A little over a year ago, Irene Brody began a group for Asperger’s Syndrome adults to meet others on the Autism Spectrum at the Open Center for Autism in Hurley, NY. Even though the Open Center is now closed due to lack of funding, that group she started is able to continue meeting at another location in Kingston.
If you, or anyone else you know of, that is an adult on the Autism Spectrum and is looking for a social group that understands and accepts aspies (Asperger’s Syndrome people), please let them know about the Aspies of the Round Table.
Further information about A.R.T. can be found at the blog:
hudsonvalleyaspergers.blogspot.com
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Matthew 7:12, “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”
Everyone is different. Some want to treat others the same way they want to be treated. Others would like to receive treatment that they do not want to give.
Since I prefer living by this law of God stated in Matthew 7:12 (now better known as The Golden Rule), I have decided to turn off comments in my category for my faith. Religion and politics are hot-beds of controversy. I won’t even write about politics, so that’s why I don’t have a category for my politics (although I do have some links to support the way I lean politically).
I do enjoy observing well-organized formal debates, but I do not like to argue with others. Everyone has the right to express their opinions and everyone has the right to decide what they accept as facts and/or truth.
Whoever does not like what I say in my blog can simply ignore it. That’s what I do with blogs where people express things I don’t agree with. I feel that to go into someone else’s space and tell them what to do is akin to trespassing. When people do such things, it’s as if they’re saying, “What’s mine is mine, and what’s yours is mine too.”
This is why it is so important for everyone to have their own space with boundaries. Unfortunately the price of keeping out unwelcome comments also means excluding welcome ones.
So, for those of you who like to inject unwelcome comments, please stop to think (that is, assuming you care) about how selfish you’re being. Thank you.
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Do I have a life? Did I have one? Will I ever have one? What do people mean when they tell someone to “Get a life?” How does one even converse with someone that has no life? . . . wouldn’t that make it absurd to even make such a remark to a person?
I know those kids mean, “Get your own life!” Then I ask, “How does someone steal another person’s life?” Identities get stolen, but how does one acquire another person’s life? Even if s/he took the life of another human being by murdering him or her, s/he can’t absorb the recent victim’s life to have it replace her or his own.
We can waste parts of our life by not utilizing our talents to serve our purpose here on earth. Take me for example. Surely I must be wasting a section of my life and yours (assuming you’re still reading this) here and now by writing what I am, especially when it’s an absolutely gorgeous day outdoors (cold, but with bright Finn colors—blue and white)? But how do you or I know that my purpose here on earth isn’t to use my talent for making people think?
Whose decision is it to tell me what to make people think about? It’s my decision when what other people do, because of their lack of thought, affects my life. It’s my duty to affect the lives of other people. We’re all doing it anyhow . . . some unconsciously, some consciously.
So, who would disagree with the logic that since everyone is having an effect upon others around them, everyone should increase their awareness of what effect they are having upon those others? If they don’t care, then that means we, who are being affected by the I Don’t Give A Crap About You Syndrome folks, need to make up for their deficiencies. Maybe that’s why I feel like people think I care too much about how other people think. Why do I think that? Because there must be some reason for people often telling me I analyze things too much. Those are the ones who aren’t analyzing things enough (especially their own self behavior and thoughts).
