I do not commit to causes. I used to, but now, I am only committed to one and only cause: to be the truest Geordie I can ever be. This is why I am here on AC.
I respect other people's choice. Indeed, what they do is great, with good intentions. They could give free rice, form a support group for Aspies who can't cope academically, or maybe give seed funding to someone in need. I appreciate them. But I have to say, I won't do them, because I just have the single-minded focus to be Geordie.
Being Geordie means being able to work for a cause, that works so well, it makes people around them better with certainty.
I do not want to wake up and see children crying for food, Aspies complaining of no jobs (it is a fact, I know, from what I know in Singapore! I just want to stop myself to think negatively, why can't we focus on the strengths of Aspies anyway, for which employment may not be a viable option but is still useful nevertheless?) I'm even sick and tired of thinking a project not being done because of 'lack of funding' - I am far too financially sensitive to know that this era of austerity hurts a few ideas, especially small businesses. Yes, directors do get crowdfunding, but there are more shopowners around who really need funding. Sigh.
The cause has to work, or the leader tries his best to make the causes work. So sometimes, if a cause doesn't work, I will not even bother myself with what doesn't work, even if they sound like the right thing we do, or simply morally right.
We all live as individuals with personal freedom and choice, because often at times, we know better than others. Although, for some of us, we may face unemployment doing areas we truly like, but with few current job prospects, especially Liberal Arts areas (such as Psychology, Sociology, History), in the end, what we like reflects what we truly are, so hopefully we have the ability to learn something useful in College/Uni and turn them into value-adding stuff in our career path.
I am sceptical of sites such as WrongPlanet, who claim they are support forums for those with Autism. Their 'pro-Aspie' stance irks me. No one, not even people with autism, is superior over another. We don't need that. We don't need a group that speaks for us if we fail. I even think this WrongPlanet view just further reinforces the perception that Aspies, by forming a pseudo-socety that claims they are the great people, are actually admitting their failures in our world. Our world had never been an NT or Aspie world, it's just the world.
We should allow ourselves to try - regardless of the odds of failure, so long as it improves our community as a whole. We should offer ourselves informal support, but that's about it. We should never do things that are beyond our ability, just like we never coerce to rally others to be inspired to commit to our personal cause, not society's cause.
AC is a place full of respect for all members, regardless of our individual views. Few forums or sites can be like us.
Such is why I support Aspies Central. In my opinion, we are just wonderful people who have autism, but autism does not have us.
That's why, despite everything else, I am just focused and committed on AC (and perhaps, its sister site...)
I respect other people's choice. Indeed, what they do is great, with good intentions. They could give free rice, form a support group for Aspies who can't cope academically, or maybe give seed funding to someone in need. I appreciate them. But I have to say, I won't do them, because I just have the single-minded focus to be Geordie.
Being Geordie means being able to work for a cause, that works so well, it makes people around them better with certainty.
I do not want to wake up and see children crying for food, Aspies complaining of no jobs (it is a fact, I know, from what I know in Singapore! I just want to stop myself to think negatively, why can't we focus on the strengths of Aspies anyway, for which employment may not be a viable option but is still useful nevertheless?) I'm even sick and tired of thinking a project not being done because of 'lack of funding' - I am far too financially sensitive to know that this era of austerity hurts a few ideas, especially small businesses. Yes, directors do get crowdfunding, but there are more shopowners around who really need funding. Sigh.
The cause has to work, or the leader tries his best to make the causes work. So sometimes, if a cause doesn't work, I will not even bother myself with what doesn't work, even if they sound like the right thing we do, or simply morally right.
We all live as individuals with personal freedom and choice, because often at times, we know better than others. Although, for some of us, we may face unemployment doing areas we truly like, but with few current job prospects, especially Liberal Arts areas (such as Psychology, Sociology, History), in the end, what we like reflects what we truly are, so hopefully we have the ability to learn something useful in College/Uni and turn them into value-adding stuff in our career path.
I am sceptical of sites such as WrongPlanet, who claim they are support forums for those with Autism. Their 'pro-Aspie' stance irks me. No one, not even people with autism, is superior over another. We don't need that. We don't need a group that speaks for us if we fail. I even think this WrongPlanet view just further reinforces the perception that Aspies, by forming a pseudo-socety that claims they are the great people, are actually admitting their failures in our world. Our world had never been an NT or Aspie world, it's just the world.
We should allow ourselves to try - regardless of the odds of failure, so long as it improves our community as a whole. We should offer ourselves informal support, but that's about it. We should never do things that are beyond our ability, just like we never coerce to rally others to be inspired to commit to our personal cause, not society's cause.
AC is a place full of respect for all members, regardless of our individual views. Few forums or sites can be like us.
Such is why I support Aspies Central. In my opinion, we are just wonderful people who have autism, but autism does not have us.
That's why, despite everything else, I am just focused and committed on AC (and perhaps, its sister site...)
