I just wish someone. would help me.

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I just wish someone would help me with apimproving my computer skills. As I've said, I can do next to nothing beyond basic hunt-and-peck posting, as I am doing now . I need someoneone to sit by me and show me what to do - Don' t tell me to " download a tutorial ", I basically CANNOT DOWNLOAD! . I am not asking for money or gifts,but for knowledge. Information.. Likewise, I'd so like help in looking into the possibility of going to community college - In Santa Cruz now, probably a place called Cabrillo - as a stepping stone to going to four-year university. Briefly it would be quite complicated to try, sO would explain at length if someone would help. aGain it is help/encouragement/a sounding board I am asking for, NOT FINANCIAL/MATERIAL THINGS. Please.

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

I hope you find someone to help you. I might be able to give you some tips, unless you absolutely need someone to be there in person.

What would you like to know?

...For the second part, the part about Cabrillo, someone whom I gave the details about it could check out the facts regarding what I need to know from a distance .
Cor the first part? the part about computer knowledge - I'm not sure. I think I'd need someone in front of me, demonstrating what to do . Someone might say " Use Skype " But I don't have access to that.

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

Skype, like everything else nowadays requires you sign up for an account and remember a username and password. It's annoying.

Once when I was unemployed, my computer broke.
So I went to the library and used one of their computers.
While using the library computer, I had some questions.
So I asked a librarian to help me.
The librarian helped me.
I said "thank you."

Yes, as an Aspie,
initiating such a social interaction can feel a bit intimidating.
But it can be done.

...I think I'd really need to be shown how to do stuff on a computer, a test model...requiring more time than a librarian has and deeper use of a test model than would likely be available there .

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

What do you mean by test model?

Have you ever used Craigslist?
You may be able to find someone near you that teaches people how to use computers.
As far as college goes, if you can get there I'm person, you should be able to find an advisor. There job is to help you figure out how to get into school.
That's all I can really say, I think.
I hope you can get the help you need.

...There's a complex reason why it might not be a good idea to try and get credits at Cabrillo? I" d explain it if zI could go into detail about it with someone. IF it wasn't a problem, I could try and apply, though even then it might be more complicated for me - But, first before that? I'd need to get the complex question answered. I' m just in this rehab situation, which I neak l away from to go downtown, I don't have a " real " home - and they may be trying to push me out of here .

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

I usually learn how to do things by watching YouTube videos. I especially like the fact that I can replay certain parts until I get it. Lots of times it takes me hours or days or even months to get the hang of something. A friend told me I needed to boost my computer's abilities for the online game we play together. I don't even remember what it's called or what I did. But by watching a YouTube video a guy showed exactly what all I needed to click on and I got it going. There's a zillion different individual things a person can be taught regarding computer use. So you have to decide which of those you want to learn as a user. If you want an overall comprehensive instruction on Information Technology (IT) the application of computers to store, study, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data, it's going to require someone to sit next to you giving step by step instructions for hours a day for who knows how long. Probably a few weeks.

...I don't have many hours to spend in front of a full computer, trying things over and over again at length, to get something down . All I have access to is this, very touchy, little phone. Even library help from a librarian would probably be limited.to an occasional both, with me having to be rather quiet, in a corner .





6ally learn how to do things by watching YouTube videos. I especially like the fact that I can replay certain parts until I get it. Lots of times it takes me hours or days or even months to get the hang of something. A friend told me I needed to boost my computer's abilities for the online game we play together. I don't even remember what it's called or what I did. 6But by watching a YouTube video a guy showed exactly what all I needed to click on and I got it going. There's a zillion different individual things a person can be taught regarding computer use. So you have to decide which of those you want to learn as a user. If you want an overall comprehensive instruction on Information Technology (IT) the application of computers to store, study, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data, it's going to require someone to sit next to you giving step by step instructions for hours a day for who knows how long. Probably a few weeks.[/quote]

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

The types of questions I asked the librarian were:

1) How do I scan a hardcopy paper form that I filled out into your computer system so that I can send an electronic copy of it by e-mail to an employer?

2) How do I print a file from my e-mail to your printer?

3) The library computer screen looks different from my computer, so how do I get to the Internet so I can use Google?

Nobody made me go to a corner or asked me to be quiet.

They were very helpful, even when I had to ask about using the printer twice because the first time I tried, it didn't work like I expected.