This is a great video on being different too, being bullied, and the struggles involved:
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INTERVIEW: Making Workplaces Autism-Friendly
INTERVIEW: Making Workplaces Autism-Friendly (via Repost Video News)
In the next decade, roughly a half million people with autism will enter the workforce. Some Minnesota companies are working to accommodate and hire people with the disorder.
Symptoms of High Functioning Autism
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- Autism I am what I am so get over it
I feel that some people have a problem dealing with people that have autism or in my case Asperger’s Syndrome they do not really get us.
It is like the old song “What it feels like to be misunderstood,” At times I am too open and honest, and do not have the filter that others have to protect themselves from society. I do not have the swagger or attitude that most people have. I say what I mean and mean what I say.
At times I am irritable or cranky, am frightened of dogs, but so what I can also read a 300 page book in a couple of hours, and win video games quickly.
At times I am am bored, feel like an old soul born with less interest and excitement by the zeitgest of life, however we are intrigued and more interested by other things in life like technology.
I wish people would just accept people for who they are…
Here is a bit more info on autism from a website that I can relate to, WiseGeak–>http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-symptoms-of-high-level-autism.htm
People with high functioning or high level autism can function normally in society, but may have some of the symptoms of autism. The condition is often called Asperger’s syndrome, although some experts disagree on whether the two are synonymous. Symptoms of high level autism can vary from person to person.
According to the clinical definition of high level autism, the autistic can speak and act normally in everyday society. People who suffer from severe autism are defined as being unable to do so. Research has shown that people with high level autism have an intelligence quotient (IQ) of 70 or above.
Social interaction problems are a symptom of high level autism. The high level autistic may appear serious and uncommunicative, although being uncommunicative may only take the form of a lack of participation in small talk conversations. High level autistics may also have difficulty maintaining eye contact with others.
Individuals with high level autism prefer routine and order. These symptoms may present themselves in early childhood. Personal relationships are often a problem for people with high level autism. Affected individuals can sometimes be perceived by others as too geeky or intelligent. Rejection can lead to low self esteem.
Other symptoms of high level autism may include irregularities with coordination and motor skills. These problems may be very low level and may only take the form of clumsiness in situations such as sports activities. Although the high level autistic may not express certain emotions, such as empathy, he or she is certainly capable of feeling them.
High level autistics may have advanced learning abilities. They are also talented at problem solving, and many go on to careers in science and engineering. People with high level autism are often gifted academically and will do well if they have encouraging teachers. They are often extremely talented wordsmiths and have a great love of language. A passion for obscure subjects and an in-depth knowledge of these subjects are also symptoms of high level autism.
It is unfortunate that many narrow-minded people simply dismiss the high level autistic as a nerd or boffin. People who are not aware of the problem can often make judgments without fully appreciating the situation. High level autism is a complex disorder that affects one person out of every 90 people.
I am so tired of the lack of acceptance of people who are different, some of us are just wired differently!!!
A video on bullying from the Huffingpost, can relate was picked on as well, even as an adult!!!
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/18/lynda-frederick_n_1527764.html
Having been picked on, excluded socially, made fun of, treated differently all of my life, I totally get the fact that Bullyinn needs to be eradicated from our society, we need to teach acceptance, of all people we are all the same, one race, Human. It should not matter what someones race, color, sexual preference, clothing, hair cut or anything else whatsoever.
A poem that speaks to it as well from The Huffington Post–>
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — A woman’s poem about being bullied in a California school 25 years ago has brought her former classmates to tears. Now, they’ve created a scholarship fund in her name and raised $800 to fly her back to California for a class reunion.
Former classmates say they were reduced to tears after reading Lynda Frederick’s poem, which she posted on the Orange Glen High School class of 1987’s 25th reunion Facebook page.
“This poem touched me so bad I could not sleep…I cried,” Frederick’s classmate, Lisa Wallace, told NBC News.
In the poem, Frederick, now a mother of three who lives in Seneca Falls, N.Y., described how the bullying she endured as a teenager “shattered her childhood.”
that little girl who came to school with the clothes she wore the day before
instead of asking why.. you picked on herthe little girl who had to walk to school while others rode the bus
instead of asking why.. you picked on her
the little girl who had bruises and was dirty
instead of asking why.. you picked on her
the little girl who was always crying
instead of asking why.. you picked on her
Classmate Kristi Malone told NBC News that she remembers how cruel the other kids were to Frederick.
“Looking at her being bullied horribly and thinking…I feel so bad for her,” said Malone. “But never thinking in my head that I could stand up for her, and not once did anyone back her up.”
Frederick’s poem has been a wake up call for many of her classmates, Malone said.
“Just people in tears, like ‘how could we have done this to her,'” she said. “[They] were just crying, saying ‘Why did I do that?'”
Many of Frederick’s classmates have since contacted her and apologized.
They have also raised money to fly her to Escondido, Calif., for the July class reunion and have set up a scholarship fund in her name.
“We are making a statement for all that bully anyone, it is not right and it feels bad on both ends,” wrote Wendy Bergin Gotte on the high school reunion’s Facebook page. “It just goes down the line and hurts everyone along the way.”
Frederick said she forgives her old classmates and has accepted the invitation to return for the reunion.
“I said, Christ forgave me..and I forgive you,” she said.
