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... Can't my mom's coworkers do their respective duties properly?
They're disturbing her at ungodly times, ever since that damn fool of a man won the local seat.

Yes, that includes past midnight calls.


The current local chief and most of councillors are damn embarrassment.
Unfortunately, due to unforseen circumstances, the current local term in my village extended for over.
Probably more than a year now...

Fricking fool of a 'chief' and his cohorts doesn't deserve their positions.
It's the likes of them are the reasons for local industrial corruption to fester.

Mom's practically playing solo -- AND SHE ALREADY QUIT FOR MONTHS AT THIS POINT.
The rest are either too inexperienced, not competent enough to be left alone by my mom or just a bunch of lazy bums waiting for their paychecks.

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I don't think people realise how many narcissists there actually are and it royally pisses me off. Literally out here batting them away from my friends and family with deep psychology and my husbands sister who has a masters in psychology. Our family full of compassionate caring people seem to just be targets. Ugh.

Often times I think a great deal of the time , a lot of women l8ving on their own seem to become targets , and this is not to say there are not women narcissists. Aswell

My dad has COVID and he likely contracted it on November 12th and tested positive a little less than two weeks ago and I'm anxious because while his symptoms seem to be mild, they are persisting and he isn't really getting better. The rest of us have been quarantining for two weeks at this point and we have a few more days according to the health department and the only part of quarantine that bothers me is that I only can be in my room without feeling like I'm going to get sick. I've not had any symptoms ad neither has anybody else aside from my dad. I just feel bad for him. He wants to get out of the room. He's 66 and not a big tech person so all he can do is sleep and watch TV though occasionally he will play bass guitar or the keyboard in his room. However, we aren't sure when he can leave. The mixed information we keep getting is making my anxiety spike but I get that it's because we are still learning about the virus and new information is coming out every day it seems. I'm so scared though about how fast the virus is spreading.

Other autism forums are no better than this one. If you are theistic, I particularly recommend you avoid Neurovoice. Someone there mocked my intelligence (because I was a theist, and he said theists cannot be rational), doubted my diagnosis, and the mods said it was allowed to stand because it was "humor." Never mind that the second post was not indicated as humor with any emoticons or words, and never mind that part of a diagnosis of autism usually includes having humor deficits. Being allowed to get bullied in this way, is unacceptable, and yet the mods banned me when I attempted to defend myself.

Isabella Linton invited me there. I was hopeful it would be a good community. It wasn't. I have seldom been so disrespected and bullied in my life. I will NEVER return, and I strongly urge anyone there who is theistic to STAY FAR AWAY. Your autism will be questioned, your diagnostic proof will be removed, your intelligence will be mocked, and they will NOT support you. Insulting and disgraceful!

Also had been invited there ..... but my reason for not investigating it more thoroughly was .. not that good with lots of input . This place already can be enough for me by itself .

Have found ,much of the humour on any autistic site , should be well documented , when it’s written, as the variety of individuals that can appear on these site . It appears as obvious that such considerations should be allowed for ..
And documented as such . Something as simple as a emoticon or the words , said in jest , etc. , would not be
Too much effort , to keep a smooth flow of communication .

( am still practicing my own mind reading skills to this very day ).

"ADHD doesn't exist"

"ADHD is just a name made up to label badly-behaved children"

"ADHD traits are just personality traits that everyone has, therefore it is not a disorder"

"ADHD is not a disorder, it is just behavioural problems caused by bad parenting"

"ADHD can be cured through behavioural therapy"

And there are many more of these, claiming that ADHD is false, and I'm offended by it. People who believe ADHD does not exist haven't met my friend's daughter. She is 11 and was diagnosed with ADHD last year. The reason why her diagnosis wasn't earlier is because she didn't display the stereotypical ADHD signs. She has always been shy in class, and she often got into trouble for struggling with her work even though she was often sitting still in the classroom and appeared to be listening to the teacher. But after assessments it was obvious that she may have looked like she was paying attention but in actual fact she was daydreaming excessively and her attention was completely divided.
After her diagnosis she started receiving support in school and was able to discuss her feelings about school to a school counselor who specialised in special needs. When she was 5 she couldn't cope with schoolwork and rules, and even had tantrums. The teachers thought she was just a spoilt bratty kid and shamed her parents.
Her parents have two other daughters, one 2 years older and one 2 years younger. All three girls are treated the same by both parents but the other two girls displayed no atypical behaviours. But the girl with ADHD had some delays with reading and writing, but was tested negative for dyslexia. But the assessor found that she did have the capability of reading and writing but just didn't have the interest like the other children, and found it hard to focus on learning. Her IQ is actually average for her age, but she is very good at drawing.
She seems more settled in school now but things have got worse at home. She has temper tantrums, is very hyper especially after school, and keeps getting angry and frustrated easily. The social worker reckons that since she's gotten better at behaving at school, she's "letting it out" when she's at home. She finds school mornings difficult to get ready on time but then gets frustrated because of it. Her frustration causes her to kick things, cry, sulk and sometimes throw a temper tantrum.
Now that the parents know she has ADHD they are doing everything they can to help her cope with life in general, and most of these techniques aren't standard parenting techniques that work on NT children.
She hates school because of all the rules but she hasn't coped well during the pandemic when she couldn't go to school. The social worker pointed out that although she doesn't like school it still does her good to go to school, as she needs rules and routine. So there was a tough dilemma going on there.
The school and the social worker are preparing her for high school so that she knows what to expect, and she is reminded several times that high school isn't as lenient as junior school, although they don't know if it has sunk in yet.
This social worker is a qualified social worker, who works with families who have children with ADHD, autism, downs syndrome, intellectual disabilities, anxiety and other neurological disorders.

So yes, ADHD does exist. This little girl has it and has difficulties that need to be addressed and understood - and she needs support. She does some classes in a group for special needs children to help her catch up, as she struggles in classes that involve too much writing and math. She seems better focused in art, because it is more visual and creative. The teacher is aware of her condition so allows her to have the help she needs. And she has one hour a week of one-to-one chats with the school counselor to see how she's getting on and if she has anything worrying her. Obviously her NT classmates don't require this extra support.