Hi there!

[Jessa137]

Hi All,

I was very excited to see a forum for autism and aspergers.

I am a Medicaid Service Coordinator in NY, and I have quite a few children and adults who I work with who are somewhere on the autism spectrum.

I just thought I would throw that out there as I love to learn more, especially from parents, so I can better serve the individuals and families I work with.

Be Blessed!

Jess <><

 

[gal4God]

hi Jessa137, could u plz go away and stop being offensive.

 

[uniquetadpole]

Hi All,

I was very excited to see a forum for autism and aspergers.

I am a Medicaid Service Coordinator in NY, and I have quite a few children and adults who I work with who are somewhere on the autism spectrum.

I just thought I would throw that out there as I love to learn more, especially from parents, so I can better serve the individuals and families I work with.

Be Blessed!

Jess <><

I am glad you are interested in learning...welcome!!! I have AS and would be happy to try to help you help others with AS. I have several threads that I have posted on this forum hopefully they will be of help too.

 

[Fangtastic]

hmmmmmmmmm

 

[Jessa137]

How am I being offensive?

 

[DarthSean]

Jessa137,
There is a suprising ammount you could learn from taking the time to talk to and learn from autistics rather than just their parents and the so-called "experts" claiming to represent them. Plese PM me and I'll talk to you about it more.

-Sean

 

[vespasia]

I just thought I would throw that out there as I love to learn more, especially from parents, so I can better serve the individuals and families I work with.

So how can we 'individuals' serve you? We Aspies (ASDs) are capable of communication even with you NT's .
Some of us are good enough at it to work and are active in representing those who choose to be less communicative with none aspies.

 

[Jessa137]

I really do apologize. I didn't mean to offend anyone. I work alot more with children who have autism, and many of them are non-verbal. So that is why I mentioned talking to parents.

 

[gal4God]

so we aspies aren't allowed a view?

 

[gal4God]

only are parents know wot they r talking bout according 2 u. that is so wrong.

 

[vespasia]

Jessa,

Change non verbal to poor communicators who choose not to verbalise.

Some of the people responding here rarely verbalise but that does not mean that those with Autism are incapable. Sometimes thanks to proffesionals telling parents what to do ASDs go through hell.

Holding theraphy anyone or how about how to be a trained parrot to make your parent feel better because you were not the child they ordered?

Can I suggest you start with the disability action groups writings to get the hang of the social model of disability instead of the dehumanising medical one.

http://aspiesforfreedom.com/wiki/index.php?title=Autism_rights_movement

 

[Mirelys]

I'm sorry some were rude to you, Jessa. You seem to have good intentions, and I'm happy that you are curious. Let me know if I can help you in any way

 

[Jessa137]

Thank you Mirelys! I had no intention of hurting anyone's feelings, and I sincerely apologize if I did. I am more used to working with the parents because many of the individuals I work with are children. I apologize for using the term "non-verbal." It is a term used in the field I work in. I am sorry that it offended anyone.