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Well i'm trying to find resources & help. I live in georgia i've tried for resources they are no help to me or there resources are for the mentally ret*d i'm starting to think georgia knows nothing about autism even though they have programs their autism programs are very sh***y. The places i've applied for denied me services & i'm tired of appealing. Also i'm trying to move on my own because my grandmother is very mean to me (she always has been) she screams & yells at me & says a lot of really mean things to me. I'm trying to move because we always clash, idk what to say or to do or act. I've been trying to find resources to help me but georgia is so f*****g ret*d they keep denying me any kind of assistance & i'm in dire need i've been sitting doing nothing for the past 3 1/2 almost 4 years. I'm going stir crazy & plotting sucide because i can't take this s**t anymore. I'm so tired, i've asked god for help but he's not helpful either it's like talking to a wall. I live near augusta & there is not much here for people like me so i'm trying to move back home to california or texas but idk what to do or where to go or where to start or even if i could but i need to move seriously this place isn't helping me i'm getting more stupid in worse being here is making my autism almost close to remidal or super mentally ret*d being down here. My grandmother appeals most of my services does most of the business for me because i don't know how to i try but it's very confusing & difficult for me she has gone tired of me & doesn't want to help me anymore so i'm like a duck sitting out in the water alone without a paddle. I don't know who to turn to or how or what to do. She keeps forgetting about me because my grandfather is sick he has cancer. Anyways even before he had cancer & was sick she always treated me sh***y & when i was little she would beat me (litterly to the point where i had tons of bruises & scraps or just plain blackout). She thinks she helps me she doesn't all she does is be super mean to me & not want to take me anywhere. When i do find resources there either way far away or not for my age group. I don't have a car so it's hard for me to get to place to place i always have to rely on someone & i'm very tired of it. I don't know how to adjust to the real world or adult world because i have to maturity of a 13 yr old kid. I just feel mentally like a child i'm trying so hard to grow up but it's really hard for me. The adult world confuses me i could never understand. But i need to learn how to do things on my own it's very important that i do. My grandmother would teach me but thanks to her not caring anymore & not giving a s**t about me & my grandfather having cancer she doesn't want to do anything for me anymore. I would stay with my mom but she's really poor thx to the bad economy so me & my brother (he's 16) got separated because she can't afford us. I went to live with my grandparents & my brother his real father (i don't have a father). So could someone please tell me what to do?

Contact Emory University - there are groups there that may be able to provide you with some assistance regarding ASDs. I'm not sure what to suggest for assistance in getting independent.


M.

If you say you have the mental age of a teenager, why not get a basic Saturday job or volunteer some place? I don't think you will be able to mature beyind your mental age unless you get out there and try to get as much experience as possible.

It would help with your independance and you wouldn't have to spend so much time loking for government help.

i've tried lene, i used to volenteer at the school as a teacher's aide & i also used to babysit the kids in the neighborhood & i would help the kids read & do their homework, it was fun but it wasn't what i wanted. I'm a very artistic person, i crave anything that has to do with performing arts (singing, writing, play musical instruments,acting etc) that's what i'm good at. But i don't think interscope records will call me anytime soon, lol. So i need another plan.

That's great that you're into art and have ambition, but if you are still able to babysit, why not continue to do that whilst you are working out your future? Very few people land their dream job straight away. You could also merger your interest in art with your other jobs i.e. by bringing along creative stuff for the kids to do.

makura, i live near augusta & atlanta is like a 3 hr drive from here that's a lot for a person who doesn't have transportation i would need someone to take me. My grandmother seems busy most of the time.

Maybe i could learn how to play really good & be a elementry school music teacher, idk, but thx.

To become a teacher you do need a degree and a teaching certificate. However, as far as I can see Georgia does not require a degree for Substitute teachers. You could use that to try out teaching and see if you like it.

http://www.teacher-world.com/substitute ... acher.html


I am not sure how well a temp position will work for someone with AS, for my son I think it might be truly horrible, but who knows. Bare in mind that the page does state that someone with even a two year degree will end up with more assignments than someone with a high school diploma, but it does not say you cannot do it at all.

Also if you are of age, you could try battered woman's shelter's. Some are run by Churches... I could not handle that so chose to flounder about on my own, but some people find that comforting.

Oh really? I haven't seen those shelters around here but maybe they are here, idk. I'm from california so it's hard for me to find things.

I live in Colorado... I looked it up on Google!