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The Judge Rotenberg Center uses positive-only programming first for 6 weeks or so on each student and seeing if that works before starting on aversive therapy.


One can still eat well while poor and broke, by going into good restaurants and eating people's leftovers.


If you ever want a pet there is never a shortage; the SPCA kills tons all the time.

I don't know about anyone else, but I don't get joy out of seeing other people's misfortune. It doesn't make me feel better to know others have it far worse. I don't get a sense of superiority from it. People with AS can ill afford that sort of thing. Oh, that person is so much worse than me! I look at people who are successful and wonder how I can modify my strategies to become more successful myself.

Life goes on. If you've had a bad day things could still get better tomorrow

No matter how bad things are, you will always find that you have something to be thankful for if you think hard enough. There is no exception to the rule.

A 32 oz. pop is only 59 cents plus tax at Circle K (okay... that's nowhere near as philosophical as the first two, but I had to mention it).

My sig (see below).

I think Im bipolar

Edit: Oh you meant good..

That I'll die one day :S

This policewoman wrote a formal, long, vicious complaint and put it on an anti-ABA site, and was very angry at the way her son was treated by an ABA therapist who underestimated him, made assumptons about him, used restraints when they weren't needed, perhaps as an aversive, etc. and forced him to do something and made his hands do it when he clearly wasdn't paying attention and wasn't benefitting from the "I'll show him what he's supposed to do and how he's supposed to do it" approach. She makes me feel so much better about the police force. I then saw on TV, on this fictional show, this other woman, also a cop, whose son was handed to her by this woman that said he was autistic and called him a thing and the cop said defensively, "My son is perfectly fine!"

That the random things that stressed me out a year ago are gone. The random things that stress me out now will someday be gone. Or at least that's what my father repeats to me at least ten times a day. I HATE HATE HATE not knowing the outcome. (Yet I can't think very far ahead, either, so I contraindicate.) Wait, wasn't this supposed to be something positive? Uhm, cake batter icecream makes me happy, if at least temporarily.

Wellbutrin. Seriously. What a godsend.

My quality of life has skyrocketed since I started taking it. My anxiety and depression levels are way down, I'm lighter-hearted more often, my concentration has improved, my energy has gone it. It's been wonderful... I still have plenty of issues to sort through, but this med has made it all much less of a chore.

Not that I'm flying high as a kite or anything. I just feel more... um... grounded. So yeah, I'm very thankful. I just wish I'd found the damned stuff sooner...

Well I'm a fighter, I really enjoy fighting. If I come across a problem I fight it.

I think I'm a bit strange but that is how I work.

My work and my pets are a source of comfort to me.

The Judge Rotenberg Center has a HIGH staff turnover rate (apparently).


Also, a student (apparently) signed himself out of the place when he was 18, so is it possible to maintain custody of yourself while inside that place?

I feel safe, with my hair spiked and my jeans cuffed. :O)

I used to feel vulnerable and powerless, as a mop-topped Swinger.

They say there is someone out there for everyone. I don't know if that's true but it is a comforting thought.

Looking at different mummy pics on Google images.

There is always someone more stupid than you.

While there is no pot at the end of the rainbow, don't forget to admire the rainbow itself. Seriously, it's quite the jazz.

PUDDING!! !

a cookie in both hand is a balanced diet