I looked through a bunch of recent entries and didn't see anything on this, so if it has been discussed, it was really old.

I was wondering if anyone else has issues with anaesthesia being a very confusing and disorienting experience for them. I'm referring to general and twilight anaesthesia, where you're unconscious/unaware for a while.

I've had it ( Read more... )

 should I be a bitch about this and contact them? I mean I just hate how I'm browsing facebook and out of NOWHERE something stops working for five minutes or more and then I can't post anything. I mean yeah, for an NT, this would just be a nothing... but I've nearly cried because of this unexpected change. I contacted the accessibility team ONCE ( Read more... )

I'm looking into some information for my friend Robin on a situation that's happening with her little sister ( Read more... )

I'm kind of noodling around looking for jobs this summer, and one job I would like a lot is working in a residence for people with developmental disabilities. the problem is that they usually require you to be able to drive. I wouldn't be able to get the job anyway because I have a Connecticut and not a New York license and I'm looking at jobs in ( Read more... )

I stumbled upon the following cleverly-worded piece today. It was written by a blogger who calls him(orher?)self simply "BEV". I had to re-read it several times as the narrative character's point of view would confuse me occasionally, but I got the bigger picture and it definitely struck a huge nerve. Then, I re-copied it, replacing "Joe" with " ( Read more... )

My supervisor has strongly recommended that I seek a diagnosis so I can get some reasonable accommodations and some coaching to learn coping skills. (Her son has severe ADHD, so she understands all about this kind of stuff. While she can be very frustrating to work with, right now I'm grateful she's my supervisor because she is so understanding of ( Read more... )

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Hi - I don't post a lot, but I do try to watch. I'm kind of shy online, but I'm pretty outgoing (if I'm in a good mood) in person. I'm trying to get more into autism rights and I've even tried to write a flier that I might try to print out and stick up on several places. (I might post it here if people seem interested - it's about why people ( Read more... )

I'm staying in a transitional housing program for youth in San Francisco, and I'm concerned about certain autistic-unfriendly things that they do there ( Read more... )

This cross-posted from my journal, but the "can you imagine" part is a given, which is why I'm cross-posting ( Read more... )