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Anonymous:
Hi Ryan welcome to the group. Hope can heard some of your good insights about office furniture. Thanks :cheers:

Ursus:

--- Quote from: "Officefurniture159" ---Hi Ryan welcome to the group. Hope can heard some of your good insights about office furniture. Thanks :cheers:
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Ya mean... like about the HOT SEAT ??! . . .  :D

cmack:
Hello, Ryan: May I ask you a question about Aspergers? According to this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome "The lack of demonstrated empathy is possibly the most dysfunctional aspect of Asperger syndrome." However, by reading your posts on this forum you seem to display a lot of empathy. In both your original post and in your responses you seemed to have concern not only in how you were perceived, but also for the feelings of others. May I ask what criteria was used to diagnose you and do you think it is an accurate diagnosis? I understand if this is too personal and you don't want to answer. I won't be offended. I just don't know much about Aspergers and am trying to understand better.

Aether:
No worries, that's a fair and valid question; quite simply put, I have a heart. I never let myself feed in to the energy drawn by the Asperger syndrome label. I was diagnosed with this particular "disorder" because of my social anxiety and depression while in program. Apparently when people aren't thrilled to be thousands of miles away from home, family, and friends often against their own accord, the system can justify without question to keep children too medicated to complain. My integrity prevents me from finding ways to exploit the label for my own gain. Much like homosexuality was removed from the list of mental disorders in the early 1970's, I I feel Asperger's should experience the same fate. The problem lies in that these diagnoses are created by the medical industry, which desires to categorize people who display behaviors and methods of learning contrary to what stands as the institutionalized norm. In other words, the autism spectrum is seen through the scope and lens of individuals who don't process information the same way. When authority figures attempt to look like they are trying to "understand" people with learning disorders, it comes off as patronizing and condescending. Whether or not Asperger's is real is irrelevant; we are just like anyone else. We have feelings, empathy, a sense of right and wrong, and the natural instinct to demonstrate benevolence towards others and to fight for what we believe in.

cmack:

--- Quote from: "Aether" --- I was diagnosed with this particular "disorder" because of my social anxiety and depression while in program. Apparently when people aren't thrilled to be thousands of miles away from home, family, and friends often against their own accord, the system can justify without question to keep children too medicated to complain. ... Whether or not Asperger's is real is irrelevant; we are just like anyone else. We have feelings, empathy, a sense of right and wrong, and the natural instinct to demonstrate benevolence towards others and to fight for what we believe in.
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Wow, thanks for the response. I'm going to need more time to formulate an intelligent reply that doesn't come across as a mad rant. I hate it when people dump labels on kids. I don't know you and I'm not a psychologist so I don't know if it was the right diagnosis or not, but I admire you for not allowing other peoples' labels and diagnosis to define you. Stay strong.

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