd and proud!" marketing vibe works for some folks, and...not for others.
So now any time some poster on any forum (not here yet, thankfully) starts:
- Acting a little too creepily chummy with the group, or individual members who respond to them,
- Tries to start needlessly persistent off-topics with a single-minded age-ambiguous obsession with one thing from his childhood like the Muppets or Disney Afternoon,
- Makes inexplicable "running-gag" jokes only he gets, or thinks he's witty using strange expressions not heard since 70's variety shows or 60's sitcoms,
- Answers/updates his own posts in chain succession even over a period of months or years, or even
- Unparsably writes his posts like he was literally typing blindfolded,
...No one ever believes the expert when I try to alert them to the danger signs.
Let's just say the LGBT "I'm odd and proud!" marketing vibe works for some folks, and...not for others.