EzraS wrote:
ezbzbfcg2 wrote:
EzraS wrote:
I can break it down in a cynical way. I would gladly trade being level 2 for level 1. Whereas I seriously doubt any level 1 person would want to trade places with me.
What's it like being Level 2? What does Level 2 even mean?
And are these "negative numbers"? Level 2 is actually lower than Level 1, etc.?
The higher the number the higher the level of severity. I started out as a 3. But by around age 8 started displaying less severity so I was reclassified as level 2 moderate.
Being a level 2 for me means that I need a lot of support for everyday things. Think of something you can't do that others can do. Like juggling or playing a piano or advanced mathematics etc. Whatever you can't master. What's impossible or very difficult for you, is very easy for others. There are many things I just can't get a handle on. The connection just isn't there. Most of the level 2's I have come across here and irl seem to have similar difficulties and needs. Some can do stuff I can not and vice versa. But still overall seem basically the same.
I need help getting dressed, shaving (which is why I have a beard). Preparing meals. Remembering to do things outside of my routine. Learning new things. Doing anything different. Going places. Socially I am withdrawn and aloof. When someone is talking to me I don't look at them, I look at stuff around me. I am a flight risk meaning I will wander off and get lost. So there has to always be someone in the house and someone with me wherever I go. I have sensory shutdowns and meltdowns. I am not even self-aware of some of this stuff. I know about it from others describing my behavior.
I need help with a lot of different things to remembering things getting dressed for the different weather things getting change for thingd when I go on the bus with my aunt getting out of sticky situations Etc.
Even though I may have a lower IQ I’m not sure because my IQ test didn’t come back yet and I’ve been through some trauma although I did take a vocational assessment and they said my beta IQ was 65 .
I also have a routine I made it myself i’m trying not to get frustrated at myself if I don’t do it correctly
I like to walk around pace and sometimes jump up and down and flap
I go to special-needs programming and summer camps
But I still graduated with the Reagan’s diploma
I have also been diagnosed with level two but I have ADHD .
Are used to be up obsesses with my little pony and have a teddy bear that I took with me everywhere he even had a little graduation outfit.
Unfortunately he was lost in translation witch made verry sad .
I’m trying to be more independent now I take showers and wash my hair and my own now sometimes I dress myself / pick out my clothes depending on whether or not I understand whether to be cold outside or if I feel warm but I have to go outside when it’s cold.
Sometimes I find it more warm outside then cold and I got a cold because of it .
Now I’m trying to make things or myself although I can only make vegetables and soup and tea .
I am also trying to get into some sort of work or college program or both.
My social workers are trying to get me into this program called Jawonio
[url=Jawonio]https://jawonio.org[/url]
And I’m trying to get into this program called in Impact u in concordia college
[url=Impact u]https://www.concordia-ny.edu/admission/impactu[/url]
I wanted to go to a program inAlbany originally but I was too far away for me
I still am trying to get into the Special Olympics through a program called project friendship i’m trying to see how that goes .
Are used to run for Achilles and I’m going to return most likely in May or April.
I speak OK sometimes other times I’m nonverbal nowadays . I have a Lotta shut downs and some meltdowns. But meltdowns for me are rare it’s mostly shut downs. I usespeech to text to type.
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Your Aspie score: 192 of 200 Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 9 of 200 You are very likely an Aspie PDD assessment score= 172 (severe PDD)
Autism= Awesome, unique ,Special, talented, Intelligent, Smart and Mysterious
08 Jan 2019, 10:02 am
