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Hellgrinder
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Joined: Apr 18, 2008
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 Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:27 am Post subject: apparently, I'm retarded. |
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Hi I'm new here, but I just kinda need to vent, so here goes:
I finished school last june, and since then I've been sitting at home doing nothing. Then a couple of weeks ago, I finally got told that someone would help me get some sort of activity during the days.(For different reasons, I can't handle a "real" job.) So he takes me to check some things out. The first place is, or so I've been told, a place where people with different disorders can sew and do a bit of whatever they want. Turns out it's a workshop for, lack of a better word; retards. My mother in law went with me as moral support, and she recognized several of the people there(she used to work at a "daycare" for mongoloids and the like). He tells me to think about it for a couple of weeks, and drives us home.
Yesterday, he took us to another place that he told us was mostly for people with aspergers or autism. When we go inside, we're greeted by 3 mongoloids. Turns out, this is exactly the same, except it's with painting instead of sewing. This time, I f-ing explode. I ask him what exactly he thinks aspergers syndrom is, he tells me he knows what it is and that he thought this was something that'd "suit me". I simply tell him to go to hell, and then I walk home.
My mother in law was with me this time too, and later that day she was on the phone with her friend who she also used to work with. Turns out her friend knows the person that's supposed to help me, not personally, but apparently they've worked at the same place or something like it. And she tells my mother in law, who then tells me, that this person never has worked with people like me, only "retards".
The thing is, on the preliminary meeting, I specifically told him that I not, under any circumstances, wanted to be put together with that sort of people. And I wasn't unclear about it, I said, and I quote: "I don't want to lumped together with retards, I want something as close as possible to a real job, preferably with animals"
And, that's it, basically. Sorry for the bad english by the way. |
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aninimous
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Joined: May 07, 2007
Age: 22
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:48 am Post subject: |
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| I'd request for another person who can "help" you out and address your needs properly. Something to think about might be volunteering at a local animal shelter. |
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Hellgrinder
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:06 am Post subject: |
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| aninimous wrote: | | I'd request for another person who can "help" you out and address your needs properly. Something to think about might be volunteering at a local animal shelter. |
apparently, there is no one else, at least that's what he told me. but my mother in law is helping me to get in contact with a cat shelter in my area ^^ |
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Alan_Gangi
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Joined: Mar 31, 2008
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:44 am Post subject: |
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good luck w. the cat shelter.
could you maybe handle a vet office?
what about walking dogs or pet sitting. you can advertise that yourself- work for yourself, maybe have a family member help as your 'secretary' if phones are a problem (they are for me). |
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pezar
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Age: 33
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Those "mongoloids" are people with Downs Syndrome, which greatly impairs brain function. Basically, the meaningless work stuff is just to keep them occupied because otherwise they'd just sit at home, watch cartoons all day, and rot. I went to my state's (USA) Department of Rehabilitation and ended up with one of the Downs Syndrome type jobs eventually. In fact, after a week they said I was too high functioning to work for them, so they gave me the URL of a job search website, showed me the door, and wished me luck. This nonprofit is the ONLY one under contract to handle Dept of Rehab cases in my area, so it's either the retard job or nothing.
It seems as if nonprofits that hire the disabled are mainly set up to provide jobs for extremely low functioning people, at least in the US. They have mongoloids assembling boxes and washing plastic shipping containers and stuff like that. If you're an aspie, they have no clue what to do with you. You can't get hired by normal employers, but are too high functioning to assemble boxes. You're sort of in the twilight zone. |
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Hellgrinder
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:34 am Post subject: |
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what really ticks me off is that he told me that everyone got offered the same "jobs", no matter what handicap they have, but I still didn't see anyone at either place that wasn't a downie  |
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TheRani
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When I got out of school, I got my first job (data entry) through a temp agency. Any decent temp agencies where you are?
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CanyonWind
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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I had a good friend who was retarded. They're people too, and they get treated even worse than we do.
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ignisfatuus
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:14 am Post subject: |
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| I would have gone f**** apeshit if they did that to me. |
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ADoyle
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I also recommend a temp agency, as I gained a lot of experience doing data entry through one and it has allowed me to get the bookkeeping job I have.
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_BRI_
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 2:29 am Post subject: |
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Go for the job with animals! You can get to own a pets shop why not. There are lots of options!
visit www.entrepreneur.com
It's a free site. Browse the business ideas and read the descriptions. Then you can apply for job in any area you like. Or you can ask your mother in law some money to start your own business. You can breed dogs, or exotic animals. Just browse that site.
Good luck! |
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tailfins1959
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It's an accurate term. Retarded is a synonym for impaired. Research the root and history of the two terms and you will see what I mean.
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Bopkasen
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 7:40 pm Post subject: Re: apparently, I'm retarded. |
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| Hellgrinder wrote: | Hi I'm new here, but I just kinda need to vent, so here goes:
I finished school last june, and since then I've been sitting at home doing nothing. Then a couple of weeks ago, I finally got told that someone would help me get some sort of activity during the days.(For different reasons, I can't handle a "real" job.) So he takes me to check some things out. The first place is, or so I've been told, a place where people with different disorders can sew and do a bit of whatever they want. Turns out it's a workshop for, lack of a better word; retards. My mother in law went with me as moral support, and she recognized several of the people there(she used to work at a "daycare" for mongoloids and the like). He tells me to think about it for a couple of weeks, and drives us home.
Yesterday, he took us to another place that he told us was mostly for people with aspergers or autism. When we go inside, we're greeted by 3 mongoloids. Turns out, this is exactly the same, except it's with painting instead of sewing. This time, I f-ing explode. I ask him what exactly he thinks aspergers syndrom is, he tells me he knows what it is and that he thought this was something that'd "suit me". I simply tell him to go to hell, and then I walk home.
My mother in law was with me this time too, and later that day she was on the phone with her friend who she also used to work with. Turns out her friend knows the person that's supposed to help me, not personally, but apparently they've worked at the same place or something like it. And she tells my mother in law, who then tells me, that this person never has worked with people like me, only "retards".
The thing is, on the preliminary meeting, I specifically told him that I not, under any circumstances, wanted to be put together with that sort of people. And I wasn't unclear about it, I said, and I quote: "I don't want to lumped together with retards, I want something as close as possible to a real job, preferably with animals"
And, that's it, basically. Sorry for the bad english by the way. |
Well they are being an ignorant people because that how I was treated in the job searching training. |
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V001
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Joined: Jul 28, 2007
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 11:37 pm Post subject: help them help you |
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| Clearly they misunderstand, AS is not LF austism. Make them understand you at min. you want a job that has low amount of contact with the public. Driving a forklift, loading trucks etc . Maybe even a factory if can can find one. t Do not allow them to talk you in a fastfood hellhole type crap job, and you thought the workshop was bad ? Careful what else they might cook up for you. |
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DiabloDave363
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Joined: May 17, 2008
Age: 15
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Location: New England
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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| ima goin to a trade school where i can get a co-op and get extra experiance in the field i want to work in. |
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