I watched it yesterday. It was very interesting; Heather seems like a nice girl, although I don't find her to be attractive. I'm glad that it wasn't Victoria.
i read in entertainment weekly that a contestent on the upcoming season will be an aspie.
I thought they only wanted norms.
I just hope that she get kicked out the first day.
DOESN'T get kicked out the first day.
Dammit.
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Yeah, she reminds me of my big sister, but I never think of her as autistic.
http://www.cwtv.com/video?=heather
Ugg the video doesn't work for me, are there any pictures, whats her full name?
I don't think my older sis has any use of being identified as autistic from the very, very few traits she has. But really, my older sis talks like that, just maybe without the arms flying around.
Yeah, she reminds me of my big sister, but I never think of her as autistic.
I meant in the inflection/tone of voice, there's a certain "droll" monotone to her voice which I notice is the same kind of voice my cousin exhibits. My cousin is the daughter of an introverted scientist and a highly aloof woman who doesn't dress like NT women, good with her hands/fixing things, and apparently has no interest in showing empathy...
Gee, I wonder what could be going on there..? As of now I have decided not to bring up my "discovery of AS in the family" to her. As of now she is an NT with AS traits, from my limited observations.
She's totally aspie... lol all her social timing with voice intonation and words is off, she's having a hard time speaking fluently and "pulling" the words out at the same time, something NT's don't have to think about hehehe 
You too?! It's like I speak two languages--the formal, 'pedantic' language in which I can get anything across, but sound like I'm reading out loud; and the quasi-NT speech that sounds close to normal (a lot like the video, actually) but doesn't get a lot of ideas across.
I feel like I'm bilingual, and keep switching from one to the other!
I met a local aspie lately and we both noticed this about eachother, it was the first time I noticed it about me.
Also you can see the episodes, and maybe more (I'm not sure) here:
http://cwtv.com/cw-video/americas-next-top-model
I got this message when attempting to watch a movie:
"Thank you for your interest in The CW. This service is currently available to viewers living in the United States."
Yup. I got that just from reading what she said to Dino Heretic. Not nice. I hope we don't have another troll-fest in the making.
I work in a call centre. LOL. I have always had to push myself and it has impacted in positive and negative ways. Sometimes suppressed anxiety and the need to stim and put off a meltdown physically knocks me. It sounds strange but sometimes I find myself so wound up I either crash and sleep or suffer from insomnia and I pick up any flu or cold going. I get headaches by the score. I often feel like my heart will explode from the suppressed stress.
Yet I do it to myself. I choose to fit in best I can. I choose to manage my ineptitudes and mask my non-NT traits. I do it for my workmates, my friends, my children and for my life. I sometimes wonder whether not doing so would be beneficial to me. I doubt it. We are 1%'ers in a world of NT's. I have never met an autistic/aspergic adult. That is not the world I know in real life.
I do pretty well fitting in. I did notice the other day though, at work the phones were down for half a day. People got up and wondered off intermingling with each other and going into groups. Talking about stuff, playing cards and other games. I did not feel part of any of that and my old and standard ways of dealing came back. Too hard and I stayed in my seat for hours waiting for the next call with my headphones on. Eventually a Manager came over a said "Hey mate do you want to go out for a smoke?" I said ok. He said "Oh when you get back, don't worry about the headphones, calls will be a while."
When I got back from the cigarette I sat down and stayed by myself for the next couple of hours without the headphones. It was nice not to have to make the effort. I was not lonely.
I thought about it later and chastised myself that I ought to have tried to invite myself to a group or hung around til they invited me in, or start a random conversation with a random personal, or done something else. I chose notto make an effort.
I was actually the opposite. I was ok more or less until I hit puberty, at which point I became very attractive (at least according to other people) and received a great deal of unsolicited attention. Like heather I had people telling me I should model. I even went to an agency but realized I would never be able to tolerate it from a sensory or social perspective. It was a toxic environment. I also tended to have hidden bruises and scratches from self-injurious stimming that I knew would be a problem.
I never knew how to handle the attention I got from males (which led to some horrible events) nor the jealousy I got from females. One young woman once told me she "would kill to have a body like mine." The whole thing was horrifying to me.
I now intentionally dress "like a bag lady" (my husband's description), never wear makeup, don't do much about combing my hair. I try my best not to look attractive, because I hate the attention and jealousy. This is something I don't think an NT could understand.
At least the attention you got from males led to marriage. Compared to you I must be as ugly as sin.
Seems like an argument, YAY!
I'd say...
I want to be on violet's team!
Nah, just my thoughts without having read the whole "sulamitt" (norwegian expressian).
Heather would probably have needed to have some kind of body to be accepted into Top Modelling. It doesn't mean that it is supposed to be an ideal for every girl. I agree that it could possibly affect some girls view on themselves though which is negative, but that's really not the point of top-modelling - it is to market... clooOOooothes, and stuff. At least that's my idea of it.
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