What is the hardest thing you have ever been through?
And.how did you get through it , how long did it take, and was there happiness at the end ? Could be anything from beating cancer, losing a loved one, battling an addiction, homelessness,abuse, post traumatic stress , unemployment, a sick child, lose of spouse, anything that you experienced PERSONALLY that at the time you thought you just wanted to give up ,or curl up in a ball and die and how did you prevail ? Looking for some inspiration in a rough patch of life :( Thanks Amani
What are some examples of discrimination against people with Asperger's syndrome?
Last night I spent the evening talking to a teenager on a Minecraft server for autistic people and their families. This young man was being bullied by another student so relentlessly, with no staff intervention, that it was causing him to question his own worth. People think if there in no physical contact it isn't bullying, but if is deliberate, persistent, and intended to hurt, it is bullying. Bullying happens all the time. Our society has trained us to think that if someone is weird, dumb, or in some way different, they deserve to be harmed. Think about it, have you laughed at someone different, just because of the difference? Have you ever read a news story or joke and thought “It's his own fault for being so stupid,” or “She should stop being so weird”? I think most of us have, without thinking about it. We regularly hear words like idiot, mental case, and f***tard. “Autistic” has become an insult word. We need to become much more self aware, if we want society to stop thinking it's OK to bully the outsider.