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 Forum: The Haven   Topic: Sister Doesn't Get It, Helping in All the Wrong Ways

rjcheimison
Posted: 05 Oct 2013, 10:54 am 

Replies: 4
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My sister isn't as obnoxious in a direct way, but she can't seem to accept that her attempts to get me to work or school are just putting a pressure to do something I know I can't do...between my AS and a lifetime of poor parenting, bad schools and lack of treatment it is totally unrealistic for me ...

 Forum: The Haven   Topic: Why are Mental Health and Social Service Staff AHoles?

rjcheimison
Posted: 05 Oct 2013, 10:50 am 

Replies: 11
Views: 1,188
I have a very hard time with strangers, new situations, taking initiative, explaining myself to others and looking for help. I was able to put forth the time and effort to overcome all of these and go talk to a counselor with the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation in Vancouver, WA. After explai...

 Forum: The Haven   Topic: Sister Doesn't Get It, Helping in All the Wrong Ways

rjcheimison
Posted: 05 Oct 2013, 9:44 am 

Replies: 4
Views: 1,036
This was inspired by something I read on another thread: I can relate, I told my parents that they don't seem to concern with a thing called mental well being. Its really complicated just because you can do something in a good situation but you can't always when they want you to. Just so much stuff ...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Have you ever experienced 'Ableism'?

rjcheimison
Posted: 05 Oct 2013, 9:17 am 

Replies: 41
Views: 6,345
From schoolteachers and students to employers and social services staff, I face nothing BUT this. It's like people never even consider that maybe what seems 'ordinary' and 'natural' to them, like functioning under time constraints or in a social environment, might make me want to kill myself. Trying...

 Forum: The Haven   Topic: Judged and out cast for every little thing?

rjcheimison
Posted: 05 Oct 2013, 9:12 am 

Replies: 6
Views: 876
I constantly have this over my inability to cope with the stress of being outgoing and proactive. My executive function and social issues make 'looking for work' or performing under time constraints intolerable for me, and my family and others treat it like I'm lazy. It seems like people don't even ...

 Forum: The Haven   Topic: Homeless, Unemployed, Undiagnosed, Unable to Help Myself

rjcheimison
Posted: 05 Oct 2013, 6:15 am 

Replies: 5
Views: 1,523
Like many, I look back at my childhood of seeing counselors and going to psychiatric hospitals and wonder why no one once suggested Asperger's syndrome. From sensory sensitivity, non-communication, fixation, concentration issues, social impairments, weird posture - EVERYTHING is there. And while the...
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