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Happy world autism awareness day!
« on: April 02, 2013, 05:36:07 PM »
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Re: Happy world autism awareness day!
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2013, 05:44:38 PM »
Happy world autism awareness day.

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Re: Happy world autism awareness day!
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2013, 01:43:37 AM »
I came out of the closet RE: my autism on facebook today, I am not sure how I feel about it

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Re: Happy world autism awareness day!
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2013, 07:01:53 AM »
I came out of the closet RE: my autism on facebook today, I am not sure how I feel about it
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Re: Happy world autism awareness day!
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2013, 02:22:06 PM »
I don't tell anyone outside these websites that i'm an assburger. ::)
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Re: Happy world autism awareness day!
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2013, 04:12:10 PM »
I don't tell anyone outside these websites that i'm an assburger. ::)
you know a lot of oblivious people.
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Re: Happy world autism awareness day!
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2013, 05:34:45 PM »
I don't tell anyone outside these websites that i'm an assburger. ::)
you know a lot of oblivious people.

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Re: Happy world autism awareness day!
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2013, 11:15:11 PM »
I would sometimes want to disclose my dx. It would help, I think. Problem is, I don't know that but I do know that it's something that can never be undone.
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Re: Happy world autism awareness day!
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2013, 03:50:16 AM »
I would sometimes want to disclose my dx. It would help, I think. Problem is, I don't know that but I do know that it's something that can never be undone.
certainly there are those that suspect?
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Re: Happy world autism awareness day!
« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2013, 10:00:43 AM »
I don't tell anyone outside these websites that i'm an assburger. ::)
you know a lot of oblivious people.

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Yeah i'm a big fat liar. What are you gonna do about it?  :zoinks:
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Re: Happy world autism awareness day!
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2013, 12:55:10 PM »
I would sometimes want to disclose my dx. It would help, I think. Problem is, I don't know that but I do know that it's something that can never be undone.
certainly there are those that suspect?

Yes, I'm pretty sure there are. There's a workmate who I work with a lot that knows my son is autistic and I think it's likely he's drawn a few conclusions.
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Re: Happy world autism awareness day!
« Reply #11 on: April 04, 2013, 04:07:10 PM »
I would sometimes want to disclose my dx. It would help, I think. Problem is, I don't know that but I do know that it's something that can never be undone.
certainly there are those that suspect?

Yes, I'm pretty sure there are. There's a workmate who I work with a lot that knows my son is autistic and I think it's likely he's drawn a few conclusions.

Funny, I am out. Getting diagnosed during a huge break-down kinda makes that happen automatically. I find it not hard, in many occasions to tell that I am an aspie. I find it way harder to disclose that my daughter is on the spectrum. I can stand up for myself. I don't want people to make assumptions about her, without knowing her, or without her knowing.


It does make it harder to find a new job. Also because I fall between the cracks. Disability income, for disability existing since childhood, is used here to get people into a job. When I applied for it, the man told me I was exactly the kind of person the income was meant for, but, due to some technicalities, I would not get it. That leaves me without a paid job, so far. Somehow all the years I worked without knowing I was autistic have lost their value, for employers. Crisis is not helping either. End of this year, my income contact will try to get me into some other way to get me placed somewhere. Till then, I prove that I can work, by volunteering. And she will use that as proof that hiring me is worth a shot.

I do know people who got a good job, fitting their interest and education, after disclosing their autism, because they did have the "disability from childhood" income safety net. It takes away the risk of employers to hire someone who might be a risk to hire.
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Re: Happy world autism awareness day!
« Reply #12 on: April 04, 2013, 10:56:39 PM »
We don't usually reveal our son's dx but an explanation is sometimes needed or people will get the wrong idea. He is not very good at pretending to be anything else. I wish he was because people are nowhere near as accepting as they should. :(
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Re: Happy world autism awareness day!
« Reply #13 on: April 04, 2013, 11:08:42 PM »
I know what you mean. The former school of my oldest ditched her, after an Epstein Bar like virus. It lasted too long for them. Clearly it wasn't a virus, but the dreaded autism doing that.
Now she is in a school where they accept her as she is, and try to learn her how to deal with the things she finds hard. Just 20 minutes a week, but the difference is massive. And she is now and then fooling around with some other teens in class in a fun way. The difference between this year and last year is massive. And it is not just the virus making that difference. Had it not been officially known that she was autistic, the former school would never have ditched her. But, without the disclosure, she would not get the support she now gets either. 
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Re: Happy world autism awareness day!
« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2013, 07:54:03 AM »
I would sometimes want to disclose my dx. It would help, I think. Problem is, I don't know that but I do know that it's something that can never be undone.

Agreed telling people at times is a dangerous thing especially when the news focuses on people like the Newtown shooter.  I just let people draw their own conclusions at my eccentric behaviors and explain any sensory things they might trigger and why they should not
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