tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85693608437769505732024-03-14T02:03:07.436-07:00Life As I Know ItAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433610095326877236noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569360843776950573.post-51770271954142526402014-04-08T06:55:00.000-07:002014-04-08T07:05:31.774-07:00<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Analyse this</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Twitter a few days ago I mentioned that I went to Orange (where I was born and raised) for the day and visited my mum. Just as I was leaving she said she'd be cleaning out a cupboard and found some old papers that her father had written about me. They were notes he'd written when I was 6. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My grandfather was an intelligent man, a bicycle rider in his early years (maybe why I like the Tour de France?) who later worked as a steam engine driver (all Aspies love trains, don't they?) and then for an engineering company called Borg-Warner in Sydney. Their Australian branch doesn't exist any more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He was interested in psychology, meditation, hypnotism etc and was a great chess player who could solve the cryptic crossword in the morning newspaper in no time at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The notes he wrote about me are very accurate (I think) and weirdly amazing considering I was only six at the time. They were based on me writing a story for him (including handwriting analysis) and drawing a picture for him as well as his observations and conversations with me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The picture wasn't with the papers unfortunately but I have the vaguest recollection of it. He mentions I had no "colour sense" but posits that I must have had a limited number of coloured pencils!I can vaguely see myself drawing a red sun for example.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, I've typed out his notes which in some cases are just notes and not full sentences. In any case, I found it both fascinating and disturbing. I almost cried when re-reading it later that night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I asked my mum why my grandfather had written this? Had she asked him to? She said no but it's obvious to me that my parents must have perceived some problems with me - being tormented at school and not fitting in with the world. I don't remember that in kindergarten or first grade but maybe I've suppressed it. I know I hated school when I reached puberty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The mention of Cox Avenue is also bewildering. That was my third home. We lived with my great grandmother for a short while when I was born then moved to a little place called Clergate just out of Orange for a few years. I drove back and looked at that house a few years ago. It was an old rambling property with lots of space and right next to the railway line (again with the trains!). We then moved back into town at a newly built house in Cox Avenue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know my uncle (my mum's brother) was killed in a truck accident around that time so maybe that had something to do with it. My mum said she doesn't remember why I would have hated living there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apart from that it seems like I missed my calling as an artist or musician! :D</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ian Hazzard<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Small writing sample
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Observation and
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This analysis is written in relation to a six year old boy
and the remarks are comparisons to 6 year olds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Main impression is one of intellectuality. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Clear, logical thinker. Very observant. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thinking does not follow conventional paths but is not a
rebel. Just thinks big and takes in a tremendous scope and sees always a full
picture.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is not a “quick” thinker because he is too busily engaged in
observing, evaluating and collating and then “what impression will my answer
make? What do they expect me to say?” When he is sure of the answer he will
then reply. An original thinker he arrives at his conclusions by his own
processes but may shape this answer as required by circumstances.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shows diplomacy and tact which can range from adroitly
handling people to concealment and evasion (even lying if the occasion demands
it.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Does not show spontaneity or joie de vivre. Too serious and
wrapped in thought processes and evaluation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Very good at getting the full picture and grasping all
essentials. He is twice as smart as you think he is (because he can grasp and
then conceal diplomatically) so do not discuss in his presence anything you
shouldn’t because he has a wonderful memory and he will remember, evaluate and
understand correctly. Because things that have happened (memory …) play a
tremendous part of his life, your concealment may have an impact you do not
appreciate. Do not attempt to disguise words or conceal – he understands and
will despise your childish attempts to hoodwink him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do not be concerned about “concealment”. This is his way of
coping and if he is not forced to conceal he will be open.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bullying. Normal amount of experimentation. If he is not
tormented by others – school teachers (unknowingly) and school mates (deliberately)
he will not have the need to get “even”. He will be too busy learning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Has a slight bullying tendency and may at times be cruel to
those unable to protect themselves such as small sisters and cats.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Very well balanced viewpoints and well balanced personality.
Leans to the past – such as to past learning and lessons. He is evaluating the
last hours – day – week – month and does not have time for now and the next
minute therefore does not joyously look to the future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Evaluates today and tomorrow from what he knows of today and
yesterday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Generally optimistic and bright in outlook<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He dislikes Cox Avenue and it disturbs him more than
anything else in his life. This is something he cannot cope with. He may not
know why or if he does he may not tell you. (See remarks on diplomacy and tact
and concealment). This is a sensitive area and any direct probing will be
sensed and probably deftly parried.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is not a rebel or an individualist – is too busy learning
and evaluating his present experiences and you’d be surprised at what he
already knows because the overall picture is extremely smart, clever and observant
with tremendous intellectual capacity. Give him intellectual stimulation and
challenges – subtly of course. He is no footballer so don’t put him on the
team.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watch that memory – he files things away for future
reference. I do not mean he will recall vindictively but let him recall and
express himself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would have liked to have seen a painting rather than a
drawing as I feel his colour sense is way off – or were they the only coloured pencils
he had? This could be so because he has outstanding sense of form and
proportion so he would be unlikely to leave gaps and so was forced to use what
was available.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Very sensitive in the matter of form and proportion. Colour
sense? <u>No! </u>Maybe his high reasoning ability and keen appreciation of
form outweighed “colour”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sense and reasoning said “Any colour is better than no
colour at all – because form and proportion is more important – the full
picture is more important.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This I believe because the writing shows a great grasp of
the overall picture at all times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Things must always be completed, rounded off and tidied up
and never ever be left unbalanced.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These traits are predominant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apart from Cox Avenue he is very happy and contented and appreciative
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Has very good coordination and would shine at work requiring
hand-eye and muscular coordination and attention to fine detail. Actually shows
very great adaptability over a wide range of skills. Does he like music? Try
the piano – you’ll be surprised.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What particular type of work? Anything at all – he can
easily ape and master anything.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I saw a lot of Aspie traits in what was being described but maybe I'm over-reading it. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433610095326877236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569360843776950573.post-72365144660412819102014-02-03T21:10:00.000-08:002014-04-08T07:14:09.231-07:00<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Does anyone else enjoy Scam baiting?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_baiting:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><i>Scam baiting is a form of Internet vigilantism, where the vigilante poses as a potential victim to the scammer in order to waste their time and resources, gather information that will be of use to authorities, and publicly expose the scammer. It is primarily used to thwart advance-fee fraud scams and can be done out of a sense of civic duty, as a form of amusement, or both.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">I do it for the amusement but the scammers aren't taking the bait lately. Here are the last two where they didn't bite back because I was too sarcastic. (spelling mistakes are theirs)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">The first one:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">
</span><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">From: Apex Foundation claimagent@qq.com</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Jan 15</span><br />
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</span> <span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">xxx@xxx</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Jan 17</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><br />
</span> <span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">to claimoffice </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><br />
</span> <span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">1. Full name: Phil Sherman aka Internet User</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">2. Country: Australia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">3. Contact Address: 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney NSW 2000</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">4. Telephone Number: 0419-317-446</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">5. Marital Status: Single and desperate. Maybe I'll be able to find a girl with my new found fortune? What dating sites are good, do you know?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">6. Occupation: Rat catcher - man, the rats in Sydney are the size of suitcases!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">7. Sex: Not very often</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">8. Age: 33 1/3</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><br />
</span> <span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Again, thank you so much. I look forward to hearing from you. When can I expect payment? I have a lot of bills to pay so next Friday would be good for me.</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Are you related to that Mercedes fellow?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Phil Sherman</span><br />
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</span> <span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">and the second one ...</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">From: </span><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Hatten Wanetta <hattenfunwanetta@outlook.com></span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello,<br />
Today our Company, MVL Company, is in need of sales representatives in Australia. <br />
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Our Company deals with designer goods and branded items. We've been providing our customers with exclusive products for more than five years, and we believe that the applicant for the position must have great communication skills, motivation, desire to earn money and will to go up the ladder. All charges related to this opening are covered by the Company. Your main duties include administrative support on orders and correspondence, controlling purchase orders and expense reports. <br />
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Part-time job salary constitutes 580AUD a week. <br />
Full-time job is up to 920AUD per week . <br />
Plus we have bonus system for the best workers! <br />
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To apply for the vacancy or to get more details about it, please email us directly back to this email. <br />
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Hope to hear from you soon! <br />
Best regards,<br />
Hatten Wanetta</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">To: </span><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Hatten Wanetta <hattenfunwanetta@outlook.com></span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Hello Hatten,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">That's a unique name! Is it English? It reminds me of Hattie from that TV show Parenthood. And your middle name is Fun. How great is that!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">I looked up your company on the internet and am quite impressed!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Your proposal sounds very interesting because I'm looking for a new job at the moment.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">I have rather good communication skills, however does the job involve much use of the telephone? I used to work in a call centre and had to quit because I kept having nightmares about being devoured by a giant cell phone. If it just means using a computer, it would be fine </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">I am keenly motivated to be successful </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">I have a tremendous desire to earn money and keep up the payments on my Porsche </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">and I am willing to go up the ladder because I am not scared of heights and I prefer not walking under a ladder, in any case</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">I would prefer a full-time position but a part-time position is OK too. I am sure you will be so impressed by my work-ethic that you will promote me in no time at all.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Is it possible to get paid in $US rather than $AUD? It's OK if you can't.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Please send me an application form and I will complete immediately and send back with my latest CV.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Looking forward to hearing from you!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Ian :-)</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433610095326877236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569360843776950573.post-37922366707608646142013-08-22T20:09:00.000-07:002013-08-22T22:56:35.222-07:00Not a good bloggerOK, I haven't been a good blogger - nothing posted since last November.<br />
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That's not to say there's been nothing to write about. I just wasn't sure anyone would actually be interested in reading any of it. I know I said this was for myself and I didn't care if anybody read it; but then I started asking myself what was the point of spending time on a blog? Life got in the road - last year's chicken massacre, neighbours crashing through our fence and dealing with the insurance company for months (!), work, family, autism, Christmas, New Year, wedding anniversary, birthdays, art, my i-Pad, cutting up timber for the winter, watching movies and TV shows, Pinterest, more fox attacks -- you get the point -- all the same things everyone else deals with. So it's all stored away - on notes, sheets of paper (much to Kelly's annoyance) and diary pages and in my head.<br />
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Plus I finally decided to check out Twitter in February and have spent most my spare time on there, quickly becoming addicted and discovering lots of really great people. My autism family on Twitter is very special to me and everyone is supportive of each other. I thought I learned a lot reading blogs around this time last year. However, Twitter has been a real eye-opener and I can't believe how many similar people there are with similar experiences, similar doubts and similar concerns.<br />
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My Twitter timeline is just as eclectic as my life - tweeting about #autism, #art, #Sharks (not the #Sharknado type), #Will, #work, the #TDF, #chickens, #cactus, #TV, #movies, #work and so on.<br />
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I used to think I was the only person in the world who thought like I did, who had strange addictions, who made lists, who had to have complete sets of that addiction and so on. No, there are lots of others who have been doing the same thing for as long as I have! Yes, I find that amazing, earth-shattering almost but mainly a relief.<br />
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When I was diagnosed with Aspergers, it was a relief. I know some people can't handle hearing the diagnosis but for me it was a relief. It was like a veil had been lifted and I finally knew there was a reason at least for the way I thought and felt and dealt with life. It explained so much about my childhood, my troubles at school and the agony of trying to fit in.<br />
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Will's diagnosis of autism two months earlier was a similar relief which some people might find odd. There was no sense in denying it. There was no sense in trying to blame someone or something (Andrew Wakefield and "vaccination causes autism" nuts rile me like nothing else on the planet). We missed out on accessing early-intervention programs but Kelly and I had been doing our own early intervention with Will without even knowing it. But, as I said, it was a relief because it explained so much. I always wondered why Will would never say "hello" to other kids at school for example. Autism explained why that, and so much more, was so.<br />
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Life as I know it sometimes doesn't make sense so it's good to find some answers!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433610095326877236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569360843776950573.post-22977293224263829082012-11-21T04:36:00.001-08:002012-11-21T04:36:35.444-08:00Car CrashOne of our neighbours crashed through our front fence on Monday night. He wrote off his car and did major damage to our fence and gate but luckily he was OK. Amazingly he didn't even get a scratch!!<br />
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Will was asleep at the time but the noise of the crash (like an explosion) woke him and then the car horn was stuck on and it drove him crazy. Just an example of his sensory issues where noise causes him physical pain.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433610095326877236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569360843776950573.post-89484107313415081782012-11-21T04:05:00.003-08:002012-11-21T04:07:55.461-08:00Soothing Patterns<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433610095326877236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569360843776950573.post-60734170864592617382012-10-20T03:42:00.000-07:002014-04-08T07:09:49.905-07:00Why blog?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’ve been making diary notes and jotting down thoughts over the past two years on what it’s like dealing with autism in my family and have plans to eventually write a book, just for the personal satisfaction mainly and maybe preserving “family history” in some small way.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In September I decided that starting a blog would be a good outlet for some of these thoughts, regardless of whether anybody else actually reads it. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the past month, since my first post, I’ve discovered numerous autism and asperger blogs, many of which are fascinating. It’s been a revelation to find all these other people with similar experiences to myself. Reading the words, a lot of the posts could easily be describing me. Amazing that there are so many shared experiences and that there are so many people who have been diagnosed later in life.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Growing up, I remember “fitting in” until I was 12, 13 or so then always felt my divergent interests, and the fact that the thoughts and feelings in my aspergian mind couldn’t connect to my friends any more, put me at odds with those friends. I never wanted to be a “sheep” though and have always been defiant in sticking to those interests and not following trends. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU">While everyone else was listening to Abba, I was listening to The Clash. While everyone else was getting drunk, I was at the cinema watching a movie. While everyone else was watching mindless action or frat-boy movies, I was discovering </span><st1:city><st1:place><span lang="EN-AU">Casablanca</span></st1:place></st1:city><span lang="EN-AU">, A Clockwork Orange and other more intelligent fare. While everyone else was driving fast cars I was a passenger, observing, taking notes and writing it all down.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’ve always been interested in writing and wrote a tenpin bowling column (of all things) for my local newspaper for a decade (1990s) as well as an online version, before blogs were blogs really. I also wrote lots of fiction and had some sci-fi short stories published in my early twenties.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s also been rewarding reading about other people dealing with autistic children. For a while after Will’s diagnosis it was tough to deal with and felt very isolating. It seemed we were the only ones fighting the good fight to help our child. Gradually Will has met other autistic children through an Outreach program and Kelly has become good friends with some of the other mothers.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I didn’t intend on such a big gap between posts but a couple of days after my first post, a fox came onto our property and killed 16 of our chooks (Australian slang for chickens) in the middle of the day. That was devastating to Will, my wife Kelly and me.</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433610095326877236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569360843776950573.post-90664489160809060472012-10-18T04:34:00.000-07:002012-10-20T04:09:46.696-07:00Artistic AutisticWill hated art in his first years at school. His teachers knew that Kelly was artistic and put so much pressure on Will that he cracked and refused to do anything in art class.<br />
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He's since found his feet somewhat and a couple of years ago won the Stewards' Award at our local show.<br />
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This year he's done some nice work including collages, etchings and canvases plus some computer-generated images.<br />
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It's great to see him blossoming although he still needs quite a bit of encouragement to keep his mind on the job. He battles through the process to get the end result.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433610095326877236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569360843776950573.post-44688058724088067302012-09-10T04:24:00.001-07:002013-08-22T19:20:13.058-07:00Life as I know itAutism. <br />
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Small word. Big meaning.<br />
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Yes, change is constant and inevitable ... but my life really changed in August 2010 when my son Will was diagnosed with autism. He had turned 9 two months earlier.<br />
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My wife and I had always thought Will was just quirky. He enjoyed being by himself at times, was obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine, he didn't like going to noisy children's birthday parties at McDonalds or Hungry Jacks, he didn't have a lot of the social skills other kids his age had (saying "hello" didn't mean much to him), he made up his own words for certain things in his life, he hated being in group photographs and so on.<br />
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We'd checked all the available information on "autism" when Will was two years old and three years old but were told by our GP and paediatrician that Will definitely wasn't autistic. So for the next six years or so ... which aligned with two years of pre-school, then kindergarten, year one, year two and into year three we tried to help Will "fit in". Those early school years were absolute hell ... for Will and for us as his parents.<br />
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Will was diagnosed at <a href="http://www.autismspectrum.org.au/a2i1i1l445l487/welcome.htm" target="_blank">ASPECT</a> in Sydney and eventually was given an aide at school but that unfortunately didn't work out as we'd hoped and when Will was mid-way through year four he commenced <a href="http://www.dubbo-d.schools.nsw.edu.au/" target="_blank">distance education</a>, which he's been doing for a year now.<br />
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Like a lot of parents in the same situation, after the diagnosis we did a lot of reading, scoured websites, watched a myriad of documentaries and attended seminars including that of Australian autism-expert <a href="http://www.tonyattwood.com.au/" target="_blank">Tony Attwood</a>. Autism is most likely genetic and the finger is pointed usually at the father, especially "older" fathers. I was 41 when Will was born. So I was assessed and classified with aspergers. At age 50!<br />
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That's my background and the reason for starting this blog. Aspie with an autistic son. This will be about life as I know it.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433610095326877236noreply@blogger.com0