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Recent content by gouldgrl

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    Does Your Employer Know You’re On the Spectrum?

    Sorry this happened to you, but it does serve as a cautionary tale for others. I think disclosing also has the potential to make the ASD person the scapegoat for everything that goes wrong in a working relationship. Unfortunately, we don't always recognize the dangers until after the fact.
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    Getting a job after a long gap.

    And keep in mind, you can put other things on a resume beside employment. Have you volunteered anywhere? What about classes, even online? If not, perhaps now is a good time to consider volunteer work while you're job searching.
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    Sensitive Topic Two Articles: Responses to Jerry Seinfeld’s self-diagnosis

    What really frustrates me is how our society defines "high-functioning." I've been denied services for my developmental disability because I am too high-functioning. Sure, I know how to write a check, read an electric bill and a bus schedule. But why are these considered the main criteria for...
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    Do you startle easily?

    For a short time, I worked with a guy who thought it was hilarious to startle people by creeping up on them. How immature can a person be? Thank goodness, he got fired.
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    Do you startle easily?

    Yes, I definitely startle easily. This was one of the challenges of staying at a homeless shelter recently. A lot of the women would simply let their doors slam behind them as they went in or out of their rooms. It wasn't just being startled by the sound. Each time was like getting hit in the...
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    Is there a difference between you and your Asperger's/ASD?

    I agree with you--up to a point. Yes, how we approach a dialogue (our tone, our choice of words) can make a difference in how someone responds. At the same time, we don't have complete control over how a person reacts, and for some, it doesn't matter how gentle we are, they will react negatively.
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    Is there a difference between you and your Asperger's/ASD?

    Interesting analogy. And one that, I think, will resonate with a lot of people here. However, I would say that it also further supports my claim that NTs often seek to separate us from our Asperger's in an attempt to avoid dealing with it. That is to say, there is a movement afoot to discount...
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    Is there a difference between you and your Asperger's/ASD?

    I think there is some truth to what you are saying, such that people, in general, are still uncomfortable with mental illness/disability. Perhaps they transfer that uneasiness onto us. At any rate, by striving to make a distinction between us and our ASD, it allows them to evade dealing with or...
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    Is there a difference between you and your Asperger's/ASD?

    I hope you have found something of a support system here. As I've gotten older, the world makes less sense to me and has, in fact, become more hostile (to my senses and sensibilities). It is a cross to bear, and perhaps for that reason I do find consolation in Christ. God made us this way for a...
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    Is there a difference between you and your Asperger's/ASD?

    Thank you for this wonderful Aristotelian reply! While I cannot brook any disagreement with Aristotle (or Aquinas), I think my question was more directed to how we experience our life on the Autism Spectrum. My having brown hair is, as you said, an accidental aspect of my being and would not...
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    Is there a difference between you and your Asperger's/ASD?

    This has been on my mind lately, as I think a lot of people in the larger culture tend to make a distinction between a person and his/her disability, whatever that may be. Perhaps with certain kinds of disabilities this is understandable--even recommended. Personally speaking, however, I think...
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    "I understand you're autistic... [3 minutes later] ... now why are you ___."

    This is, I think, an astute observation, although I don't know how to account for it. (There is an exchange of dialogue in the movie "As Good As It Gets" where Jack Nicholson's character tells his psychotherapist, "How can you diagnose someone with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and then act like...
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    Aspergers and Religion

    Okay, but I am interested to know why Hebrews is your favorite.
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    Unusually bothered by people's differences

    Or perhaps even you're not sure what you're saying when you write these things.
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    How to "turn down the volume"?

    Thanks! I am learning a lot about headphones in this thread. If anyone else is interested to learn more, I found this informative review on the internet:The Best Noise-Cancelling In-Ear Headphones | The Wirecutter
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