whenever we get on of these college or Uni students wanting us to fill out a surveymonkey we could fill in their surveys with utter nonsense?what do you think??
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I'm sorry, I have failed to explain myself properly.
Longman and Classic Codger have been grievously distressed by the events on this thread. I have not tried to minimise or dismiss their experience because of their autism. I have tried to explain why their distress has been so great when others have failed to understand. The mods failed to fully understand how people with autism react to events. In my opinion, some of the posters have failed to undestand their effect on other people. Nobody is guilty of anything, in my eyes, but people on both sides have been hurt.
My own personal way of dealing with autism is to try and understand
a) what effect the world has on me, how I react to what other people do
b) what impact I have on other people, how my behaviour leads to other peoples reactions.
If I can understand myself and can understand the interaction between me and the people around me then I have a choice.
I can either use that knowledge to change my behaviour or anticpate my reactions or other people's reactions.
Or
i can blithely carry on as I did before.
I choose the first option but I am aware that I only have this choice if I have studied how I interact with the people around me.
I'm sorry, I have failed to explain myself properly.
Longman and Classic Codger have been grievously distressed by the events on this thread. I have not tried to minimise or dismiss their experience because of their autism. I have tried to explain why their distress has been so great when others have failed to understand. The mods failed to fully understand how people with autism react to events. In my opinion, some of the posters have failed to undestand their effect on other people. Nobody is guilty of anything, in my eyes, but people on both sides have been hurt.
My own personal way of dealing with autism is to try and understand
a) what effect the world has on me, how I react to what other people do
b) what impact I have on other people, how my behaviour leads to other peoples reactions.
If I can understand myself and can understand the interaction between me and the people around me then I have a choice.
I can either use that knowledge to change my behaviour or anticpate my reactions or other people's reactions.
Or
i can blithely carry on as I did before.
I choose the first option but I am aware that I only have this choice if I have studied how I interact with the people around me.
