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  1. JayD210

    Parents of kids with autism?

    I’ll be 39 in July and have been diagnosed with Autism since 1989 at age 3. A lot of people on here were diagnosed as adults. Message me if you have questions. That’s actually why I came here. Not only to share of my own life experiences both personally and professionally, but also to assist...
  2. JayD210

    Hopefully some motivation for you

    What helped and still helps in my case is that my family has a long history of US Miliary Service or Civil Service tied to the Miliary. My Mom was US Army, 1981-1989. My Dad was US Army, 1970-1993. One of my Uncles(1937-2021) was Army Special Forces, a Green Beret in Vietnam, 1959-1989. One...
  3. JayD210

    Hopefully some motivation for you

    To anyone else, that picture is just a random pair of old worn out Vans Rowley Shoes. To me, this picture is a reminder of having to live hard in order to get to where I am today. I lost almost everything in 2009 because of the Global Recession of the time. Was laid off in January, turned 23 in...
  4. JayD210

    What I can’t stand about the Autism Community.

    Issue with her is when one does set boundaries with her, that person is suddenly the bad guy. Then she will cut you off, which that part isn’t the problem because I’m about to do the same with her. I’ve exhausted every other option I could ever try with her for the sake of my nephew but I’m on...
  5. JayD210

    What I can’t stand about the Autism Community.

    I’m not trying to tell anyone how to live there life, nor will I sit here and be accused of such. If it came off that way, my mistake.
  6. JayD210

    What I can’t stand about the Autism Community.

    ...I had at times. Then there is my other Sister who is herself an Autism Mom. This the same Sister who bullied me constantly growing up, calling me “R****d” all the time. She was held accountable for it all the time by my Mom and she blamed me for her getting in trouble for bullying me. My...
  7. JayD210

    Autism in my line of work.

    Having been diagnosed pretty much all my life, there was a time I wasn’t even expected to hold a job, be out in the world, be in a relationship, drive, own a Car, or any of the things that a typical person often takes for granted. Safe to say I’ve been doing all of the above. Wasn’t easy to get...
  8. JayD210

    Shutdown

    I used to deal with this for a long time. I would experience what I thought then was an overload after dealing with something crazy, or would be tired out from something. My entire time in Volunteer Search & Rescue, I battled this after getting home or in the Car. I’d just shut off and the world...
  9. JayD210

    Being bullied

    I spent a lifetime being bullied. I was brutally bullied in School with administrators turning a blind eye. I was bullied in the neighborhood by kids from down the street. I was bullied by one of my own older sisters at home too. I had literally no escape from it growing up. Add the abuse...
  10. JayD210

    What it’s like being a “Lifer”.

    What I mean by “Lifer” is having been diagnosed early. I was 3 when I was diagnosed and I’m coming up on 39 now. Growing up was rather interesting. My Mom and oldest Sister were instrumental in advocating for and protecting me as a kid in the 1990s and early 2000s. I was brutally bullied in...
  11. JayD210

    Recently diagnosed

    I was diagnosed at age 3 in 1989 and will be 39 in July. I don’t have the experience of a late diagnosis. I was 23 when I attempted to get mine reversed because of what I do for a living thinking it would interfer and perhaps people had it wrong over the years. They weren’t and I was diagnosed...
  12. JayD210

    Couples with Autism

    I was working secondary employment in 2010 when my coworker called her in behind my back. I told her I have Autism and she told me her best friend does too. She asked me a few questions, I went on break, and there she was with her Mom when I came back. Asked her out 14 months later and the rest...
  13. JayD210

    Couples with Autism

    This one I’m going to try to keep simple. How many of you with Autism have a Significant Other who also has Autism? My better half and I both have Autism. We’ve been together 14 years next week. Took me 14 months to ask her out because I didn’t think I had a chance. I’m 38 and she’s 37. July 3...
  14. JayD210

    List just one thing you did today

    I linked up with one of our ORC Investigators and relayed to him additional findings to a massive case I’m helping him work. One particular incident had way more moving parts than anyone else realizes and I was the one who found them. Hopefully we can get this crime ring shut down soon.
  15. JayD210

    Neophilia and “fixated interests”

    I myself become fixated on new interests, but many of my older ones I’ve known for a lifetime are still present. Some fell away because of this or that but not many. My list of current interests is much broader than it used to be. Some of them have become an asset for the work I do.
  16. JayD210

    How Autism impacted my life over the years

    That is one of the rules I live by. You are very correct on that.
  17. JayD210

    How Autism impacted my life over the years

    How Autism impacted my life. As mentioned prior, I was Diagnosed with Autism on November 22, 1989 by the US Army in Mannheim, Germany. I was 3 years old when I got diagnosed. My Mom had just exited the Army and my Dad was still serving Active Duty. My Mom knew right away there was something...
  18. JayD210

    Interests and Self Taught Skills

    Autism and Interests. They go hand and hand. If it’s cool to you, go for it. That’s what I was told. I’ve had some interests that I was pretty much born with and a range of skills that are self taught. Here’s the list of mine. •Automotive: Well before Google ever existed in 1998, I had taught...
  19. JayD210

    Despite Good Pay, My Job is Kind Of Miserable

    I’m an Asset Protection Specialist for Home Depot myself and I’m on the Autism Spectrum myself. To an extent, everything around us is going downhill but as someone who works for the same Company the last 6 years out of 20 in Security all total, I’ve worked for many Companies. Home Depot has been...
  20. JayD210

    How I see the world with my Autism Mind

    You and I differ in one way. I was diagnosed with Autism in 1989 at the age of 3 the first time. I was diagnosed three more times between 1994 and 2010.
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