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I have autism! Do you think I am truly disabled? Ask me anything.
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[quote:sylvie:MV8yMjcwMDc2XzM4Nzc3NzIyXzgyNzNFRkQ0] [quote:CJStryker:MV8yMjcwMDc2XzM4NTg4ODIyXzFFRDQ4RTY1] [quote:CocoNutFlake:MV8yMjcwMDc2XzM4NTg4NzM5XzlCNDEyMTkx] It seems like you can work. Can you get a job and make enough to support yourself? Does your disease make you miss 10 or more days of work a month? [/quote] I can't get a job. At least not one that requires interacting with other people. Which is all a job really is. Talking to your boss, talking to coworkers, talking to whoever, etc. I can't even go to a store and buy something for myself without having a severe anxiety attack. It's not that I'm talking to somebody either. It's the stimulation. All of my senses are magnified. Which is why I have a photographic memory. Lights give me insane migraines. Every sound is louder to me than it would be to someone else. Every taste, every feeling, every emotion is enhanced beyond a point that is bearable. By the time the guy says, "Do you want a bag?" I can't even think of what to say because it's just painful being there. [/quote] I actually find it very fascinating to be able to get a glimpse of the mind of an autistic person. If you don't mind me asking, do you have those repetitive behavior -- like rocking or performing the same gestures over and over -- and if so, do you realize that you're doing it? Is it a means of calming yourself when the stimulation gets too much? Sorry, I'm just really curious. [/quote]
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Guys, listen. I have autism. I think critically. I have a photographic memory, and over a short period of time I can absorb something logical fluently.
Somehow I am disabled! I see people as truly equal, yet every Joe that doesn't like the way I am talking to them hates me. I accept people the way they are, but I am not accepted as I am. I am completely happy with myself, I understand why I am the way I am, and I know who I am.
Seemingly somehow this is a disability. My brain is not neuro-typical. Yet I don't see anything wrong with myself!
Everything is right, and I don't regret anything in life. I would not regret one thing because I might not otherwise exist in the world.
Got a picture for you all so you can see how happy I am!
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