We had a couple of participants make comments on Facebook. I thought that we should make a post, just for them on the blog.
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I
don't have a blog so I'll just post on here :D
I'm 23 and
have had Asperger's since I was five years old. I spent years
getting Occupational Therapy services when I was younger and Speech
Therapy services until I graduated from high school, which has
overall helped me in many ways. However, I also feel like sometimes
having gotten those therapies had only helped me to learn how to act
like a neurotypical when I know I'm not an NT and am never going to
be one.
My viewpoint on having AS, however, is mostly a
nuetral/positive one :) I have my good days and bad days just like
every other person. I feel like having AS has helped me be more
empathetic towards other people who feel like they're different from
typical people. I feel like my passion for advocacy would disappear
if I didn't have AS, which is what I don't want.
Also, since I can't have more than
1,000 characters in my wall post, my family and friends who know
about my disability have been supportive the entire time and am
grateful for them having faith in my abilities even when I don't
always believe in myself :)
Thanks for giving me and other
people on the spectrum a chance to share :)
I dont have a blog,
but I will just say..Yes I have autism. Sometimes high functioning
other times??? There are adults who grew up not knowing what was
so
different about them only knew they were different. I am one of them.
I
was diagnosed about a year ago. Glad I finally know and can just
be myself.
Physically I am forty something.........Mentality
?????? I guess it varies. Just wanted to speak on Autistics Speaking
Day.
What I don't
understand is why people who suddenly become affected by autism get
so angry with me. Is it because I can speak for myself when their
loved one can't/wont?
I do not have a blog
either. My word to others is this: Asperger's syndrome greatly
affects my decision-making. And finally I have a mentality of a
teenager.
I don't a have a blog
so I will need to just post something short. So here it is "on
one foot" so to speak - good self esteem is even more important
than good social skills. Afford people dignity. Do what you enjoy. Be
happy with who you are.
Let us Rejoice in our
Autistic Voices and let everyone know it is Autistic speaking Day!!!
And whoever we meet let us tell them of this great day!!! And that we
are all different and can communicate in different and glorious ways.
New employee at work
last night. Chatty chatting chattering at amazing speed. I asked for
insight from a manager. Next time I go into work, using my auditory
recall of topics (mostly past jobs & people SHE knew) I will have
a list of topics of my OWN for sharing. Chatting is seldom sharing.
But I think I can help this shift. This is a moment when that central
coherence thing - attention to DETAILS - may help! Do people blather
as a habit or as a result of fear and anxiety? The puzzle piece
applies to us understanding neurotypicals as well as their
understanding of us! Smile--it makes others wonder what you are up
to! THANKS
i have done nothing
for today. my life is in such a bloody mess that it's impossible to
do anything. reason for this is the total lack of appropriate actual
support that one gets in Finland was a foreigner with a disability:
the Finnish system hates foreigners and hates the disabled, and if
one is both - then life very soon gets to be a burden more than a
joy.
"I wanted my
Johnny to grow up able to communicate for himself and to be
independent of his parents. When he grew up he told me he did not
want me and my husband running the local Autism Group while he was
being "provided for" and his "best interests"
taken care of by "those who know". I then realized that my
task was not to have raised an independent communicator, but a
crushed mute."
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