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dragonsanddemons
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My mom suggested I look up supported living options for the disabled. The problem is, most places that provide the level of support I would need are only for seniors, not younger people who are disabled. That, or places that would provide more support than I need and are for people who are more impaired than I am.
I guess I'm in that awkward spot where I'm too disabled to make it on my own but not disabled enough to get assistance. Which is really a shame, because I don't really want to live with my parents forever. I'd really like a place to call mine, that I alone am responsible for. Part of the problem is that my parents aren't good housekeepers and I'm tired of being surrounded by clutter and dirtiness all the time, but I don't even know where to begin if I were to try to tackle it myself, since nobody else is going to do it. I really want to be able to start from scratch and keep a place clean rather than having to play (major) catch-up. And then there's a part of me that wants at least some level of independence, which I don't really get at home. But at the same time I'm very far from ready to live on my own, and it may well end up never being a real possibility. I just don't know what to do. Just keep taking each day as it comes, I guess. Keep trying, keep hoping... maybe one day.
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Yet in my new wildness and freedom I almost welcome the bitterness of alienage. For although nepenthe has calmed me, I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men.
-H. P. Lovecraft, "The Outsider"
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In other news, I may end up practicing driving in the rain tomorrow This will only be my third lesson, I kind of think it's a bit early to try it in rain.
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Yet in my new wildness and freedom I almost welcome the bitterness of alienage. For although nepenthe has calmed me, I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men.
-H. P. Lovecraft, "The Outsider"
I guess I'm in that awkward spot where I'm too disabled to make it on my own but not disabled enough to get assistance. Which is really a shame, because I don't really want to live with my parents forever. I'd really like a place to call mine, that I alone am responsible for. Part of the problem is that my parents aren't good housekeepers and I'm tired of being surrounded by clutter and dirtiness all the time, but I don't even know where to begin if I were to try to tackle it myself, since nobody else is going to do it. I really want to be able to start from scratch and keep a place clean rather than having to play (major) catch-up. And then there's a part of me that wants at least some level of independence, which I don't really get at home. But at the same time I'm very far from ready to live on my own, and it may well end up never being a real possibility. I just don't know what to do. Just keep taking each day as it comes, I guess. Keep trying, keep hoping... maybe one day.
Welcome to the family! My brother and my mother are both bad at keeping a neat and clean house and it irks me at times(especially when there is crumbled paper towels or plastic and the trash can is a few feet away!)
I wish I could start from scratch myself and just keep it clean. It also gets dirty in my house to the point where I don't know where to start. I also want an area where I can be with myself and have some privacy!
I'm in a similar situation with independence, not enough to be truly independent but, just enough that it would be awkward to be with others that need assisted living. It's annoying trying to find your place in the world...
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Any thoughts? I've never tried the stuff myself.
Just yesterday she fell into the deep end of her swimming pool unsupervised ... CBD sounds daunting.
I tried it once for free and it made me sleepy.
I guess I'm in that awkward spot where I'm too disabled to make it on my own but not disabled enough to get assistance. Which is really a shame, because I don't really want to live with my parents forever. I'd really like a place to call mine, that I alone am responsible for. Part of the problem is that my parents aren't good housekeepers and I'm tired of being surrounded by clutter and dirtiness all the time, but I don't even know where to begin if I were to try to tackle it myself, since nobody else is going to do it. I really want to be able to start from scratch and keep a place clean rather than having to play (major) catch-up. And then there's a part of me that wants at least some level of independence, which I don't really get at home. But at the same time I'm very far from ready to live on my own, and it may well end up never being a real possibility. I just don't know what to do. Just keep taking each day as it comes, I guess. Keep trying, keep hoping... maybe one day.
Welcome to the family! My brother and my mother are both bad at keeping a neat and clean house and it irks me at times(especially when there is crumbled paper towels or plastic and the trash can is a few feet away!)
I wish I could start from scratch myself and just keep it clean. It also gets dirty in my house to the point where I don't know where to start. I also want an area where I can be with myself and have some privacy!
I'm in a similar situation with independence, not enough to be truly independent but, just enough that it would be awkward to be with others that need assisted living. It's annoying trying to find your place in the world...
Florida has a program for people with developmental disabilities including autism that is supposed to function just the way you have specified. Start with more supports and as you accomplish more, you can be more independent.
If you are in the USA, google "developmental disabilities waiver" and see what comes up. It may be your state has something to offer you too
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dragonsanddemons
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I guess I'm in that awkward spot where I'm too disabled to make it on my own but not disabled enough to get assistance. Which is really a shame, because I don't really want to live with my parents forever. I'd really like a place to call mine, that I alone am responsible for. Part of the problem is that my parents aren't good housekeepers and I'm tired of being surrounded by clutter and dirtiness all the time, but I don't even know where to begin if I were to try to tackle it myself, since nobody else is going to do it. I really want to be able to start from scratch and keep a place clean rather than having to play (major) catch-up. And then there's a part of me that wants at least some level of independence, which I don't really get at home. But at the same time I'm very far from ready to live on my own, and it may well end up never being a real possibility. I just don't know what to do. Just keep taking each day as it comes, I guess. Keep trying, keep hoping... maybe one day.
Welcome to the family! My brother and my mother are both bad at keeping a neat and clean house and it irks me at times(especially when there is crumbled paper towels or plastic and the trash can is a few feet away!)
I wish I could start from scratch myself and just keep it clean. It also gets dirty in my house to the point where I don't know where to start. I also want an area where I can be with myself and have some privacy!
I'm in a similar situation with independence, not enough to be truly independent but, just enough that it would be awkward to be with others that need assisted living. It's annoying trying to find your place in the world...
Florida has a program for people with developmental disabilities including autism that is supposed to function just the way you have specified. Start with more supports and as you accomplish more, you can be more independent.
If you are in the USA, google "developmental disabilities waiver" and see what comes up. It may be your state has something to offer you too
I've been looking around and haven't found anything for Kansas. But thank you, it's nice to know that at least such a thing exists somewhere:)
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Yet in my new wildness and freedom I almost welcome the bitterness of alienage. For although nepenthe has calmed me, I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men.
-H. P. Lovecraft, "The Outsider"
Lazy
Motivation
Finally renewed credit card today. It expired in August. Online. Did not have to phone.
Just because someone has a better outcome than you, doesn't mean that they have a better method.
For example, I am 36 and don't yet wear glasses. Doesn't mean my diet is better than someone that wears glasses. Because some people were born blind.
Macarena
Ho him
Fe fi fo fum
Nothing to do all day long
Everything and everyone is usel, stupid and boring. Especially myself.
Kind of hot temperature.
Felt like gorging every single day.
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Who cares about structural engineering?
Equal employment opportunity commission 2012 gender. Take your dog to work day. Personality disorders.
My situation would not have been just like mister redelings or Warren pottebaum , with structural engineering
They are skinny smart handsome cisgender neurotypical white men.
Structural engineering would just have made me overqualified for more jobs
Cognitive science is like, whatever
Just like psychology
Plenty of unemployed and underemployed psychology majors
Besides intake clinician, not many jobs require bachelor in psychology
Skin old
Living it up
Doubt the insurance covers neurologist, or autism service
Applied behavior analysis, occupational therapist, speech therapist $$$$$
Insurance will barely cover counseling
Itchy skin
Knees and feet stiff and sore.
Rapidly gaining weight
Considering bulimia
Metabolism is only getting slower s**t
Want to sit around talking to
Warren pottebaum but before and after class he is talking to someone else
Will Letchworth penis
They act like every thought and emotion that goes through their stupidass head is, the latest greatest scientific invention
"What?" Sounds calloused and rude , especially from will Letchworth penis's trap
Idiots that say "what" instead of "excuse me" , should be sent to jail for, discrimination against people with speech impediment
Slippery slope
Moot point
Executive processing dysfunctional
Motivation
Finally renewed credit card today. It expired in August. Online. Did not have to phone.
Just because someone has a better outcome than you, doesn't mean that they have a better method.
For example, I am 36 and don't yet wear glasses. Doesn't mean my diet is better than someone that wears glasses. Because some people were born blind.
Macarena
Ho him
Fe fi fo fum
Nothing to do all day long
Everything and everyone is usel, stupid and boring. Especially myself.
Kind of hot temperature.
Felt like gorging every single day.
Limiting reagent
Who cares about structural engineering?
Equal employment opportunity commission 2012 gender. Take your dog to work day. Personality disorders.
My situation would not have been just like mister redelings or Warren pottebaum , with structural engineering
They are skinny smart handsome cisgender neurotypical white men.
Structural engineering would just have made me overqualified for more jobs
Cognitive science is like, whatever
Just like psychology
Plenty of unemployed and underemployed psychology majors
Besides intake clinician, not many jobs require bachelor in psychology
Skin old
Living it up
Doubt the insurance covers neurologist, or autism service
Applied behavior analysis, occupational therapist, speech therapist $$$$$
Insurance will barely cover counseling
Itchy skin
Knees and feet stiff and sore.
Rapidly gaining weight
Considering bulimia
Metabolism is only getting slower s**t
Want to sit around talking to
Warren pottebaum but before and after class he is talking to someone else
Will Letchworth penis
They act like every thought and emotion that goes through their stupidass head is, the latest greatest scientific invention
"What?" Sounds calloused and rude , especially from will Letchworth penis's trap
Idiots that say "what" instead of "excuse me" , should be sent to jail for, discrimination against people with speech impediment
Slippery slope
Moot point
Executive processing dysfunctional
thanks for the good news about your credit card.
in my safe driving class, the teacher advised slowing down 20% in rain, 40% in snow, and staying home for ice. just don't try to start fast, stop fast, or turn fast and you will do your usual good.
This is a really weird book why would a non Scottish football fan write about the old firm for other non Scottish football fans? It's full of nonsense.
Oh well once I'm through it I'm reading the James Connolly reader
I'm not so special he's telling everyone to ignore him and calling them names haha.
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It keeps me forgetting that things beyond it perceives and believes, is actually on the here and now, is unconditional, pure and endless.
Ego's idea of 'pure' is 'good'. It is not. Promise.
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in my safe driving class, the teacher advised slowing down 20% in rain, 40% in snow, and staying home for ice. just don't try to start fast, stop fast, or turn fast and you will do your usual good.
If I didn't drive when the roads were icy I'd be a shut-in from December through March. All one can really do is learn to anticipate more in advance. Specifically for turning, in a front driver you can use your left foot on the brake pedal while not removing your right one from the gas. This does two things: One, front drivers don't like to turn without (at least slight) throttle input so it keeps the front wheels pulling you through the turn instead of the engine's coasting making the car less willing to turn. Two, on slippery s**t you want your braking bias more towards the rear than usual because you won't be able to brake hard enough to make the weight shift forward as much, meaning the rear wheels need do more work on slippery s**t. If the throttle cancels out some of your front braking it results in the rears doing more.
Basically, when you're changing speed or direction, one should keep in mind how that impacts the car's weight and momentum. Acceleration moves it back, deceleration moves it forward, turning causes it to move as well (imagine what happens to stuff in the car when you turn hard or take off or stop hard). Even if you have no intentions of hooning, being aware of the physics involved in driving will make you a safer, more competent driver because you'll have a better understanding of how what you just did or what you're doing will impact what you're about to do next.
Rules of thumb are good, but they're always over-simplifications. Driving in a straight line on a flat road with reduced traction doesn't really demand slowing way down. But, even if you don't need to adjust your travel speed, you'll definitely need to reduce your speed while cornering and give yourself more time and room to slow down when approaching corners or anything else that requires braking.
Driving is always on my mind.
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