Never getting to go to uni:-(

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It's a bucket list thing / pipedream / obsession. There's nothing practical about it.

Yep. His priority should be getting permanent housing--no doubt about it. And his health taken care of. Without housing and decent health, college is probably truly a pipe dream.

He should strive to grow. I believe he is being mostly pretty decent as far as his decorum here is concerned. Better than he was previously, that's for sure. One must have decorum, discretion, and a calm demeanor when dealing with the stresses of college.

I feel like a person should dream, and not always think about "practical things" all the time.

But in order to make it in college, even for one class, what I stated above must happen.

And he has to forget about the "college-industrial complex" and all that. Start with a clean slate. If he has problems dealing with the bureaucracy, he should come to WP.

...I lost yet another nearly complete draft , but, briefly, I fully realize I will surely get no help here - Even though the lost draft underlines yet again how marginal my tech equip, and thus my communications ability for reaching admissions office people, is, and how socially marginal I am, and how have been emotionally scarred by the C-IC's repeated spitting in my face. Okay .

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

You see, ASS-P, that's why people get pissed off. You assume that we don't want to help. Why are we HERE, Sir? We could be other places.

But we are HERE----to offer to help. And to berate you when you lose focus.

Going to college takes focus. And persistence. And NEVER GIVING UP.

No, you wont get physical help here, but not because people hate you or don't care. I think you are not understanding this.

...I lost still another draft - But, how the F does anyone here think that they know 100℅ of what I do and I do nothing else just because I talk about this subject here ? Do tell.

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

We're not perfect. We don't know your situation totally, ASS-P. We realize being homeless and having health problems is no walk in the park.

I, myself, often see homeless people---and realize that I can't begin to fathom what they go through.

Sometimes, people berate you for whatever reason. Sometimes to help---sometimes to mock---but always, underneath it all, to help you in some way.

It's hard to be the recipient of the berating. I know it is. I've been berated before---and it's hard to deal with. It makes me cry inside.

I can't recall the person's name, either, who went out of his way to call the school district in Westchester, and to inform ASS-P that all he needed was an address to send the records to. He was a prominent poster in his threads. He insulted him a few times---but he did help in this instance. It was a big help----and something beyond anything I did.

You know what I truly wish? I truly wish ASS-P would try to stop reflecting upon the past----upon what the "college-industrial complex" or whatever did to him. I know he's had stuff happen to him of a traumatic nature. I know it's hard to just "walk away" from it. But he must "walk away" to at least some extent in order to have a chance. He has to begin to trust people at least somewhat.

Express your irritation with us......by proving us WRONG.

Get going on reviving you health. Get going on college.

I don't care if I look like a schmuck afterwards. I'd be glad to be proven WRONG.

Despite your health problems, I believe your intellect is still relatively intact.

...If you picture me going to restaurants s great deal, you're rather wrong - I have a microwave and heat food in it, and I don't think I could live much of anywhere else - for now - than here. For thr short term, my attempts to get into that " recovery shelter " have failed, as yet. There are no indoor shelters here now, the SA shelter I was at was a winter shelter, it has closed for the season. I kind of don't think there are any others - especially that I could leave stuff at during the day, that was a real problem when I was at the SA shelter, carrying around a backpack left me in so much pain , my body just can't do that anymore .
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...I lost yet another nearly complete draft , but, briefly, I fully realize I will surely get no help here - Even though the lost draft underlines yet again how marginal my tech equip, and thus my communications ability for reaching admissions office people, is, and how socially marginal I am, and how have been emotionally scarred by the C-IC's repeated spitting in my face. Okay .

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

...The illness and the wooziness has me off balance, my stomach is heavy with the retained waster, I think it is - I tend to not get things done for that reason.
I doubt that the money from my brother is enough to set up and pay for a " retail price " apartment in expensive Santa Cruz - and what references would I show? From the Homeless Services Center? I'd need a place with st least some degree of handicapped-suitability
, too, remember, Medically, I am assuming that the eye doctor will call for the eye operation until I hear otherwise. How would I recover after that, even assuming it goes well? I am hoping that perhaps my AS-ness and illnesses and handicaps could move Social Services to get me a place .

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

More likely your CHF and COPD and (especially) your diabetes.

Your "AS-ness" will not get you far in the realm of subsidized housing.

I suspect the reasoning behind you getting SSDI was NOT Asperger's.......