But we DID disability training!
Yes, they actually said that to me, after I had a seizure after I had a meltdown because my stupid airline made me miss my flight-I suggested, via someone reading what I was typing (I am always nonverbal post seizure. ALWAYS) that perhaps their front desk people needed some training re: invisible disabilities. The title is her response. Mine, which vocal proxy did not read was "My ass" followed by "either they did a piss poor job or they need to do it again."
I flew US Airways to Boston from Spokane, WA for hanging out with a friend and the national ASA conference. The guy in Spokane was WONDERFUL, even upgraded me to first class when I had a half hour layover, and called them to tell them to hold the plane till they scanned my ticket. Good thing, as it was a good quarter to half mile between gates and my flight went in late. The flight crews themselves, both directions, were pretty good if a bit patronizing. But the desk people in Boston, they really SUCKED.
See, what happened is this: I had a 6:40 AM flight. America West and US Airways are partners. So we waited in the US Airways line and then they sent us over to America West. This was at about 6:35, traffic was TERRIBLE. My friend told the people at America West that I had 5 minutes to make a plane. "Wait in line" they say. And we waited for over half an hour, because they were so busy getting people on a 7 AM flight to Vegas. Happy gamblers are repeat customers? I don't know.
So. We wait until long after I miss the flight, because they don't LISTEN. Something that bears mention at this point is that I *cannot* get up really early, my choices are miss whatever or stay up all night. I took the latter option. Lack of sleep makes people easier to "set off" so to speak. The first desk person we saw was totally unhelpful, she said she couldn't get me on a plane till 8 PM, I'd get home at 1 AM MDT. My ride back here to Montana can NOT drive in the dark. They had a lot of trouble with that concept. She got snottier and snottier and offered about 5 options that all ended between 10PM and 3AM. At this point there is crumpling and tears and "I just want to go HOME!" fairly loudly.
With me so far? So, I want to go home, and clearly this is very threatening, because this equally stupid desk lady snaps at me to calm down. Bad Idea. Feel the power of my roar: "DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!!!". We had told them over 10 times that I'm autistic. We had told them over 20 times that I needed to get home. And what does Moron Number Two do? "If you don't calm down right now I'm calling the police." Police kill people like me, dumbass. Well, what came out was "Oh that's brilliant. Arrest or kill someone for YOU making her miss her flight. Gods am I glad I'm not NT". Not helpful, but neither were any of them.
Then their managerial person who's had, like, actual training tells my friend and I to go sit in these chairs and they'll see what they can do. But wait. On the way to the chairs there's a clonic-tonic seizure. A rather long one, I heard. So they bring even MORE useless people: paramedics. Unless you have phenobarb on you there isn't a damn thing that can be done about my seizures except waiting them out. I wake up nonverbal and with a hangover, sign "what the hell??" to my friend, who verbally informs me that I had a seizure. My hands say "no shit". So there's me signing her verbal plus sign for 5 minutes or so and the paramedic asks if I'm deaf. Very shortly after reading both of my medicalerts, neither of which mentions deafness. No, numbnuts, I'm postictal. This is why I am not allowed to type at people immediately after a seizure. They make me sign a thing that says I refuse treatment (what are they going to do? Look at me and listen to accounts and say "yep, that was a seizure"? I mean really...) and they go away. After asking 10 times variants of was I sure, was I allowed to make my own medical decisions, et cetera.
Then shows up curly headed managerial woman, as my friend and I are watching gymnastics videos and I'm typing some very rude things. "well there's 9 AM through here, and 9:30 through here, and you'd be home by 4". Gee thanks. It's 9:15. She doesn't talk to me at all, just to my friend. Autistic and epileptic=not really there, clearly. She makes demeaning comments on my ability to self administer meds (something I've done since I've been on them) and my ability to travel independantly-which I have done for 5 or 6 years now. NOT too impressed. This is when I suggest the disability training, since clearly the concept of an invisible disability is currently beyond the comprehension of their desk staff-typed exactly that way, mocking her for thinking I'm stupid. Big words. More than 2 syllables.
"But we DID disability training".
If I'd been in a chair they'd have been falling over each other to get me to my plane on time. If I had crutches, a walker, a cane, whatever. And they'd have tolerated a lot more than an airport shaking "don't tell me what to do!", were the difference obvious. But epilepsy and autism are invisible and SCARY, and make me a danger to myself or others somehow, and frighten them. So it's 'oh god, get rid of the autistic person and talk to the normal (ha. she's also autistic) friend'.
So, my response to the claim of training remains the same:
"My ass."
Maybe she's so low functioning that she really can't tell she's coming across as a hostile whiner.
If her stringencies for travelling are so strict, and she cannot risk cancelled, missed, or delayed flights, perhaps she should avoid airports if humanly possible, or she should only take direct flights if transfers are too much for her.
There is something to be said for recognizing one's limits.
That's a situation where I'd be pissed as a paid customer, and I dont think my disability would cross my mind unless it was "God, I need a Xanax." I certainly woulnd't think it was their responsibility to calm me down as an autistci person. Perhaps I can't speak because I'm not impaired enough or something, though. :-\
Funny, I've been told I take on too much responsibility for my actions. I think there's a middle- for example, I can't imagine arguing the poster had control over their seisure.finally i am getting some answers.
Funny, I've been told I take on too much responsibility for my actions. I think there's a middle- for example, I can't imagine arguing the poster had control over their seisure.finally i am getting some answers.
so she had a sizure.
remember i won't click WP links because i care about the stability for my PC.
Funny, I've been told I take on too much responsibility for my actions. I think there's a middle- for example, I can't imagine arguing the poster had control over their seisure.finally i am getting some answers.
so she had a sizure.
remember i won't click WP links because i care about the stability for my PC.
PI quoted the post some posts above me.
I remember once being at the local Kmart, a baby and two toddlers in my cart, trying to haul my way through closely spaced clothing racks. Suddenly an elderly-ish lady steps right in front of my cart and stays there, looking at some of the clothing on the rack. I stop in my tracks for a minute hoping she'll notice me and take a couple steps to the side. Finally I cough up: "Excuse me." She looks up, glares at me and barks, "YOU go around. I have a disability!"
The world owes you nothing. My mother has been drumming it into me all my life, and I do believe it. I can't stand all these people with disabilities and old people that think the world owes them something.
They can all kiss my arse.
The world owes you nothing. My mother has been drumming it into me all my life, and I do believe it. I can't stand all these people with disabilities and old people that think the world owes them something.
They can all kiss my arse.
I remember once being at the local Kmart, a baby and two toddlers in my cart, trying to haul my way through closely spaced clothing racks. Suddenly an elderly-ish lady steps right in front of my cart and stays there, looking at some of the clothing on the rack. I stop in my tracks for a minute hoping she'll notice me and take a couple steps to the side. Finally I cough up: "Excuse me." She looks up, glares at me and barks, "YOU go around. I have a disability!"
You won't believe how many times a night I get "DO YOU HAVE A SENIOR CITIZIN'S RATE?"
I feel like saying "Yes, we do. It's 5 dollars more expensive because old people pile more food onto their plates"
FFS.. Why should they get a special rate? What have they done to deserve it? The ones that went to war are probably too old to go here for dinner, so i'm doubting any of the people that eat at my work did.
In that case we should have an unemployed bum rate, too.
I think that the thinking behind the OAP rates in restaurants, cafes, etc is that people assume that old people generally have smaller appetites, as well as having a lower income. It seems, at least locally, that the OAP discount meals tend to have smaller portions than the usual ones.
Chips and beans:
Anorexic - £0.40
Little old lady - £0.80
Regular - £1.60
American - £3.20
Chips and beans:
Anorexic - £0.40
Little old lady - £0.80
Regular - £1.60
American - £3.20
:LMAO:
Chips and beans:
Anorexic - £0.40
Little old lady - £0.80
Regular - £1.60
American - £3.20
In that case we should have an unemployed bum rate, too.
I found this a bit much (and they wonder why NTs bully them!)
by violet_yoshi on Friday, November 10 @ 17:57:04 EST
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I would've told the managerial woman, "Obviously your disability training did nothing. Stop whining about how you did it, like a child accused of not doing their homework. Clearly they only care to train you about how to handle VISABLE disabilities, not deal with people who have NON-VISABLE disabilities. That's right, some people are disabled but don't look disabled. I know how scary that is, and how it makes you want to run to mommy. It's a fact of life, and unless you want a lawsuit, you're going to have to learn to deal with it. I am not a child, and you will not treat me as such. I am a person upset for missing my flight, because of YOUR inability to DO YOUR JOB!" I bet if that happened, I'd be on an episode of Airline.
Chips and beans:
Anorexic - £0.40
Little old lady - £0.80
Regular - £1.60
American - £3.20
Trust me i've seen old people chow down the grub. Some little old ladies just take it and don't eat it.
I found this a bit much (and they wonder why NTs bully them!)
by violet_yoshi on Friday, November 10 @ 17:57:04 EST
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I would've told the managerial woman, "Obviously your disability training did nothing. Stop whining about how you did it, like a child accused of not doing their homework. Clearly they only care to train you about how to handle VISABLE disabilities, not deal with people who have NON-VISABLE disabilities. That's right, some people are disabled but don't look disabled. I know how scary that is, and how it makes you want to run to mommy. It's a fact of life, and unless you want a lawsuit, you're going to have to learn to deal with it. I am not a child, and you will not treat me as such. I am a person upset for missing my flight, because of YOUR inability to DO YOUR JOB!" I bet if that happened, I'd be on an episode of Airline.
Yes, it looks like Violet Yoshi has a rather large sense of entitlement there, Tom.Chips and beans:
Anorexic - £0.40
Little old lady - £0.80
Regular - £1.60
American - £3.20
Trust me i've seen old people chow down the grub. Some little old ladies just take it and don't eat it.
From my limited experience, elderly people eat less than younger people, usually. The ones I know lived through the Great Depression in the US when they were kids, so they never waste food or anything else.
I try to go right after I take my daughter to school because it is pretty empty then.
I have sympathy for toddlers and their parents now that my daughter has done pretty much anything any of them could ever do. I used to think, "Why can't their parents just control them?" However now I know that is a bit harder than it appears to be.
:laugh:
From my limited experience, elderly people eat less than younger people, usually. The ones I know lived through the Great Depression in the US when they were kids, so they never waste food or anything else.
From my limited experience, elderly people eat less than younger people, usually. The ones I know lived through the Great Depression in the US when they were kids, so they never waste food or anything else.
From my unlimited experience. (I work in a place old people eat at all the time, and have been there for 3 years) Your statement is not true. It may apply for some old people, but not the majority.
From my limited experience, elderly people eat less than younger people, usually. The ones I know lived through the Great Depression in the US when they were kids, so they never waste food or anything else.
From my unlimited experience. (I work in a place old people eat at all the time, and have been there for 3 years) Your statement is not true. It may apply for some old people, but not the majority.
Maybe it could be because I am in a different country from you.
Alex probably snagged it from a blog ring to repost.
For once, I concur with La_Mala.
I don't understand the autistic community on the internet at times. I do respect their need to vent their frustrations for being genuinely mistreated in society, but that gives them no excuse to use autism as a means to highlight their superiority over the people they call NTs. What they fail to realise is that, regardless of how their brain is functioning, they are ultimately of the same species as the ones they blame their woes upon. And why do the majority of these mouthy assholes claim disability if they are so "superior"?
And don't get me started on AFF's plans for autistics to be recognised by the U.N. as a social minority group. It's no wonder that former advocates like Joel Smith are fed up by this bullshit, and I don't blame the likes of him to think that. Hell, I'm becoming fed up of it too.
What I hate about these whiners is the lack of personal responsibility. There problems are the fault of everyone in the world other than themselves. If they beat someone up, the beat person is to blame for not being able to handle their autistic rage properly. etc etc.
Is The P Peegai? (I miss being able to look at IP's :( )dunno. but i imagined it was.
Is The P Peegai? (I miss being able to look at IP's :( )
thanks dawg.Is The P Peegai? (I miss being able to look at IP's :( )
One thing you can do if there is an email link, which he has, is to hover your mouse over the icon and look at the status area on the bottom of the screen.
That's how I knew who it was.
Is The P Peegai? (I miss being able to look at IP's :( )
so why did you take off?Is The P Peegai? (I miss being able to look at IP's :( )
Yes, it's me.
so why did you take off?Is The P Peegai? (I miss being able to look at IP's :( )
Yes, it's me.
too afraid to post your pee pee?
so why did you take off?Is The P Peegai? (I miss being able to look at IP's :( )
Yes, it's me.
too afraid to post your pee pee?
I deleted my account because I am mostly bored with this place. What else can I say?
so why did you take off?Is The P Peegai? (I miss being able to look at IP's :( )
Yes, it's me.
too afraid to post your pee pee?
I deleted my account because I am mostly bored with this place. What else can I say?
i hear what you are saying. but i think that it is bullshit.
Well, good luck wherever you go! Thats not meant as sarcasm! I truly wish you well!
Well, good luck wherever you go! Thats not meant as sarcasm! I truly wish you well!
Thanks. Same goes for you.
(Though I'll probably post here as a guest from time to time.)
Well, good luck wherever you go! Thats not meant as sarcasm! I truly wish you well!
Thanks. Same goes for you.
(Though I'll probably post here as a guest from time to time.)
Same from here.
(...and I look forward to it.)
you people are assholes. Have some sympathy. I hope you come back with a disability, or have a child or cousin with autism. People with these diseases often commit suicide because of the lack of understanding
you people are assholes. Have some sympathy. I hope you come back with a disability, or have a child or cousin with autism. People with these diseases often commit suicide because of the lack of understanding
No, we aren't assholes. We are just fed up with people like Kassiane thinking that they can use their autism as an excuse for bad outcomes that they cause themselves. If you had actually bothered to read her article, you could have seen that Kassiane could have avoided all the problems that she had by getting to the airport on time, but she accepted no responsibility for her own actions. Apparently, this is an established pattern of behavior for her.
you people are assholes. Have some sympathy. I hope you come back with a disability, or have a child or cousin with autism. People with these diseases often commit suicide because of the lack of understandingMy be You do not understand We are trying to Live with Our disablity and make a ability I have a neice with autism Asperger's
you people are assholes. Have some sympathy. I hope you come back with a disability, or have a child or cousin with autism. People with these diseases often commit suicide because of the lack of understanding:laugh: I am back! And I am autistic! :'( Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Almost everyone here does have autism, you sanctimonious cunt. We're under no obligation to be nice. :finger::laugh: :plus:
wtf is an artice?
you people are assholes. Have some sympathy. I hope you come back with a disability, or have a child or cousin with autism. People with these diseases often commit suicide because of the lack of understanding
wtf is an artice?
you people are assholes. Have some sympathy. I hope you come back with a disability, or have a child or cousin with autism. People with these diseases often commit suicide because of the lack of understanding
Kassiane ripped my wive a new one on Crazymeds along time ago for daring to disagree with her to the point she never posted there again >:(
I found this board from WP when one of the members posted a link when responding to Kassiane's B.S. article about how her airline made her miss her flight.
I can't believe I ever met her online several years ago. I saw her at ASA 2005 in Nashville, Tennessee, and she spoke about her pseudo opinions in a group full of other speakers. While I do feel bad for her, I feel so dumb for falling under her trap.
If anyone wants to see a video of how crazy she is, click on this link:
http://www.fordham.edu/cs/media/autism.shtml
While she does make great points about things, half of what she says is nuts.
If you visit her blog on rettdevil.org, just be sure not to log onto her page too often while posting as a troll or else she'll accuse you of stalking her. She'll know it's you from your I.P. address.
-This youtube video of how she's going to die of status epilepticus due to an act of fraud is B.S.!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUI-_tlRUkY
-Just take a look at this guy's, Jerod Poore's, blog! Once you read it, you'll see how mentally ill Kassiane is.
http://crazy-meds1.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html
If anyone wants an explanation as to why Kassiane wrote the airport article and how birthdays suck from WP, you'll understand once you're through this post.
Here's the b-day article: http://www.wrongplanet.net/article350.html
And here's the airport one: http://www.wrongplanet.net/article346.html
She is nuts I could watch the whole video it was too painfu. She and Jerod had where together when Crazymed's board split and their was much controversy about that then like the whole Wrong Planet thing.Kassiane ripped my wive a new one on Crazymeds along time ago for daring to disagree with her to the point she never posted there again >:(
Look at JediKnight2's posts if you want to see more of how messed up Kassiane really is:I found this board from WP when one of the members posted a link when responding to Kassiane's B.S. article about how her airline made her miss her flight.
I can't believe I ever met her online several years ago. I saw her at ASA 2005 in Nashville, Tennessee, and she spoke about her pseudo opinions in a group full of other speakers. While I do feel bad for her, I feel so dumb for falling under her trap.
If anyone wants to see a video of how crazy she is, click on this link:
http://www.fordham.edu/cs/media/autism.shtml
While she does make great points about things, half of what she says is nuts.
If you visit her blog on rettdevil.org, just be sure not to log onto her page too often while posting as a troll or else she'll accuse you of stalking her. She'll know it's you from your I.P. address.
-This youtube video of how she's going to die of status epilepticus due to an act of fraud is B.S.!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUI-_tlRUkY
-Just take a look at this guy's, Jerod Poore's, blog! Once you read it, you'll see how mentally ill Kassiane is.
http://crazy-meds1.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html
If anyone wants an explanation as to why Kassiane wrote the airport article and how birthdays suck from WP, you'll understand once you're through this post.QuoteHere's the b-day article: http://www.wrongplanet.net/article350.html
And here's the airport one: http://www.wrongplanet.net/article346.html
I feel sorry for Jerod
How can I feel sorry for someone I know nothing about! This wp pity fest is getting tiresome! :wanker:
I've just read it, and the replies came acrossed to me, as one big pity party.
Gawd, I wonder if Amy Nelson is on WP, let alone that faggot-wanker who calls himself Max the bear. :wanker:
I've just read it, and the replies came acrossed to me, as one big pity party.
Got that right.
You seem familiar. Do you you go by another name on another whiner's site?
I've just read it, and the replies came acrossed to me, as one big pity party.
Got that right.
You seem familiar. Do you you go by another name on another whiner's site?
Yes. CockneyRebel
How can I feel sorry for someone I know nothing about! This wp pity fest is getting tiresome! :wanker:
I read on Jerod's crazy-meds blog the way that Kassiane shamelessly used Jerod, then accused him of all sorts of wrongdoing.
She never accepts responsibility for her own actions.
http://crazy-meds1.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html
How can I feel sorry for someone I know nothing about! This wp pity fest is getting tiresome! :wanker:
I read on Jerod's crazy-meds blog the way that Kassiane shamelessly used Jerod, then accused him of all sorts of wrongdoing.
She never accepts responsibility for her own actions.
http://crazy-meds1.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html
Two sides to every story. (http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=432)
Not that I know either Kassiane or Jerod, read either blog regularly, or know much about this conflict. I'm just in favor of objectivity.
:laugh:
OK
I do remember seeing your nutty behavior on WP, but I don't think we have ever talked.
I also go my DirtDawg, but I am kind of honoring the memory of a stuttering old friend from school days who died recently. Instead of barking, his dog marked, instead of trying to find balance, he was drying to vind malance.
Get it? He was also a little melligerent, but he was mroud of not meing glike eberymwon elze.
Anyway, glad to see you here. Most of us are just horny kids, but we try to act all grown up when someone is keeping score.
How can I feel sorry for someone I know nothing about! This wp pity fest is getting tiresome! :wanker:
I read on Jerod's crazy-meds blog the way that Kassiane shamelessly used Jerod, then accused him of all sorts of wrongdoing.
She never accepts responsibility for her own actions.
http://crazy-meds1.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html
Two sides to every story. (http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=432)
Not that I know either Kassiane or Jerod, read either blog regularly, or know much about this conflict. I'm just in favor of objectivity.
perhaps he wanted people to see them?
Where are the photos? I can't seem to find them. ???
Where are the photos? I can't seem to find them. ???I couldn't find them either. I think it is childish of that guy to post pictures like that as a way of getting back at someone.
Where are the photos? I can't seem to find them. ???
Do you like looking at photos of other girls?
So did I but I'm a guy we just can't get enough of that kind of stuffWhere are the photos? I can't seem to find them. ???
Do you like looking at photos of other girls?
I wanted to see what they looked like. :(
The site is nothing with spam now in the GAD section the mods have a hard time keeping up with it. Plus it's very slow now because it's not as active like it used to be.Good.