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		<title>Emotional Hypersensitivity, Anyone?</title>
		<link>http://www.aane.org/blog/2010/11/09/emotional-hypersensitivity-anyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nomi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What about you?  Do you get sad or angry more easily than other people you know?  What kinds of things in the world upset you the most?  Do you avoid these things?  What about things that make you happy? ]]></description>
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		<title>Asperger&#8217;s High</title>
		<link>http://www.aane.org/blog/2010/09/28/aspergers-high/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently shown the funniest parody of Aspie behavior I&#8217;ve ever seen. Granted, it also happens to be the only parody of Aspie behavior I&#8217;ve ever seen. I guess it&#8217;s one of those things people are sort of afraid to poke fun at, lest somebody take offense. But the &#8220;Asperger&#8217;s High&#8221; video &#8211; a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autism and Digital Life: Managing Identity</title>
		<link>http://www.aane.org/blog/2010/09/16/autism-and-digital-life-managing-identit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.aane.org/blog/2010/09/16/autism-and-digital-life-managing-identit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DJ Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.aane.org/blog/?p=406</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Or Why I Don&#8217;t Mention AS On Dating Websites) I&#8217;m aiming to make this entry the first in a series on using the Internet as an aspie. As someone who lives and works largely on the Net&#8211;my job is to create products that help businesses define and market themselves online&#8211;I&#8217;ve thought a lot about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Women With AS Have a &#8220;Male Disorder&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://www.aane.org/blog/2010/09/07/do-women-with-as-have-a-male-disorder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.aane.org/blog/2010/09/07/do-women-with-as-have-a-male-disorder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nomi</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.aane.org/blog/?p=402</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Where are all the girls, the women, with Asperger’s?  Are there truly fewer of us than there are boys and men?  And what does it mean to be a female living one’s entire life with a “male disorder"?  What is the nature of autism in a female body and brain?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Intro, Call for Contributions + Feedback</title>
		<link>http://www.aane.org/blog/2010/08/26/intro-call-for-contributions-feedback/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DJ Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.aane.org/blog/?p=351</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Updated 8/31: new e-mail address) Hey, all. My name&#8217;s DJ, and I recently volunteered to help out with content and Web presence here at AspBlogosphere. I&#8217;ll explain about that in a second. First, a little about me: I am an adult with AS. I&#8217;ve got a blog of my own, and I program websites for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Autism: Difference or Disorder?</title>
		<link>http://www.aane.org/blog/2010/08/03/autism-difference-or-disorder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.aane.org/blog/2010/08/03/autism-difference-or-disorder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nomi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A person with some characteristics of autism may be loyal, honest, trustworthy, hard-working, focused and thorough.  However, give the same person "too much" autism, and he or she becomes so severely impaired as to render these positive features unhelpful.  It is the impairment-to-benefit ratio, I think, that determines whether autism is a gift, a difference, or a disorder.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Meaning of Uniqueness</title>
		<link>http://www.aane.org/blog/2010/07/22/the-meaning-of-uniqueness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.aane.org/blog/2010/07/22/the-meaning-of-uniqueness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Damon-Cronmiller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 19th, I arrived at Arsenal Park right on time.  A couple of days beforehand, I had offered to help and volunteer at AANE’s 9th annual Summer Barbecue, which is an event that is greatly looked forward to by many.  I was looking forward to this event a great deal.  On the other hand, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Once In 10 Years</title>
		<link>http://www.aane.org/blog/2010/07/20/once-in-10-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.aane.org/blog/2010/07/20/once-in-10-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Damon-Cronmiller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There I was, sitting in Dania’s car with her on our way to the Massachusetts State House, not knowing in the least what to expect.  Dania asked me a couple of days before my first day working as an intern for AANE, whether or not I would like to attend the ceremonial signing of the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Body Language of Machines</title>
		<link>http://www.aane.org/blog/2010/07/15/the-body-language-of-machines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.aane.org/blog/2010/07/15/the-body-language-of-machines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Damon-Cronmiller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not too long ago- it must have been just this last week- I was navigating through that nightmarish intersection between Beacon Street and Newton Center when a realization hit me.  I realized something that would prove to be an invaluable insight in how I deal with the daily problems of this world. I was diagnosed [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Review of Know Yourself Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.aane.org/blog/2009/08/27/review-of-know-yourself-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.aane.org/blog/2009/08/27/review-of-know-yourself-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers, On July 18 AANE held their 3rd annual conference for adults with AS entitled Know Yourself: The Key to a Better Life.  I attended it to hear the opinions of those speaking and to also write my thoughts on the conference into the blog.  The main speaker was Ari Ne’eman, founding president of [...]]]></description>
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