My life was a misfire

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Amen to this but he wont care, he has been going on about this for 11 years.

AssP, what drug effects do you mean? How did being put on anti psychotics make it impossible for you to get any kind of job?

There is a big problem with being a "high functioning" autistic, I will admitt. We often dont get the condiserations and accomodations that low functioning autistics get, such as group homes, trust funds, etc, even though many of us on the "high functioning" end of autism DO need them.

Its obvious to everybody that a non verbal person who cant tie his shoes needs help, but we seem "normal enough" that most think we dont. Or worse, people think we act this way because we want to, that with some minor easy to make changes we can be "normal" and etc. Or worse, we get misdiagnsed as scitzophrenic and etc, because we are to hard to classify.

I totally agree Drwho. I wish there were more supports for those on the higher functioning end.

IDK about AssPs case though. In January or February he was kicked out of a rehab center because in spite of being so crippled, he regularly snuck out to get fast food. He treated the place like some kind of motel and then was shocked when he was kicked out.

If he were in a group home type situation, I think he wouldn't last long there, because of course such a place would have rules, in particular a curfew (because its not cool for him to be waking everybody up stumping in at 1030 PM) or not being a hoarder, which are perfectly reasonable in a communal living situation. He was shocked that homeless shelters and hospitals wouldn't let him hoard non essential items, just imagine if he had a room of his own in which to stockpile whatever.

...Beep you! Why don"t you bleep off ! I am censoring myself from saying stringer. Right, if I have any possessions whatsoever, I'm a " hosrder 'I should have no life - including Internet communication ! the center was not just about fast food). Why don't you piss off?





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IDK about AssPs case though. In January or February he was kicked out of a rehab center because in spite of being so crippled, he regularly snuck out to get fast food. He treated the place like some kind of motel and then was shocked when he was kicked out.

If he were in a group home type situation, I think he wouldn't last long there, because of course such a place would have rules, in particular a curfew (because its not cool for him to be waking everybody up stumping in at 1030 PM) or not being a hoarder, which are perfectly reasonable in a communal living situation. He was shocked that homeless shelters and hospitals wouldn't let him hoard non essential items, just imagine if he had a room of his own in which to stockpile whatever.[/quote]

...Why don't"t you have everything you own be thrown away! Then be lectured by someone like you, " you're a hoarder '! I hate you! Piss off.







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I totally agree Drwho. I wish there were more supports for those on the higher functioning end.[/quote]

IDK about AssPs case though. In January or February he was kicked out of a rehab center because in spite of being so crippled, he regularly snuck out to get fast food. He treated the place like some kind of motel and then was shocked when he was kicked out.

If he were in a group home type situation, I think he wouldn't last long there, because of course such a place would have rules, in particular a curfew (because its not cool for him to be waking everybody up stumping in at 1030 PM) or not being a hoarder, which are perfectly reasonable in a communal living situation. He was shocked that homeless shelters and hospitals wouldn't let him hoard non essential items, just imagine if he had a room of his own in which to stockpile whatever.[/quote]

Ny life never really happened - It never quite took off . Things never quite happened.- I tended to be a little too far away, or miss it a little. My life was sort of vamping, waiting for something that never happened .

I can relate. In high school, they called me "Brainy Smurf." I was expected to become a doctor or engineer or something of that sort. But things never seemed to work out or materialize through college or work, and I've achieved far, far less than that. My former classmates would be shocked and its the main reason I don't go to class reunions, also because I don't remember HS with many happy memories.

Sometimes it feels like my life is just slipping away as I glide through the years.

^Holy sh*t! That post above could've been written by me.

I really haven't done that much with my life, either.....

I'm not really ashamed (though I sometimes am). It's just the way it is.

Everybody - look for the small things you did. Kindnesses. You've done many but swept them from your memory as "little."

I have a small habit of putting down a dollar (for somebody short at the cash or library) and say, "Pass it on." It makes everybody so happy! And forever I will remember the woman who put down $0.58 for essentials during our January Storms - no access even to ATM's.

Think again. You've done a lot with your life, just remember. Small ripples reaching wide.

The problem is education cant fix autism. Many here did go to college and now don't work in their field and or don't work in high paying jobs. And that's not just us, it happens to NTs too, but its SO common with us, in fact its pretty much the norm.

...Briefly, I think that cc/uni COULD lead to more employment/employability for me than if I don't go. Not just in the " nifty ideas " department, but " practical " employment ~ I think I've said it on WP a long long time ago, but not much.
I'm at a library computer, I won't takr this time out to write it here . I think it is a " practical " idea.

^ By the time you'd finish college, you'd be at retirement age.

Focus on getting a stable place to stay.

...Doesn't the culture tell us about RR
etired people who start their own business, or more or less full-time vournteers, and say " They"re the best years if your life!:"? Aren't I supposed to " be optimistic, and venture forth "? Isn't that what you're supposed to do? What Oprah, Parade magazine ", inspirung "" TV pieces say ?

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Exactly!! !! !! !

Yes, you are correct. However, those that do that usually have a retirement package that they pull steady income from so that they do not have to have a regular job to survive. Those that start their own business are usually doing that because they have always wanted to do that instead of what they were doing previously. They had to retire first from the previous job to be able to afford to do the next step in their life plan. If they had no retirement income to fall back on, they would likely have to continue working the job that they had until they could no longer do it. I know of many seniors that had to change their life plans because their retirement funds dried up a lot faster than they expected it to. Remember, many older people lost their money in the stock market trouble a decade ago and never completely recovered from it. Some of them had to go back to work just to pay the daily bills. They never expected this to happen to them being well past the age of retirement.

Anybody can volunteer their time to a charity if they want to (and can afford the time). My retired mother volunteers at a senior center as it gives her something to do other than to watch TV 24/7. She does this as a means to get to know more people and to have a reason to get out of her house more often. Her retirement package was not much, but she does live within her means and gets by. I try to help her when I can.