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I feel disgruntled and disrespected
So I just got home from a meeting at an interpreting/translation company in Charlotte. I am pretty pissed off right now for various reasons. I got hired as a freelance interpreter (woo-hoo?). Truth be told, freelancing is a raw deal for us and a great deal for the companies.
The project manager (who is apparently a big-shot) told me that they try to squeeze every last penny from the translator (who is doing all the actual work) so they can get paid more. He is also racist against black south africans (very racist). He bragged about how much richer he is than me, about how he works so hard (he doesn’t actually translate and never has), and how he would NEVER pay fair American wages to translators. Fucking robbery, I really do need to go to Europe. And I’m not just saying that to breath hot air. I have morals, I wish other Americans did too. Far-right capitalism disgusts me. They are like vultures.
Redefinition of Autism- A Heartfelt Appeal
The APA(American Psychiatric Association) is going to redefine Autism in the US. They want to narrow the definition so that it will only include the most severely autistic people (ex: people who can’t talk or never stop rocking or something like that). This cannot be allowed to happen. People like me (there are many many thousands of us) will lose the care that we need to help us function in society. I am not asking for hand-outs. I just want to continue my therapy so that I can be a productive member of society and be an independent adult.
You might be asking why I even need help when I can type this message coherently. I shake, twitch, stutter, get sensory overload, and meltdown. Also I will never be able to do something as simple as drive a car. All of these things happen somewhat frequently, without the modern help that I (and so many others) get, we would all be dependent people until we die. I just want to be like you, able to function and make something of myself. I am already well into my career, but without the help I get I wouldn’t be able to do these things.
To all of the people who may argue that it is not the average person’s responsibility to help those who have such disorders I will say this: Without the help I have and still receive, I would be completely dependent on welfare for everything. I would cost the government a lot more money then I do now. All I am asking for i the ability to continue to see my therapist at an affordable price. It will save people money and prosperity in the long run.
Obviously I am not urging anybody to do anything but if you could call (or e-mail) your local Congressman/woman and tell them to not allow this to happen, that would be great. Sorry to bother you with such a long post…
Thank you to those who read this.
Helen Keller - an Inspiration to us all
I’m reminded of when people used to call Helen Keller smart, yet those same people called her “challenged” and “deficient” when she became a socialist and spoke out for the cause. Most thought she was just brainwashed or somehow very malleable.
Maybe she loved them because they loved her for who she was. A smart woman who is as capable as everybody else of being a contributing member of society, in her own way. She was deaf and blind, but she was also an amazing writer, and miraculously had a gift with words.
But all capitalists saw was an obstacle, a mere yield sign on their path to forge on their own ways, and in such a harsh world, one woman stood her ground and fought for equality. And they tried to break her publicly, said she was dumb, useless, and a shell of a person.
The fact that we live in a World where not every disabled person has access to basic care so that they may find their way and become blossoming members of society is sick. There are billionaires with more money than they can even handle, yet others starve and lead lives of insane sadness and exclusion.
I have autism, I get tics. I was told that I would never talk, never be able to use a bathroom, never breathe properly, I would die at the age of 12, I would be useless, I would be in a disabled home if I wasn’t dead, and I would never be able to go to school. I was born deaf as well.
Today I am a senior in college, I know Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, English, Russian, and some French and Turkish. I have a gifted intelligence, I have a fiancee who loves me. People wanted to write me off as someone that society would leave behind to die. I didn’t die, I thrived. I have autism, I am socially awkward, and I have tics. But I didn’t let it ruin me, I only wish for other people to have the same forward steps that I had, and maybe our society would be better as a result if we took more time to care for those that would otherwise have fallen behind. Like Helen Keller, like me.
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That moment in a senior college class where you answer a question and someone makes fun of you because you have tics.
Really? Really? I just want to run away. I hate getting tics and I feel naked when people stare at me (possibly noticing them). I know I am weird, I also know that I am smart and empowered. Some people may call me and others like me disabled or “retarded”. Little do they know that my IQ is 158 and I speak 5 languages, or that I work and am able to do so many wonderful things in this world. By stepping on others, you only show that you are a rotten person who deserves nothing but pity. I wish people condemned such behavior more, they say bullying is getting better, I call bullshit. It will be okay though, I will come out on top with a happy life. I am in love and I am talented, things won’t be so bad.
One day I will feel ready to talk about my autism more, but I’m not there yet. I wish I was.
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Stop fighting “over” me. It is absurd and makes me want to cut ties with all of you people.
Adopted family being absolute asses to birth family for no apparent reason.
The funny thing is if you cut ties with them they’d probably blame your birth parents or me for it when it’s the fact that they can be so nasty without having any qualms about it.
Yea, but what is there to do about it? If I don’t speak to them then it is not my problem.
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Stop fighting “over” me. It is absurd and makes me want to cut ties with all of you people.
Adopted family being absolute asses to birthfamily for no apparent reason.
I can’t wait to steal more moments with you, it’s making it hard for me to sleep. I don’t know if I’ll ever be convinced that I deserve you, but I don’t care so much because I want you and I shouldn’t question such things. I want to forget our pasts and go somewhere where no one will know us, where I’ll only have to wait minutes and hours to see you instead of days and weeks and I won’t have to imagine being hugged when I need it. Even if there are things we want to forget that we can’t, I think I’m okay with it, or at least I want to be, because I’m convinced that every single moment that’s happened in our lives has led us to where we are now. Changing anything would have made us different people, and maybe we wouldn’t have fit so well. No matter what comes our way, you’re my reason for everything and I want to make you proud and happy and smiling. I love you so much.
