Posted by dennis on January 8, 2001, at 18:14:54
In reply to sexual/social shyness, posted by shyguy on January 8, 2001, at 1:12:54
Let me ask you a few questions,
Do you have at least two of the following:
a.inability to interact with peers
b.lack of desire to interact with peers
c.lack of appreciation of social cues
d.socially and emotionaly inappropriate behaviorDo you have one of the following:
a.exclusion of other activites
b.repetitive adherence
c.more rote than meaning
d.repetitive routinesDo you have any of the following:
a.superficially perfect expressive language
b.formal pedantic language
c.odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics
d.impairment of comprehension including misinterpretations of literal/implied meaningsDo you have any of the following:
a.limited use of gestures
b.clumsy/gauche body language
c.limited facial expression
d.inappropriate expression
e.peculiar stiff gazeDo you:
a.have no close friends
b.avoid others
c.no interest in making friends
d.a loner
e.approach others only to have own needs metany of these sound like you:
a.gestures are large and clumsy
b.does not use hands to express oneself
c.difficulty sensing feelings of others
d.there is no clinically significant delay in cognitive development or in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behavior(other than in social interaction)
poster:dennis
thread:3776
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