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My Life as an Aspie: Unemployment Anxiety and Depression

My birthday is a little over a week away, and what most people would consider a time of celebration is, for me, a reminder that I'm getting older, and that despite all I've managed to do for myself, I...

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My Life as an Aspie: They Just Don't Get It

Anytime I hear someone say 'I understand your situation', I simply roll my eyes. Some might see this as disrespect, but the reason I feel people say this is because it's just a nice way of saying 'I...

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Community Quilt for FloridaSNMOM

Medallion of shanikka's quiltFloridaSNMOM is living with pain, anxiety over access to necessary medical care, and COPD.  Loss of her Medicare has made for a Catch-22 situation -- where she cannot get...

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I Confronted Our Autistic Son's Interrogator, Plus a Major Announcement

Note: Please donate to the E.A.S.E. Legal Fund. There are significant legal fees that have been spent to defend our son, and there will be additional legal fees incurred in the pursuit of justice for...

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My Life as an Aspie: My Desire to Hunt for a Job is Gone

Over the past two months, I've put in several applications and have had two interviews, with no luck whatsoever finding a job that suits my skills. Just the other day, I was blindsided with a phone...

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As Someone on the Autism Spectrum, This Makes Me Angry (And Sick).

Earlier this afternoon, I came across this news story about an anonymous letter suggesting that a mother euthanize her autistic son. As much as I'd like to say I'm surprised about this, I can't. People...

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My Life as an Aspie: "Overcome Your Disabilities"

I can't tell you how many times I've heard people tell me to 'Overcome My Disability'. It's almost like they're telling me to remove an article of clothing. I have to admit I do wish it were that...

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If you have ever loved or known someone with Autism please read this diary

During my time on Dailykos I've written a great deal about social justice, activism, economic issues and attempting to drive the discussion further to the left of where it stands today. However while...

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My Life as an Aspie: Dumbing Down Oneself

I've read a few diaries on just this sort of thing. People remove their degrees, qualifications or experience in order to get a job they're overqualified for because those they are qualified for either...

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“Andre had a bad day.”

I'll say: Earlier in the day, a staffer told Andre to take off his jacket. When he said no, another staff member pressed a button to activate the electric-shock machine attached to Andre’s body with...

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KosAbility Upcoming Schedule + MedicalJournal Links on Depression, Anxiety,...

We meet Sundays 7pm eastkost time/4pm leftkost, 3 or so hrs to fit a part of everyone's afternoon/evening. We also pub & republish diaries over the week: kosmail to one of our active admins...

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I Noticed High Functioning Autism With Low Verbal Skills Helped by Online...

I’m far from an expert on Autism, in fact, I’ve only actually known a couple of people in my life that were on the spectrum that I had any contact with and only one for any length of time. The...

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