A couple questions

May 22, 2009 22:56

Okay, so I already had a question prepped for this community, but this just occurred and I'd really like input:

In terms of facial expressions, is it common for a 'wink' from one person to another be a form of affection that is not a flirtation? There's a woman at the school I'm working at who's done it once or twice, who I am on amicable, friendly terms with, and who also has a boyfriend in the form of quite possibly the tallest man I have ever seen. It's nice that she's friendly, but I feel like I'm getting rather mixed messages from her and I'm not quite sure how to deal with it.

I also had another question I wanted to address the community. When I first found out about my diagnosis, my parents handed me a book called Martian In The Playground, which was a book aimed towards getting teachers to understand autism. What I found interesting about it was the fact that so many testimonials from autistic individuals described them as having 'elation' at the idea that there were others like themselves - that they weren't the only one in the world that acted, or was treated the way they were.

This sense of relief - a kinship through neurological disorder, if you will - has always eluded me, so I'm rather curious to discover if anyone else has actually felt more connected with someone or a group of people due to shared diagnosis?

And finally, I noticed just now through a secondary, non-paid for account that Livejournal is now putting up advertisements for Autism Speaks. As I understand this community to be strongly against that particular organization, is there any protest in the works for asking Livejournal not to distribute those ads? I have to say, the prospect of moving to Dreamwidth is becoming a lot more appealing because of that little detail. :-/

EDIT: Wow, I just realized that each individual member has their own tag when they post here. That's actually rather fun! =D

username: si - sp, flirting, autism speaks, nonverbal communication

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