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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Disability benefits for aspergers? |
| restlesspirit |
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Posted: 12 Jun 2014, 10:10 am
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Replies: 82
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| 55 is to old to start a new meaningful career??? that is ALL i need ot know right now... that im locked into a job that is not suited for me mentally, and stresses me out?? And with AS i cant ge disability which i don really want anyway as ive worked all my life with AS? depressing I cant find new w... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Self-employed? |
| restlesspirit |
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Posted: 27 May 2014, 8:30 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,335
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| I am looking into starting a small business, i have a bit of land, enough to start a small plant nursery/orchard,, between my age,, the aspergers and an inablity to critical think I am probly not employable.. I do better with hands on stuff.. so looking to head that way.. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: What professions are more or less likely to discriminate? |
| restlesspirit |
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Posted: 27 May 2014, 8:28 am
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Replies: 8
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| What professions are more or less Aspie friendly? I've tried to research the topic of workplace discrimination and discovered that different professions are more likely to have different kinds of discrimination. Though, I couldn't find any specific ones about Aspie discrimination. Working in the fi... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Working with autistics/other disabled |
| restlesspirit |
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Posted: 27 May 2014, 8:22 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,289
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| ive worked with autistic s and other disability's for over 20 years, i love it , but im subbing now and to get enough work I have to work with high level ESE classes which typically have NT behavior problem kids which i dont like dealing with,, I do find the autism kids take to me pretty quickly,, a... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: The Longest Term of employement before getting fired. |
| restlesspirit |
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Posted: 27 May 2014, 8:17 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,797
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| i worked 15 years as a para in a high school specal needs class before i left to be a teacher which ened 3.5 years down the road.. ive subbed here for 2.. but having issues with finding anything more then that.. I also once worked 4 years in fast food.. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: "The Autism Underclass" |
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Posted: 27 May 2014, 8:14 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,006
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| I was always able to get work alibeit under employed most of the time but now, with the stakes so much higher, my age and the fact that I DONT pass those critical thinking tests, I am now looking at the fact that I am probably not employable without a major career change,,the market is different now... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: The single, over 40 thread |
| restlesspirit |
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Posted: 13 Apr 2014, 8:43 am
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Replies: 58
Views: 14,634
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| its peaceful here, except for the low noise of the cars on the over pass but that is a background noise i need, i cant handle total silence.. I find peace nowadays in gardening,, and a fascination with numbers has started kicking in, that weird because i hated math growing up..lol.. as far as relati... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: The single, over 40 thread |
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Posted: 27 Nov 2013, 4:19 pm
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Replies: 58
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| ^ restlessspirit - What will you go to school to learn? Though I sometimes think I want friends, I am not cut out for socializing more than 15 to 20 minutes at a time. Whenever I am around people more intensely the people end up disliking me. I suppose it is for good reasons, the main one being I c... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are there real physical differences with Aspergers? |
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Posted: 27 Nov 2013, 4:15 pm
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Replies: 111
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| According to research most autistics have crooked teeth and asymmetric faces. We also have bigger heads, bigger brains, bigger eyes, longer eyes, more upward slanting eyebrows, broader noses and broader mouths than NTs. We are statistically shorter. We are more likely to be androgynous, and our brai... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: The single, over 40 thread |
| restlesspirit |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2013, 9:24 am
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Replies: 58
Views: 14,634
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| at 55 my social life is a couple of online chat sites and what little i get at work,, and interacting with my son who is 26 and on the spectrum as well. figure that part of life is over, might go back to school., doenst look like anything else will ever happen.. so gotta make the best of it. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: I'm 58 and just learned that I have Asperger's |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2013, 8:14 am
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Replies: 16
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| I am self diagnosed at 54,, i went though the elation period.. it was so good to finally understand why im so different and that Im not craxy but now im dealing with the fact that i could have been much more if I hadnt had this,, living in poverty or near poverty most of my life, lost of a career i ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Anyone else here Personality Type ISTJ? |
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Posted: 22 Jul 2013, 9:30 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,079
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| Ive taken the test several times for college and on dating sites and im a solid istj,, i worked in education for many years as a para and teacher but im unsuited for that,, looking at going back for either a nutrition or computer science degree.. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Do you have trouble driving? |
| restlesspirit |
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Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 6:28 pm
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Replies: 272
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| I love driving, its one of the few times im free,out on the open road..I do have a bit of PTSD from an accident a few years back but I am conquering that,, driving to me is being by myself.. the motion of the car and the sound of the engine is calming to me and its one of the few times that my ADD i... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Been molested? |
| restlesspirit |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2013, 7:02 am
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Replies: 4
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| I work with preschoolers,,many of them autistic,, and I have never seen this type of behavior,, seems to emply something beyound what a 2 yo would know... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Anyone 50+? |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2013, 6:59 am
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Replies: 96
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| I am blessed to have inherited a few acres out in the rural area here in fla.. I dont have to interact in person except with my online friends and the usual passing off as normal stuff on the job..I am happier here,, then I ever was in cali,, still like to earn money though so loking for new career ... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: When did you start to menopause? |
| restlesspirit |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2013, 7:59 am
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Replies: 8
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| I had shots at 48 to supposly end things,,, an artificial menopause, but my body stubborn,, two sets of shots only cut it back to twice a year,, im almost 55 and just had one of my yearly cycles.. so im not fully into menopause yet,, it varies,, but i started showing peri at 38 but never fully went ... |
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