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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Around 70% - 80% of autistic people are unemployed |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2025, 11:17 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 537
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| I worked for 5 1/2 years and now am applying for disability because working is bad for my health. Mostly due to the sensory processing issues that come with autism, but other factors as well. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: If most people were autistic, they would be neurotypical. |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2025, 11:41 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,111
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| It would be very different, as Autistics lack the herd instinct that is at the root of most NT behaviour. Rationally, there's no reason why individuals should be considered objects of fear and loathing, just because they are "not like us". To be honest this isn't my experience with autist... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: If most people were autistic, they would be neurotypical. |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2025, 11:37 am
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Replies: 18
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There are more of us than people think there are.
But we are not the majority.
Also, we just tend to end up finding each other since minds that are similar tend to get along better. (Sometimes.) |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Am I late to do something |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2025, 11:34 am
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Replies: 16
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| We do tend to be slower than others, but that's okay. The point of life isn't to race towards goals. For many people, their goals are a job, a career, maybe to marry or have kids and a family. But not everyone wants or can handle that life. And that's not bad. I am finding out that I'm basically una... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Around 70% - 80% of autistic people are unemployed |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2025, 11:26 am
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Replies: 13
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Unemployed I think does usually refer to working in return for at least some compensation.
We are either unemployed, or UNDERemployed, as in we don't earn as much as our NT peers. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Donald Trump Got Away With Everything |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2024, 3:42 am
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Replies: 9
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| The things rich people f*****g get away with cuz they can throw money at all of their problems-- even ones they themselves caused |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How are autistic people fundamentally different than NTs? |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2024, 3:20 am
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Replies: 55
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| A key trait of autism is things like not being able to read social cues. I honestly had no idea this was a thing for me until very recently. I thought I was doing alright. But subtle s**t been happening with my psyche. I had social anxiety without knowing what that was or being at all conscious abou... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: my brain means I'm not compatible with society or friendship |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2024, 10:04 pm
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Replies: 3
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Mainly because I hold back my real self and only a handful of people get to know the real me. They never stay, though.
Also.... this is brought on by an RSD episode I'm currently riding out after my friend group had to ask me to stop info dumping in the discord server. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How Do You Know You Are Autistic? |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2024, 9:57 pm
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Replies: 29
Views: 5,987
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| 1. intense interests that can bring me into a manic state at times or become to intense they turn into addictions. 2. weird and unusual stims 3. constant need to stim 4. sensory overload 5. meltdowns 6. autistic burnout 7. zero awareness of how awkward I am until people tell me 8. really intense and... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: my brain means I'm not compatible with society or friendship |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2024, 9:54 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 152
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| Honestly just feel like an awkward failure of a person |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this ableist against autistic people? |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2024, 1:16 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 835
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I mean, I can see it being a thing...
Liars use more words to try and cover their bases.
But autistic people use more words because we are constantly misunderstood and we feel like using more words will make it harder for us to be misunderstood. .....hahaha. I hate my life. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Feeling like a part of me is "broken" |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2024, 12:36 pm
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Replies: 3
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I feel that.
There are strategies and stuff to help these things that work for people like us. Even then, it is harder for us to keep up with and very few people understand. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How are autistic people fundamentally different than NTs? |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2024, 4:48 am
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Replies: 55
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| I have spent all my life having very little clue I was different. Now I see the differences. And it's horrible for my mental health-- but it was even before I knew, too. I first developed the social anxiety around age 13/14. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How are autistic people fundamentally different than NTs? |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2024, 2:26 am
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Replies: 55
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| If I'm neurotypical, then I want my life back dammit. The one neurodivergence and executive dysfunction stole from me. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: my brain means I'm not compatible with society or friendship |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2024, 2:10 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 152
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| Really think I'm just incompatible with friendships altogether. Like yeah... I'm "likeable". I'm "quirky". That makes me seem funny or maybe cute. That's what people usually tell me. ....but if you ever get past my walls, you'll change your mind. Trust me. You will. My social iss... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and Fatigue? |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 27 Nov 2024, 6:20 pm
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Replies: 42
Views: 4,792
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| Is fatigue common in autistic people? Might chores that most "normal" people do, like raking, be very fatiguing for someone who is autistic? 100%. Especially cuz I'm in what's called "autistic burnout". Very severely so. Also... some of it's just executive dysfunction. It takes ... |
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