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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Undiscovered Workforce and Aspergers On The Job |
| EarlPurple |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 10:42 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,897
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| I think we often question why they don't employ us when we could help them be more profitable. But then we're probably disillusioned into thinking that companies we work for what to be as profitable as possible. Well in a sense they do, at the top level. However at the individual level, people are a... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: What's with me and "real jobs"? |
| EarlPurple |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2012, 7:33 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,284
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| I wish it would be "9 to 5" it always seems to be 40 working hours and assuming 9 to 5 includes an hour for lunch that is only 35. Those extra 5 hours a week burn me out. I do remember when I was driving a cab for a while someone once referred to a "real" job and I told them it is a real job, even t... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Undiscovered Workforce and Aspergers On The Job |
| EarlPurple |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2012, 7:29 am
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Replies: 6
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| It's a long way to come from Australia. Whoever is your advocacy movement over there should deal with it. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Undiscovered Workforce and Aspergers On The Job |
| EarlPurple |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2012, 5:50 am
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Replies: 6
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| If you can tell me who the company is and if they are based near London, we can add them to our invite list. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Should I tick the disability box on application? |
| EarlPurple |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2012, 3:12 am
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Replies: 26
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| As someone with a lot of experience in this, I would get yourself diagnosed and tick the box. Having said that, between 1998 and 2001 I didn't tick any boxes and had no diagnosis and never had any major problems at work. But that is because the UK computer contracting market was different then than ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: getting first job |
| EarlPurple |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2012, 3:04 am
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Replies: 4
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| I think it would really help everyone if people here gave their location by country as the law may vary dependent on where you are. In the UK you would be protected by the Disability Discrimination Act and the employer will need to make reasonable adjustments for you, but that would only really cove... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Undiscovered Workforce and Aspergers On The Job |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2012, 2:56 am
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Replies: 6
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| I have been working in the last few months on the subject of employment issues for people with Aspergers Syndrome. On 31st May I will be hosting a seminar in London with American writer Rudy Simone (who herself has Aspergers) on the subject of "Aspergers On The Job". I am not here specifically to ad... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Bipolar/Aspergers support and chat thread |
| EarlPurple |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2012, 2:45 am
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Replies: 719
Views: 341,639
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I am in an aspie/bi-polar relationship (and have been for 12 years). I think it can be quite a common pairing, I've come across a couple of others. I am the aspie of the partnership.
Unlike myself though, Carol doesn't want to go online to meet other bi-polars. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: London meet-up Wednesday 4th April 12 noon Trafalgar Sq |
| EarlPurple |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2012, 2:42 am
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Replies: 92
Views: 12,466
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| between 8am and 9am would be more fun. You could hold it in the middle of Trafalgar Square whilst watching all the motorcyclists go round causing havoc. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Do guys make too big of a deal about sex? |
| EarlPurple |
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Posted: 16 Sep 2010, 2:26 pm
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Replies: 98
Views: 9,271
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Guys not being able to get a girlfriend is not just an issue of not getting sex, and for me sometimes I would like to have more female friends but I don't want to have sex with them.
There is often an assumption that that is all we are after. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism Talk TV - Ep. 6 - Steve Silberman - Pt 1 |
| EarlPurple |
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Posted: 16 Sep 2010, 2:22 pm
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Replies: 66
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| I'm Autistic and I've always wanted to be on TV. When are they going to feature me on the show? |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Nice Guys and Love, what's your take on the issue |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2010, 2:16 pm
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Replies: 1,242
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Do "nice guys" finish "last" with regards to proper relationships or going out trying to "pull"?
The problem is that the stereotypical way to attract a woman is not something that is natural to a "nice guy".
Most of the nice guys do end up getting married though. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Question for members who are "religious" |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2010, 2:14 pm
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Replies: 65
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| Religion is part of my lifestyle and dictates many things about what I do. I could go on a date with a non-Jewish woman but we would not be able to go out on the Sabbath and I would not be able to eat non-kosher. So whilst that might work on a date or two, it wouldn't really be good foundation for a... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: To those of you in successful relationships... |
| EarlPurple |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2010, 2:11 pm
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Replies: 33
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| How I met S/O is quite strange actually because it was a general social meet-up and I went with another woman at the time who was going through a divorce, and she and I were good friends. She told me to go out to this because it would be something to do so I went and met my S/O there. This in March ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Aspie teen arrested for Sitting While Black |
| EarlPurple |
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Posted: 20 Jun 2010, 7:22 am
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Replies: 69
Views: 14,541
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| The police in the USA are obviously alert to the danger of someone entering a school with a gun to go on a shooting spree and obviously must take any alert seriously. What we need to ascertain is what happened exactly when Neli was asked to be searched. Lucky that this officer was only armed with pe... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Another ignorant opinion article on autism... |
| EarlPurple |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2010, 4:34 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,486
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| The only thing that makes me lonely and isolated is the attitude of others who isolate and exclude me because I don't use their body language. I am looking for tolerance and a feeling of inclusion. It would be nice if they actually consulted me a bit more about what I want and what would work well f... |
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