You ever thought about how much power you have when you're helping someone? I have ( Read more... )

A few days ago, someone posted on my journal that they were worried because I haven't posted for two months. I appreciate the concern--I really do; it makes me feel connected to the rest of the world that someone would notice that I haven't managed to post for so long. I want to reassure you all that I am indeed okay; I've just been having some ( Read more... )

Today at around two in the afternoon I was sleeping peacefully in bed, as my wonky circadian rhythm demanded. My alarm radio was going off and had been for about a half hour. I heard a knock at the door. It was the police, doing a welfare check. Apparently, my mother had called them and demanded that they check on me and get me to call her ( Read more... )

I'm not coping nearly as well as I used to in the past ( Read more... )

Avonte Oquendo's Manner, Cause of Death Undetermined.It will be tough for his family, not knowing how he died. We can only hope it was quick ( Read more... )

For a person with a disability, I have been extraordinarily lucky. When I was without a home, a friend took me in. My school is extremely disability-friendly. I was accepted for SSI without even an appeal. Despite two years of misdiagnosis, the possibility that I had autism was taken seriously. Professors and advisors continually make exceptions ( Read more... )

Many of us have this problem of cyclic burnout--we gather our energy, work hard and surge ahead, become more independent, even do amazing things. But we run out of energy. We can't sustain it forever. And things start to fall in on themselves... we're just plain tired, and we can't keep going at the same speed ( Read more... )

Parents of autistics, and families who are caretakers for disabled people in general, aren't supported nearly enough. They often have to advocate pretty hard to get the assistance they need; and in some cases they may never be able to get it.
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I've been wondering lately: Why is it that we are expected to learn some things on our own; but that we are not expected to ever learn other things without help--even when those things are of equal complexity?
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I've signed up for college again; I'm a senior by credit, sophomore by progress towards a degree, trying to get a mechanical engineering degree. I'm also on disability for Asperger Syndrome and depression. Thankfully the depression is under control right now ( Read more... )