07-28-2004, 06:51 PM
07-30-2004, 12:32 PM
Anywhere they don't use your native language is usually better; any misreading of intent is put down to mistranslation, so one doesn't suffer the body language prejudice one gets at home.
08-04-2004, 11:20 PM
I agree on the non native language angle. In Spain I found life infinitely easier if only because as an Australian I was expected to be eccentric. Also helped the fact that I had eccentric friends.
Academia is the classic refuge for aspergers. The problem is it requires completing university and a certain amount of politics.
What about lighthouse keeping? Anybody know how to get a job out on an island somewhere. The problem is that there are not enough lighhouses for all of us so maybe we should campaign for them to build more.
Research. I know of one man who studied as a journalist and ended up doing some work for national parks but really just studied ants because he liked them so much. Later he discovered a contest the Japanese embassy was running and all you had to do was write an essay about Japanese spanish relations to win a years scholarship to go to Japan and study Japanese culture. He won, partly because his was one of only two entries. I don't know if he was aspergers but he knew more about cockroaches than any man living and had worse social skills even than I.
Astronaut. You would get to be technical and pretty much out of the way of any annoying co-workers. The drawback would be the physical training of course, and the public spotlight.
Concept artist. You get to do any old crap and instead of putting you in an asylum you get to sell your old barbie doll with a flack jacket and no head for millions of dollars.
These are just a few suggestions, some more serious than others. If anyone has a job for me just let me know.
Academia is the classic refuge for aspergers. The problem is it requires completing university and a certain amount of politics.
What about lighthouse keeping? Anybody know how to get a job out on an island somewhere. The problem is that there are not enough lighhouses for all of us so maybe we should campaign for them to build more.
Research. I know of one man who studied as a journalist and ended up doing some work for national parks but really just studied ants because he liked them so much. Later he discovered a contest the Japanese embassy was running and all you had to do was write an essay about Japanese spanish relations to win a years scholarship to go to Japan and study Japanese culture. He won, partly because his was one of only two entries. I don't know if he was aspergers but he knew more about cockroaches than any man living and had worse social skills even than I.
Astronaut. You would get to be technical and pretty much out of the way of any annoying co-workers. The drawback would be the physical training of course, and the public spotlight.
Concept artist. You get to do any old crap and instead of putting you in an asylum you get to sell your old barbie doll with a flack jacket and no head for millions of dollars.
These are just a few suggestions, some more serious than others. If anyone has a job for me just let me know.
10-19-2004, 10:01 PM
I have come to think that working in a technical college (¿polytechnic university?) can be better for aspergerish people than the rest of Academia. This will be the 3rd year that I've worked at this technical college and I have found that:
- there may be less politics that at a regular university (of course this depends on the department),
- many people here have a less-normal personality than mine
- prestige may matter less, ie: less competition among the faculty
- there is an emphasis on helping the students to survive college who might have no chance at another university, whether academically or financially.
[this last one has caused me to learn more about teaching (and about explaining things in a variety of ways) than I ever thought possible.]
- some departments that offer courses to the community (here that is called "continuing education" and "adult education") may not require all the degrees that are prerequisite for teaching academic courses.
- you learn a lot about people and NT culture from your students.
- not all students are NT, and you can give the geeks someone who understands them, like maybe you never had (although to be fair, my TEACHERS were mostly very kind).
Oh, I got sidetracked there. some of that was about teaching in general.
TANGENT queen returns. Sorry. (^_~)
--nlek
PS: when something like this comes up, it makes you wonder:
http://www.geeksquad.com/
Is nothing safe from becoming cool?!
- there may be less politics that at a regular university (of course this depends on the department),
- many people here have a less-normal personality than mine
- prestige may matter less, ie: less competition among the faculty
- there is an emphasis on helping the students to survive college who might have no chance at another university, whether academically or financially.
[this last one has caused me to learn more about teaching (and about explaining things in a variety of ways) than I ever thought possible.]
- some departments that offer courses to the community (here that is called "continuing education" and "adult education") may not require all the degrees that are prerequisite for teaching academic courses.
- you learn a lot about people and NT culture from your students.
- not all students are NT, and you can give the geeks someone who understands them, like maybe you never had (although to be fair, my TEACHERS were mostly very kind).
Oh, I got sidetracked there. some of that was about teaching in general.
TANGENT queen returns. Sorry. (^_~)
--nlek
PS: when something like this comes up, it makes you wonder:
http://www.geeksquad.com/
Is nothing safe from becoming cool?!
10-19-2004, 10:46 PM
Geeks are cool!
11-09-2004, 10:09 AM
We have actually had some contact with wholefoods, they did sponsor CAN, and we objected to it, I dont know if you are aware of that.
We wrote to them and had a fairly positive response, that they will look into it etc.
We wrote to them and had a fairly positive response, that they will look into it etc.
11-10-2004, 12:23 AM
This is the link to our forum for action against pro cure groups, such as CAN -
http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/phpBB2/v...m.php?f=17
CAN is cure autism now, a charity that aims to cure and prevent autism, as one of our basic aims is not to cure autism, we are against their policies.
http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/phpBB2/v...m.php?f=17
CAN is cure autism now, a charity that aims to cure and prevent autism, as one of our basic aims is not to cure autism, we are against their policies.
11-10-2004, 11:07 AM
Which scene? The nude one? The market place "come on haggle!", the classic "splitters"???
11-10-2004, 12:48 PM
I love it!
11-10-2004, 01:07 PM
What is mission possible?
I have had to do various jobs to support myself, I could never decide on a career path, I still cant, anyway, looking back the best jobs were where I worked on my own, it was so much easier and less stressful.
Ideally I'd like to work from home, but there are no opportunities in my local area, whether there will be in the future I dont know.
I have had to do various jobs to support myself, I could never decide on a career path, I still cant, anyway, looking back the best jobs were where I worked on my own, it was so much easier and less stressful.
Ideally I'd like to work from home, but there are no opportunities in my local area, whether there will be in the future I dont know.
11-10-2004, 01:45 PM
It's a Canadian bunch who have a niche in providing retards and dysfunctionals for envellope stuffing jobs and the like. As usual it's dressed up in noble intentions, and it may do some some good, but if you try to engage them on the issues of high function work, you get no reply (same here).
12-06-2004, 10:13 PM
" And they have the nerve to claim aspies are the ones who are dysfunctional and obsessive... sheesh. They need to look in the mirror, and then they need to get a life!"
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Some ex-husbands need to do that too :wink:
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Some ex-husbands need to do that too :wink:
12-07-2004, 09:42 PM
That's women for you! :twisted:
02-13-2005, 10:18 PM
Yeh, I could do taxi driving (or trucking, but I don't like taking tests, which are an annual requirement over here; it's not that I can't drive well, it's that my experience of driving tests shows they are subjective...I'm pretty sure I was failed on my first car driving test because I hadn't shaved before turning up, or else it was because of the Friday afternoon quota) but I wouldn't want the saturday night hassle, nor the NuYawk "man you gorra pay me a tip or my family will starve/you're a shit/ I'm gonna shoot you" shtick.
Given the drunks and weirdos one encounters (OK I'm biased, as I generally only find myself in taxis when out on the town in company; someone else usually pays...alone, I'd rather walk) it's not really ideal for young Aspies, but then it could be a fast track education; perhaps the most educational experience I've ever had was a summer season behind bar in a Pontin's holiday camp. Not a pleasent experience by any stretch, and one which for the most part I wouldn't want to have repeated (but I could handle it now, and make money; situations/understandings change) but I learned so much from it (and it's human nature to forget the hardships) and have no regrets on that score.
On balance, I think jerry is right, it's plausible as a means of income for States side Aspies (and Tucson isnt the Big Apple) and even better for European prospects, and you have the advantage of impartial advice; I hope jerry will join me in imparting our experiences to anyone who contemplates such a profession.
Given the drunks and weirdos one encounters (OK I'm biased, as I generally only find myself in taxis when out on the town in company; someone else usually pays...alone, I'd rather walk) it's not really ideal for young Aspies, but then it could be a fast track education; perhaps the most educational experience I've ever had was a summer season behind bar in a Pontin's holiday camp. Not a pleasent experience by any stretch, and one which for the most part I wouldn't want to have repeated (but I could handle it now, and make money; situations/understandings change) but I learned so much from it (and it's human nature to forget the hardships) and have no regrets on that score.
On balance, I think jerry is right, it's plausible as a means of income for States side Aspies (and Tucson isnt the Big Apple) and even better for European prospects, and you have the advantage of impartial advice; I hope jerry will join me in imparting our experiences to anyone who contemplates such a profession.
02-15-2005, 11:32 PM
and all top paying jobs hey? But I'm not proud, I applied for a junk mail delivery round; it went to someone younger. As for the others, well I'm not delivering pizzas in this area (tower block getto) and for other kinds of delivery, one now has to have a certificate over here; that's right, you have to go on a training course and pass a test (annually) to get a job delivering bloody parcels!