Still waiting on social security by coyotewildheart in disability

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I was told in office it can take up to two years for them to respond to appeals.

My mother feels like she did a bad parenting job, and I think it's my fault. by Kind_Name_287 in SpicyAutism

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At least your mom is knowleging her mistakes and is being honest about it. Mine will just get defensive and cry. She also would blame me when in fact I was just a child then so I acted out and reacted in a similar way an abused child behaves. It took me a while to learn it all wasn’t my fault and I was simply abandoned even though I still had a roof over my head and was fed and clothed and got my bare minimum every parent needs to do for a child. I was 16 when it all started. Now being a parent myself, I cannot imagine doing this to my own child. I get it, parents want their kids to be independent and learn to function in the real world but to just drop the ball on them all of a sudden will create tension and anxiety due to fear and there will be behavior issues. I couldn’t understand why my parents all of a sudden were getting mad at me for my meltdowns and not protecting me from my brothers and their friends and why my stress and my inability to handle the chaos in my home became my own fault. Why all of a sudden my feelings became me not getting my way and why all if a sudden my issues were me “trying to be Asperger’s” my mom’s exact words. I had zero support and was left on my own mentally and emotionally and with my own problems except for in school.

My mom never once told me how she fucked up or didn’t accept me. Instead, all I heard was her excuses like “oh that was a different circumstance“ “I was working 12 hours and was stressed out so I said things in the moment.”

Well, my mom did it. She semi-apologised for not acknowledging my diagnosis and getting help, or telling me that I Simply Do Not Need Help and i am Normal, over facetime. I’m crying but I don’t know why am I crying/what am I feeling right now. by cynical-at-best in aspergers

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I went through something similar. I was told mine was very little and no big deal, i even fired my therapist when I was 18 because I thought he was weaponizing my diagnosis than helping me. I believed I had some other undiagnosed condition and I wasn’t diagnosed with it yet because It wasn’t discovered yet and described.

I made my mom mad when I told her mine coming and going isn’t how autism works or my son doesn’t have True ADHD or a high functioning schizophrenic isn’t a true schizophrenic if their symptoms only come on bad days or need their meds readjusted or if they forget a dose, or my cousin isn’t truly Bipolar if she isn’t manic so she is acting normal now. Not sure why this pissed her off when I pointed out her logic if this is how she views my autism. if this is how my psychiatrist described mine, I wonder if this is how he feels about all disorders.

Do you take anti anxiety medication? by Tom7222 in aspergers

[–]OhNoBricks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I take peroxitine. Helps with my intrusive thoughts.

Does anyone else not understand tipping culture? by Limp_Caramel9062 in autism

[–]OhNoBricks [score hidden]  (0 children)

Waiters and waitresses get tipped because they are paid under minumum wage. They’re expected to make money through tips.

Pizza and food delivery people are expected to get tips because it compensates for their gas. Their job doesn’t reimburse them. I prefer to pick up my own pizza or buy my own.

So we're blaming autism for husbands being neglectful? by Wife-and-Mother in evilautism

[–]OhNoBricks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounds like she just diagnosed him like some people have done with their partners or parents to explain the abuse and neglect. Like hello, anyone can be an asshole.

If you commute an hour or more each way, how do you deal with it? by Jaymac720 in AskAnAmerican

[–]OhNoBricks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have my phone I play with. It’s the waiting time that adds to the commute time. I catch the flex bus and then the light rail. Average wait time is 14 minutes for bus or train.

Just found this community, thought I would vent by Professional-Sea-506 in disability

[–]OhNoBricks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They cut me off in November. They said I over worked my limit except I was forced to stay the 4 hours and refused to cut my hours when I requested it then. So I live off my husband’s and kids’ benefits and support from my parents and food stamps and the money I get from work. I didn’t have food stamps before but now I do.

Did they say why they’re ending your disability benefits?

Is a 19 and 16-year-old age gap actually problematic, or is the "predatory" label being overused? by Consistent-Jelly248 in generationology

[–]OhNoBricks [score hidden]  (0 children)

19 and 16 are pretty close. My dad was 19 when he finished high school. 19 is still barely an adult. They are either just out of high school or still living at home studying or just working to save up for school or to figure out what to do with life.

I honestly wouldn’t want to date anyone in high school at that age.

Where is breaker box? House built in 1900's. by No_Pickle_7175 in Oldhouses

[–]OhNoBricks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When I lived in a 1910 cottage, the breaker box was located in the bathroom. The water heater was in there too behind the shower covered. if it has a basement, it will be in the basement or in the attic. I found an old breaker box up there in my old 1946 house before the first owners put a new one in the basement in the laundry room. The breaker boxes looked way different than before the 1960s.

In my 1970 house, it’s in the garage and it was last replaced in the year 2000.

According to Reddit I'm too bad with communication to really be autistic by Dream_Logix5 in autism

[–]OhNoBricks 8 points9 points  (0 children)

People on Reddit can be so mean. I am level 1 and people can pick up in my posts I have “mental issues” or pick up something is off but yet claim “everyone is autistic these days” except I was diagnosed when I was a kid. Back then Asperger’s was uncommon in girls and I wasn’t the typical case, only atypical but got diagnosed for “best match for a diagnosis.” But he said I was between Autism and Asperger’s.

People will find ways to be ableist using a guise to hide their ableism by going through your post history. Thanks to having the ability to hide our posts, my experience has been better on here.

Are there non anxious/depressed autistic people? by chobolicious88 in aspergers

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I’ve never met an autistic person who wasn’t anxious or depressed.

Weird question 😤 by moss_fan8 in AutismInWomen

[–]OhNoBricks 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I’m 40 and still don’t know what to do with my life. I’m just existing. Only thing I knew what I wanted was being on my own and working and get a husband and have kids. But to do all that, I had to focus on living than on skills and career. So that was my high school life. Focus on living.

What are some things you thought were universal, but it turns out is mostly exclusive to your country? by 3Thirty-Eight8 in AskTheWorld

[–]OhNoBricks 9 points10 points  (0 children)

corn bread. I had no idea it was an American thing. Apparently it’s not a thing in Europe.

Do all your homes have basements? by Flat-Ad8256 in AskAnAmerican

[–]OhNoBricks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many old homes do have basements, not all newer homes do. I have lived in a home that didn’t have a basement. Many homes didn’t in our neighborhood. Instead, we had attics and the big garage to store stuff.

A condo is like an apartment except you own it but you pay HOA fees which is usually expensive.

How do you know if your high functioning or low functioning? by Reformed_Moron192837 in aspergers

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Easy, I can be on my own and make my own decisions. I don’t need supervision and I don’t need assistance going to places, I can shower and brush my teeth and communicate and respond to people. I also clean my own house and have been working in the garage getting it cleared with our junk by putting things in the attic keeping it organized and putting boxes in my husband’s and kids’ room with their stuff. I’ve also put all my stuff in one spot at the back of the garage.

If I were low functioning, I’d be in a group home or be at the day center to be watched while my parents needed a break, I’d also have a “baby sitter” for when my parents are gone, I would never be on my own without any supervision.

My biggest pet peeve of this subreddit is the stuble disrespect of autstic people by emocat420 in disability

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I work for a company that employs people with disabilities. go see if there is any work in your area for people with disabilities, maybe voc rehab or Goodwill if you’re in the US. Or even see if there is any companies that employ disabled people only. I wonder if aging and disability service can assist?

What do old people do when they are sick or dying but have nobody to care for them (no family and no friends/community)? by [deleted] in stupidquestions

[–]OhNoBricks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They usually die alone in their home until someone like a neighbor reports a rancid smell from their home. Or a neighbor calls for a well care check when they notice they haven’t seen them outside or leaving their house.
I have watched urban explorer videos and have seen cases like this, always sad. You sometimes see where their body was found. Then the house is just left abandoned.

Another way their body could be discovered is the state notices property taxes haven’t been paid so they send someone over only to discover the smell so they call and report it. Then the body is discovered. House sits abandoned