Comments on: Toward a New Sense of Belonging, Part 5: Self-Acceptance http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/05/24/toward-a-new-sense-of-belonging-part-5-self-acceptance/ Ethics, Disability Rights, and Reports from Life on the Spectrum Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:06:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rachel http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/05/24/toward-a-new-sense-of-belonging-part-5-self-acceptance/comment-page-1/#comment-159582 Rachel Wed, 25 May 2011 17:01:52 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=2411#comment-159582 No, except for standard eye exams, I haven't had my vision tested. My visual issues really don't give me any trouble at this point. Once I started blocking my most sensitive sense (my hearing), I found that I had more energy freed up for processing the visual world. I now find that the visual world gives me great delight and doesn't overload me at all. No, except for standard eye exams, I haven’t had my vision tested. My visual issues really don’t give me any trouble at this point. Once I started blocking my most sensitive sense (my hearing), I found that I had more energy freed up for processing the visual world. I now find that the visual world gives me great delight and doesn’t overload me at all.

]]> By: Liz http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/05/24/toward-a-new-sense-of-belonging-part-5-self-acceptance/comment-page-1/#comment-159283 Liz Tue, 24 May 2011 23:53:45 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=2411#comment-159283 Hey Rachel, Great blog! I have vestibular/visual issues too. Has anyone tested your vision (ie. Developmental Optometrist)? Hey Rachel,
Great blog! I have vestibular/visual issues too. Has anyone tested your vision (ie. Developmental Optometrist)?

]]> By: Taylor Selseth http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/05/24/toward-a-new-sense-of-belonging-part-5-self-acceptance/comment-page-1/#comment-68967 Taylor Selseth Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:51:36 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=2411#comment-68967 Wonderful post. Until I was diagnosed with AS when I was 15 I was constantly accused of being lazy, a liar, and/or making excuses. it left me with emotional scars that are still trying to heal. Those experiences more than anything else makes me furious whenever I hear the insensitive "you pull yourself by your bootstraps and quit making excuses for your laziness" rhetoric from close-minded people and/or those of a certain political persuasion. Wonderful post. Until I was diagnosed with AS when I was 15 I was constantly accused of being lazy, a liar, and/or making excuses. it left me with emotional scars that are still trying to heal. Those experiences more than anything else makes me furious whenever I hear the insensitive “you pull yourself by your bootstraps and quit making excuses for your laziness” rhetoric from close-minded people and/or those of a certain political persuasion.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/05/24/toward-a-new-sense-of-belonging-part-5-self-acceptance/comment-page-1/#comment-57058 Rachel Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:23:35 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=2411#comment-57058 Great idea! Great idea!

]]> By: mdh http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/05/24/toward-a-new-sense-of-belonging-part-5-self-acceptance/comment-page-1/#comment-57057 mdh Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:58:19 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=2411#comment-57057 Also, consider trying in-ear headphones rather than earplugs. Nobody needs to know you don't have an iPod at the other end. Also, consider trying in-ear headphones rather than earplugs. Nobody needs to know you don’t have an iPod at the other end.

]]> By: mdh http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/05/24/toward-a-new-sense-of-belonging-part-5-self-acceptance/comment-page-1/#comment-57056 mdh Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:55:11 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=2411#comment-57056 Thanks for this. Awesome and spot on. Thanks for this. Awesome and spot on.

]]> By: Erin http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/05/24/toward-a-new-sense-of-belonging-part-5-self-acceptance/comment-page-1/#comment-53470 Erin Sun, 31 May 2009 03:24:42 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=2411#comment-53470 Rachael - beautifully written, as always. Your last paragraph warms my heart. :) Rachael – beautifully written, as always. Your last paragraph warms my heart. :)

]]> By: John Dale Lyons http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/05/24/toward-a-new-sense-of-belonging-part-5-self-acceptance/comment-page-1/#comment-50595 John Dale Lyons Tue, 26 May 2009 19:42:18 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=2411#comment-50595 Thanks, Jeniifer. Thanks, Jeniifer.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/05/24/toward-a-new-sense-of-belonging-part-5-self-acceptance/comment-page-1/#comment-50344 Jennifer Tue, 26 May 2009 10:59:03 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=2411#comment-50344 To be honest, John, perhaps I too would have been one of those dismissers. It's hard for an NT to show empathy for Aspies (it sounds like I'm making a joke- but I'm being ironically serious.) If there hadn't been Aspies in the family, it'd be too hard for me to contemplate. Last week, I took my daughters to a theme park, and on the bus back home, the middle one had her fingers in her ears to block out the noise. I paused and listened. All I could hear was the low key murmer/homogenous hum of passenger conversations. There was nothing there that could disturb me. I asked her whether the sound of people talking bothered her (and remember there was no distinct conversation audible) and she said 'yes.' I told her to try to relax, and she replied that she was already trying to relax but she couldn't because of the noise. It'd be so hard to explain to people that the sounds of the theme park didn't bother her, but that the background noise of a bus did. It doesn't make sense, but I know it is so. Perhaps it's a matter of time, but maybe one day people will be more clued-up to Aspies. To be honest, John, perhaps I too would have been one of those dismissers.
It’s hard for an NT to show empathy for Aspies (it sounds like I’m making a joke- but I’m being ironically serious.)
If there hadn’t been Aspies in the family, it’d be too hard for me to contemplate.

Last week, I took my daughters to a theme park, and on the bus back home, the middle one had her fingers in her ears to block out the noise. I paused and listened. All I could hear was the low key murmer/homogenous hum of passenger conversations. There was nothing there that could disturb me. I asked her whether the sound of people talking bothered her (and remember there was no distinct conversation audible) and she said ‘yes.’ I told her to try to relax, and she replied that she was already trying to relax but she couldn’t because of the noise.

It’d be so hard to explain to people that the sounds of the theme park didn’t bother her, but that the background noise of a bus did. It doesn’t make sense, but I know it is so.

Perhaps it’s a matter of time, but maybe one day people will be more clued-up to Aspies.

]]> By: John Dale Lyons http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/05/24/toward-a-new-sense-of-belonging-part-5-self-acceptance/comment-page-1/#comment-50290 John Dale Lyons Tue, 26 May 2009 09:17:46 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=2411#comment-50290 There are many of us out there who still feel unaccepted. When you try to explain this stuff, it's dismissed as excuses or psychobabble. I hope I can keep working until retirement, but I feel I'm regressing.And I have never had good self-eseem (some people perhaps have too much self-esteem, but not Aspies). There are many of us out there who still feel unaccepted. When you try to explain this stuff, it’s dismissed as excuses or psychobabble. I hope I can keep working until retirement, but I feel I’m regressing.And I have never had good self-eseem (some people perhaps have too much self-esteem, but not Aspies).

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