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School Bullying and Autism
In this next part of my series about the struggles of children with High Functioning Autism, I would like to address bullying in school. I would like to thank my fellow Aspie mom, Karen West, for some of her bullying insight, that helped make this article possible.
By Jenna Logan9 years ago in Longevity
Friendship and Autism
So, I will be doing a series of articles, about the struggles of those of us with High Functioning Autism. I really want to encourage you to share, to grow the awareness, and promote acceptance. As my first blog article stated, I am as Aspie. (See the link at the end) My son, who is 15 years old, is also HFA. He is my inspiration for what I am writing today, though I see a lot of it in myself, as well.
By Jenna Logan9 years ago in Longevity
Void
Passion exists only to those with a pre-existing ember, smouldering in their core. One of two things can happen: The overbearing weight of our existential impossibility can smother it; or the spiteful fuck you of humanity rings out, daring the weight of everything to come crashing down because who fucking cares? It's this reckless abandon and the acceptance that our fleeting existence is the most meaning we will ever glean from the labyrinth of a universe we live in that allows us to displace that search for meaning and go after what makes the good times good and the bad times less bad.
By Billy Williams9 years ago in Longevity
"All Women Experience Dysphoria"
To begin with I have to deliver you a very unfriendly, ugly, in-your-face reminder that the LGBTQ+ community is not an accepting place when you are anything other than homosexual. If you're bisexual you're told you don't exist. If you're pansexual you're told you just want to feel like a "special snowflake". If you're asexual you're told that you just haven't found "the one". But god forbid you are transgender. That's a whole other ballgame.
By Nathaniel Corns9 years ago in Longevity
Embrace Change
Sometimes the pain we feel inside is like a little bitty caterpillar's metamorphosis yanking at the center of your stomach fighting for a sense of direction trying to guide you where it's hard to see where you are going; because going up the stairs, you haven't yet made it to the top to see what's there. Haven't yet reached its destination. We hurt because we don't understand the proper purpose of change. Stress is strain, mental or emotion tension which causes anxiety and depression in the body. Stress—as I call it—is just the UN-understood feeling of the process of change that is required for the next level in one's life that is NOT necessarily unwanted, but is misunderstood.
By Latoya Green9 years ago in Longevity
Turning Point: Part 8
Fall into pairs like two ugly fish, too rare for extinction I know, the veins in your hand felt sort oflike summer, calm to the touch, on no, and my god how did we survive the paper scars, oh, bless the stars, you said you're sorryPaper scars, Lovedrug.
By Kyleigh Baltz9 years ago in Longevity
A Definition of "Heroic Measures"
Heroic measures. What do these words mean? In a hospital, when this phrase is heard, it means that if a patient's body tries to quit, a group of people will do everything in their power to keep the person alive. The group of people is the "code team". There are doctors, nurses, nurse's aides, x-ray techs, and respiratory therapists on the code team. Their goal is to keep you alive, according to your wishes. It will be assumed that these are your wishes unless there is a POLST or DNR in your chart, signed by yourself and your physician. Basically, A POLST/DNR says, "Let me die naturally, according to the function of my body". It means "no heroic measures".
By Annmaree Rockhold9 years ago in Longevity
Schools Not Standing Up For Autism!
This article is about a Father and his autistic son and the schools in Statesville NC. The boy's name is T. Chance. He was diagnosed at age five. His father naturally loves his son very much. His father knew that a horrible fact exists; that kids with disabilities, such as his sons were often bullied at school...
By Kelli Cartrette9 years ago in Longevity
