30 Jun 2011, 5:48 pm
ruennsheng wrote:
What is the best country for Aspies to live in? Must it be a welfare state where the government provides all resources for the Aspie to survive meaningfully?
My country (Singapore) is not so condusive for Aspies. It is too stressful, there are few schools catering to our special needs (even if they do they are always overcrowded), mainstream schools are too overbearing with the emphasis on 'all-round development' (activities inside and outside the curriculum like compulsory community service and school-based activities like Band, Choir and the sports), making me MAD!) and most important of all, it provides no social security funds to Aspies or any other people with disabilities directly. It is idiosyncratic to write this, as job security is the only way to get money in Singapore BUT Aspies are known for being underemployed or unemployed, if I am not mistaken. And as an Asian, I fear double discrimination overseas for being a member of the minorities as well as being 'disabled'.
I wonder what will be the country for Aspies to best live in, where we can live for who we truly and ably are, and not worry about surviving life day-to-day. I know that's hard, as countries around the world are only open to entreprenial talents around the world. I will try my best, I will see how much I can study so that I will be skilled enough to move to a country with a points-based immigration system (particularly for the fields in geography, urban studies, political science or sociology).
And by the way, I think I'd worried too much as a high school senior/Year 12/whatsoever equivalent level student.
My country (Singapore) is not so condusive for Aspies. It is too stressful, there are few schools catering to our special needs (even if they do they are always overcrowded), mainstream schools are too overbearing with the emphasis on 'all-round development' (activities inside and outside the curriculum like compulsory community service and school-based activities like Band, Choir and the sports), making me MAD!) and most important of all, it provides no social security funds to Aspies or any other people with disabilities directly. It is idiosyncratic to write this, as job security is the only way to get money in Singapore BUT Aspies are known for being underemployed or unemployed, if I am not mistaken. And as an Asian, I fear double discrimination overseas for being a member of the minorities as well as being 'disabled'.
I wonder what will be the country for Aspies to best live in, where we can live for who we truly and ably are, and not worry about surviving life day-to-day. I know that's hard, as countries around the world are only open to entreprenial talents around the world. I will try my best, I will see how much I can study so that I will be skilled enough to move to a country with a points-based immigration system (particularly for the fields in geography, urban studies, political science or sociology).
And by the way, I think I'd worried too much as a high school senior/Year 12/whatsoever equivalent level student.
I lived and worked for some years in Singapore and can understand that it is a difficult place to live in. For me it was mostly the buzz that got to me, too many people, smells, colors, etc.
On the other hand I had some advantage with being a foreigner. As a foreigner I'm already a bit "different", so being a bit strange would not matter much. People would think that the different behaviour is due to cultural differences. Of course I still had the usual problems in the office, based on ececutive dysfunctioning. That will be a problem anywhere...
Good thing about Singapore are the facilities, very convenient place to live in (long opening hours, food courts, etc.)
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30 Jun 2011, 7:03 pm
30 Jun 2011, 7:20 pm
flyingdutchman wrote:
I lived and worked for some years in Singapore and can understand that it is a difficult place to live in. For me it was mostly the buzz that got to me, too many people, smells, colors, etc.
On the other hand I had some advantage with being a foreigner. As a foreigner I'm already a bit "different", so being a bit strange would not matter much. People would think that the different behaviour is due to cultural differences. Of course I still had the usual problems in the office, based on ececutive dysfunctioning. That will be a problem anywhere...
Good thing about Singapore are the facilities, very convenient place to live in (long opening hours, food courts, etc.)
On the other hand I had some advantage with being a foreigner. As a foreigner I'm already a bit "different", so being a bit strange would not matter much. People would think that the different behaviour is due to cultural differences. Of course I still had the usual problems in the office, based on ececutive dysfunctioning. That will be a problem anywhere...
Good thing about Singapore are the facilities, very convenient place to live in (long opening hours, food courts, etc.)
Well, flyindutchman, convenience (McDonald's opening all day and night long, for example) is really good. That's a good thing in my country. Other than that, yep, it'll be hard to adapt.
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I would say a country or continent that has no people. Antartica perhaps. 
I like the cold I grew up in Buffalo, NY we had seven feet of snow fall on Christmas eve on time. When I dug out our sidewalk it looked like the trenches of the Hoth battle scene from Empire Strikes Back. I was in heaven, not one person was outside I had the entire street to myself. 
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02 Jul 2011, 7:30 pm
ruennsheng wrote:
It's an imaginary country?
Not a conspiracy theory then... damn
03 Jul 2011, 12:53 am
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