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14 Dec 2014, 8:42 pm

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Then one day while trying to process an oversize workload, there were a few distractions and I was shaking so much that I couldn't work. Luckily the boss was there at the time, so I showed him my shaking hands and he took the job over and told me to go rest and come back when I felt OK again. He knew of my diagnosis, but I think he'd have done that for anybody.

you were very fortunate indeed, to not have somebody who liked to face-to-face you while screaming and expectorating.

Maybe it depends on the workplace. In mine, such overt bullying could have become a disciplinary matter. I never once saw that guy show the slightest trace of anger. He was a Chinese scientist.



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14 Dec 2014, 8:53 pm

ToughDiamond wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
ToughDiamond wrote:
Then one day while trying to process an oversize workload, there were a few distractions and I was shaking so much that I couldn't work. Luckily the boss was there at the time, so I showed him my shaking hands and he took the job over and told me to go rest and come back when I felt OK again. He knew of my diagnosis, but I think he'd have done that for anybody.

you were very fortunate indeed, to not have somebody who liked to face-to-face you while screaming and expectorating.

Maybe it depends on the workplace. In mine, such overt bullying could have become a disciplinary matter. I never once saw that guy show the slightest trace of anger. He was a Chinese scientist.

in the army it was a regular occurrence.



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30 Dec 2014, 4:14 pm

Lobber wrote:
Link to video in question?


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PEBZReXChoA



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30 Dec 2014, 4:18 pm

Depends on how you look at it. Do we naturally hate authority, or is it a reaction to the environment?

It's true that people with Asperger syndrome tend not to "hate" authority, but are rather "resistant" to it, and perhaps skeptical of higher authority. People with AS tend to hate school, for example. This trait is why it's said raising people with AS/autism is more difficult.

On the other hand, I've grown incredibly skeptical of the education system, SpED, etc and their "authority" over me. Whether my AS/autism enhances this, I don't know, but I've grown to hate any kind of authority with implications of oppression.