Graphictruth

@Graphictruth (11)

United States • Age 66

Joined myLot 17 years ago

Truth Hurts, treasure the thorns.

Graphictruth's Activity

What do you do if/when your autistic child developes a new "habbit"?

berlynn1975 @berlynn1975 (737) • United States 19 Jul 07

My son is 7 and mildly autistic. He talks, is mainstreamed in school, and does a lot of "normal" child activities. He does some stimming; it doesn't bother me a whole lot because he does speak and is beginning early stages of...

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Graphictruth Be concrete - and offer a replacement behavior that will not annoy you. Stimming of one sort or another is something AS people need to do, but learning to stim in a way that is socially acceptable and non-disruptive is important too.

9 Aug 07

Bad medicine, poverty and obesity as causes

Seaclans @Seaclans (215) • United States 9 Aug 07

I am currently in the midst of a snafu situation with health care. I have a skin condition with a possible diagnosis of HS. I've had it for many years, and up until this July, no one mentioned a possible diagnosis, just said to...

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Graphictruth This is one of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of examples why the profit motive does need to be removed from the practice of medicine - and I say that as a devout libertarian. Actually, what we most need to do is eliminate middlemen who have any say...

9 Aug 07

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Tracking Site Stats with Blogger?

mehale @mehale (2200) • United States 27 Jun 07

Is there a way to track visitors and stats for my blogs using Bloggers tools? I know I can add a free hit counter or use sites like Technorati, but I was wondering if there was a way to do this using Blogger and if so, if someone...

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Graphictruth don't forget to use the links module to link to your various profiles on other sites... such as this one!

10 Jul 07

Which is better? myspace or blogger?

rap_craig @rap_craig (154) • India 14 Jan 07

What do you think friends? you like blogger or myspace? please also give reasons if you can. I have not used myspace so dont know much about, not in a position to compare. I'll prefer blogger...

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Graphictruth The question is "for what?" It's not so much the platform as the audience. In terms of ease of use, they are about the same, but in the blogoverse, Myspace is right down there with AOL and WebTV for credibility. Facebook is gaining traction as a "superior...

3 Jul 07

Tracking Site Stats with Blogger?

mehale @mehale (2200) • United States 27 Jun 07

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Graphictruth statcounter.com - it's free, it's easy to use and understand, and now with a logsize of 500, it gives really useful traffic snapshots. If you need more, you can pay for an upgrade. And yes, it can be configured so that it's completely invisible. I leave...

3 Jul 07

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Are you a frequent blogger?

Penny Medlock @badpenny (741) • Lancaster, Texas 13 May 07

Do you blog several times a day, or a few times a week? I sometimes wonder how some people can come up with so much to say. Not only on their blogs, but also here, at myLot. I guess I'm not as creative as I thought, or maybe my...

blogging

content

mylot

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Graphictruth I maintain two blogs, a livejournal and a myspace profile. I don't really count the 360 as a blog, few seem to. I have two active blogger blogs, graphictruth.com and erotictruth.blogspot.com, plus an occasionally updated one regarding print-on-demand...

13 Jun 07

Do you value opinions?

joey_matthews @joey_matthews (8354) 12 Jun 07

Recently I've noticed a large number of petty scrabbles regarding peoples opinions. I haven't noticed this many before, seems each day I come a cross a discussion where so tries to "change" someone else's view or take on the...

bullies

do you value opinions

opions count

saying someone elses wrong

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Graphictruth My view is summed up in a Harlan Ellison quotation: "You don't have a right to an opinion - you have a right to an INFORMED opinion." So many people these days have very strange and uninformed opinions on everything from immigration policy to global...

13 Jun 07

The holidays, not always a joyous occassion

lvmybz @lvmybz (125) • United States 10 Apr 07

Does anybody else find the holidays with an autistic child a bit fustrating? Growing up we always looked forward to holidays and birthdays. I had always thought I would see that joy and excitement through the eyes of my children....

autism

holidays

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Graphictruth You'll see the joy and excitement if whatever it is relates to one of his perseverations but, this was, I assume, outdoors. Strange people, making loud noises, running around and shrieking. If the sun was bright, that can be a stressor. So can wind, or cold -...

13 Jun 07

autism poll

des1018 @des1018 (14) • Philippines 25 Apr 07

Why is there a sudden rise in the case of Autism anywhere in the world now?

autism life poll

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Graphictruth The Wikipedia article on autism includes a section on the increase, which is about all anyone knows at the moment. I suggest that you bookmark the article and keep checking back, as on this (and several other topics), wikipedia is probably your best choice for...

9 Jun 07