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Help me understand autism (and Asperger Syndrome)
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Hi Escapists, how are you ? :)
So as the thread name suggest I would like to have some help on something.
I have a couple people I know that have what is called autism and some have Asperger syndrome to which I tried to understand what it is...
Has someone who believe firmly in compassion and understanding I would like you to help me a bit on this one. :)
The reason why I'm asking this is because I met one of my childhood friend not too long ago and he said to me that he was diagnose with Asperger syndrome. Everything was okay but ever since I remet him, I can't help but feel like he's a rater... rude.
I remember going to a EB Games and just before leaving the shop I said a little joke (don't remember what it was), right after he ''jokingly'' said to the cashier how his job doesn't contribute to society and how he should rethink his life.
I was shocked, I told him that his behavior was rater rude and the only excuse I got was ''Well I have autism remember ?'' to which I was insulted, like he was shielding his bad behavior by a diagnosis.
I know another person who has autism and he's even worse. I talked to him two or three times and he really was a nice guy but his roommates warned me that he was a dangerous guy: he threatened his roommates more than three times with a knives to which the police always came at the right time but never got shit for it because of his autism.
I must say, I'm confused. I heard that autistic people have difficulties with social interaction but from what I've seen, I tend to go to the conclusion that autistic people are rude.
I'm sure there's more to it though, that's why I'm asking you guys because I know there's a lot of people who have the spectrum here.
So yeah :) Autism talk.
tl;dr : I don't get autism, if you're autistic or know someone who is, help me understand what is it like to have autism.
I have asperger's syndrome (diagnosed age 12 by a professional) and I admit to being rude a few times, here's a great example. In high school me and my ROTC classmates had taken to calling breasts "torpedoes" since they're shaped like the warheads on one. I went up to a girl and told her she had torpedoes big enough to sink the bismark. I was slapped so hard my glasses flew across the hall. Let me explain my logic, if a woman tells a man he has big balls it's generally accepted as a compliment so in my mind telling a woman she had big breasts would be the equivalent owing to a female lack of testicles.
On other subjects my opinion is based on my own personal logic so I figure if people can express their opinions then I should be able to express mine, sadly mine aren't always popular because they're not based on emotions. My hatred ot the US military is a great example, everyone else seems too emotional about it and they ignore the atrocities they've committed. I don't share the emotions so I go based on the facts and no doubt if I said on Facebook that I hate the military my entire friend's list would delete me.
If I come across as an asshole give me a chance to explain, I'll always explain my thought process from start to finish. As for the whole threatening thing, we autistic people are prone to meltdowns where we just explode in anger or depression. Some of us are violent (I'm not, I just swear a lot). Everyone with autism needs a coping method like in my case I go somewhere to calm down.
One of the problem's associated with autism is the inability to understand something from someone else's perspective. you think something is heavy, he thinks its light. That individual, on a most basic level, cannot comprehend why you would think an object is light (Weight wise) when from his perspective, it's heavy.
Basically, its one form of lacking empathy.
So, if an autistic person thinks your a useless piece of human trash, he probably thinks that person knows he's a useless piece of human trash. Most autistic, by the time their all grown up, know this (Intellectually) not to be true, even if they instinctively can't. And some autistic people just don't give two shits about it either way.
I guess a better way of explaining it is that autistic people frequently have problems placing themselves in other peoples shoes. So they (Some) don't really understand or care whats rude or not.
I am not a mental health specialist. This is just my understanding of the matter.
Autism is a mental defect you get at birth, or very soon after birth.
That's all I can think to say about the matter. Everyone is different, including people with autism. We just have more trouble with people because it's difficult to know what is right or wrong to say at given moments. Sometimes people will act perfectly normal and then suddenly say something rude completely out of the blue. The best thing to do is let them know it wasn't the right thing to do but not be a dick about it.
[1] This may come from being socially awkward or the different thought patterns cause social awkwardness, I'm not exactly sure.
Well...autism is a spectrum, you have people who have it to various degrees. Aspergers is something that people with very mild autism have.
Basically, people with autism have minds that work in somewhat different ways to people that don't. Generally, social skills are noticeably affected.
Given that society is more or less set up on the assumption that people don't have autism, people that do have problems.
I have an autistic spectrum disorder which noone wants to give a more specific diagnosis to, so it's a "not otherwise specified" job.
I'm incredibly "high functioning" on the autistic spectrum though, and that actually means I have few noticeable symptoms. I don't seem to suffer from the stereotypical "mind-blindness", for example, in fact I'm actually quite good at guessing what other people are thinking because I don't tend to take anything on instinct, I guess you could say I think about other people quite intellectually and methodically and often that seems to work really well.
Growing up I definitely wasn't so good though and I often found people very threatening or assumed they had hostile intent simply because I couldn't understand what they wanted. I also developed depression quite young, which often stems from autism and in my case was linked to a kind of obsessive repetition of certain thought patterns which resulted in very negative conclusions. I used to take things very literally in the past, as well, and got easily upset or offended. I suspect that as I've got older I've learned to use my brain to compensate for areas in which I'm weak, which is probably why I'm quite asymptomatic now.
The other thing I find is that I have certain cognitive abilities which I suspect are much better than most people and others which are worse. I can wheel out whole encyclopedias of random stuff I learned or was interested in when I was eight, but I have some difficulty with managing time and remembering to do basic tasks.
I also now work with people who have very severe autism, so severe in fact that they wouldn't be able to post on this forum, so I like to think I have an overview (if slightly biased towards the extremes) of the whole autistic spectrum. One thing I can say from this is that autism can mean just about anything. High functioning autists like myself tend to put ourselves forward as representatives of autism in general and to assume that our symptoms, experiences and needs are the same as other autistic people or even other autistic people with a similar diagnosis when actually they're often really not. For example, the kind of control I seem to have over my symptoms seems to be very rare, even among high functioning autists, so while I could give a lot of advice on that basis there's no guarantee any of it would help you understand your friend.
My feeling, though, is that most people shouldn't really use autism as an excuse. It is an excuse on some levels, like any learning difficulty, but expecting it to function as such in general society is not fair. Unless you're so autistic that you can't go out without a carer, noone is going to take autism as an excuse and as unfair as it might seem at first, noone has to. I don't buy the neurodiversity line that expecting autists to exhibit any form of normal behavior is abusive, particularly since many autistic people aspire to live as close to a normal life as possible. There is no way to force an autistic person to stop being autistic, but there are ways of learning how to act better in social situations by using your autistic mind to think through them and unless you're willing to completely renounce the idea of living a normalish life alongside neurotypical people, I think it's kind of silly not to try.
I've met extremely autistic people who are actually very pleasant to talk to, because they've been drilled by the care system to be meticulously polite, and they're often extremely good at being attentive to what other people are saying. Overall, I (personally) think that you should feel bad when someone points out to you that you've been rude, because that feeling gives you the resolve to try not to do it again. The only people who should really be exempt are those who have no capacity to learn from their actions.
I'd be careful about saying that to your friends, but at the same time it's often something people who haven't been through the social care system miss out on. People get diagnosed with autism, end up receiving very little care or formal support and thus simply assume that it's some immutable thing they can't control. To a certain extent they're always right, but there are often little things you can do to help make yourself more pleasant to be around or avoid the worst of it.
I don't think autism has to mean rude. I think it always entails having a slightly weird way of interacting or organizing social relationships, but that doesn't have to break down into outright rudeness. To a certain extent it depends on the person, but it also depends on their attitude and how they manage themselves, the same as any mental condition.
You might find this an interesting read. A faculty member at Colorado State has autism and this translates very well in working with animals.
For example, "Today, at least half of all cattle in the United States and Canada, as well as many in other countries, are handled in humane slaughter systems designed by Grandin. Her animal welfare guidelines have become the gold standard in the $80 billion meat-packing industry."
Autism and Aspergers syndrome are usually very different from person to person, in my experience. I myself have Asperger and I often feel that other aspies are very different from myself. Autism is another subject to me, as such I'll refrain from talking about that.
As far as I've noticed, Aspergers is worst when combined with another disorder. My cousin has AS, as well as OCD and depressions, wich makes her issues VERY difficult. Several people I've met who have been outright difficult to deal with (rudeness, agression etc) usually have something more than just Aspergers.
As Xan Krieger mentioned, we are sometimes prone to breakdowns. I get mine when I'm stressed or scared, usually in situations "normal" people would just shrug. For example, my mom was worried for my safety after a stranger told me I shouldn't have a dog and I just broke down and screamed in anger and fear because my dog is the most precious thing to me and the fear of having people report me for taking bad care/responsibility for her was so strong that it overwhelmed me. In some, this can make us have violent outbursts, others just cry uncontrollably, none of us like it.
The best advice I can give to interacting with aspies and autists is really to just be a good person with them. Learn what upsets them, learn how to deal with that, become a person that is comfortable for them. I'm not saying you should coddle them, not at all, just that if you are an ass to an aspie we react (and feel) about 10 times worse than a "normal" person.
Also, don't lie. Please, I cannot stand liers and neither could any aspies I've talked to. All aspies I've met like animals (I really mean all, but I haven't met all aspies in the world), and when asked why they like animals that first answer has always been "they don't lie to you". You know the quote "we teach our kids to speak and walk then we expect them to sit still and be quiet"? I usually add "we are taught to be honest and then we are told not to speak the truth."
One common thing people think about us is that we have trouble with empathy, I'd like to point out that the studies that showed this where preformed on very young children (sorry, I have no link, all I can say is that the psychiatrist who told me this has dedicated her life to studying autism and it's spectrum), and most aspies had no more difficulties with empathy than others at the age of 7 or so. I'll try to find a source if asked.
I'm not sure if anything here helps or if I just made you more confused, but I hope that it helped a little bit at least.
That's what struck me about the story - I have (properly diagnosed, thankyou) Aspergers and am far more on the introversion end of the spectrum. I'm rarely rude to people, intentionally anyway, because it's a struggle to talk to people half the time. Even if I could I'm aware enough that blatantly insulting people is rude.
So, OP, despite having the same problem (roughly), I can't understand your friends' actions any better than you can. People with autism still have distinct personalities.
Personally, it isn't the fact of the lie that bothers me, because everyone lies. What's annoying is that unless it's really obvious, I can't read the person well enough to know they're lying to me. The fact that people are lying to me upsets me far less than not being able to tell does.
Yo. Person with autism here.
My brother and I were both born with autism, and he was hit a bit harder than I was.
According to my parents, when I was little, there was a period in my life where I did not talk at all. I was also obsessed with routines and structure. If I felt we weren't going to make it to someplace on time or if something changes in our daily routine, I would get freaked out.
For example, I would have a bunch of dinosaur toys all lined up facing a certain direction. If anyone moves a toy out of line, I would get upset.
My social skills were also pretty bad. I would act out a lot in public, and I would find myself being very rude to people and interrupting them. And I have also used my autism as an excuse for my behavior before, and when I look back on that, I feel ashamed.
I'm a lot better about this kind of thing now, but unfortunately, my brother still has problems.
For example, recently he was told that we were going somewhere at 5:00. My dad then decided we would go earlier than that and as a result, when we were leaving, my brother, who was in the middle of playing a game got anxious and upset that we weren't leaving at the time he was told. I told him that he could pause the game and play it when we got back, but he still acted up. He's very obsessed with structure and routine in his life and if something happens that upsets that structure, he reacts negatively.
He also doesn't seem to have much of a filter. He would often interrupt conversations with questions unrelated to the subject, say inappropriate things, or talk in a movie theater. It can be pretty frustrating.
So yeah, that's my experience with autism.
All you have to understand about autism is that it makes you House.
I don't care what "disease" they have. If they are an asshole, I will treat them like an asshole. If they are nice, I will treat them nice.
Diagnosed with autism myself (bit later then most people would be, only knowing it for a year now). And I have to say, there are so many forms of autism that you most likely won't meet 2 people with the same form. I for instance can't read emotions and sometimes the world is like a puzzle with a piece missing, certain objects won't pop up untill someone guides me to it. And if more then one person talks to me at a single time I can panic and try to find a more save haven.
Edit, I also have to add that it takes a long while before I can trust people and there are only a few people I truelly allow to touch me (other's aren't allowed to since it doesn't exactly comfort me).
it really can vary a lot from person to person. i had a friends brother who was very autistic and had much trouble communicating in a way that others would understand. at one point he had other friends at a centre for people with similar conditions but they had to move because they lived in a council house and needed more space. ever since then he will ask you how many friends you can fit into a room, often saying you could get thousands into any given room, and talk about having them all over to have a party. thats about the limit of what he will say to you. just going over and over those 2 points. he then will escape into his drumming he has got a full drum kit in his room and will play the thing day and night at random, he is really good but he only does random beats always jumping from one thing to another. touching anything of his, drumkit mainly, was totally out and physical contact was not on the cards either.
then another time i didnt not know this person as well we were doing some cooking together about 10 of us in a big kitchen for a big group of people. so it was mass chopping stuff up. he was ok with that but was slow and would get distracted unless his mother would point him back to what he was supposed to be doing. by the end he was still on his task while the rest of us had done several others. he got a bit distressed when we had to take some of the things that he was supposed to chop and do them for him and started trying to race us. thankfully we didnt have to do many so he calmed down. at one point he was talking about his love for meat and big steaks and such, wile living in a vegan community, so not exactly the most diplomatic view to be talking about in a very loud voice. at one point i held his hand and while he did not like it he accepted it and did not get overly upset.
then i have a friend with aspergers (not sure if official or self diagnosed) now this guy you could mistake for just being a bit socially awkward but sometimes you look at him at a party or gathering and see a sort of blank expression on his fase as if he is trying to work out what is going on. he spent much of his school life in the library not having many friends but has branched out a bit more later in life.
i dont think any one singular definition can ever hope to explain the conditions but generally a lack of ability to understand what others are thinking and being unable to place themselfs into others shoes to work out the correct responce to any given social situation.
Pretty much the same for me, but I also hate how people are so inconsistent (ie. tell you to be honest and then get mad for being so) but the annoyance with it lies heavily in not being able to tell that it's lying, like you said. It makes me feel stupid, and sometimes makes people treat me like I'm stupid. That everyone lies have just made me more suspicious over the years and have, at times, given me issues with trust and such.
As for me, I have difficulty reading other people's faces and expressions, so I generally can't pick up on something unless it is conveyed in words and have difficulty detecting sarcasm. I can be too direct for some people's tastes, but nothing like a lot of the examples other people have posted (I used to be more like that as a child, but I learned to control myself and to substitute rules for instinctive comprehension). I have a great deal of difficulty expressing my emotions, which probably contributes somewhat to my periods of depression, and also leads a lot of people to behave as if I don't have feelings at all, or to project their expectations of what I should be feeling onto me when I feel nothing of the sort.
I like to schedule things and plan them out in advance (although I do not actually require a regular schedule, just some breathing room to prepare myself for things), and am generally displeased by surprises of any variety.
I find contact with other people draining, and am generally nervous around others unless I know them very well. I don't make friends easily, and am very bad at 'networking' with people.
I tend to get obsessive with both my work (translation) and my hobbies (especially reading), and will sometimes focus on one to the exclusion of everything else.
Being diagnosed with autism as a small child (although I was not actually informed of the diagnosis until the age of 21), resulted in my suffering about a decade of abuse at the hands of my local school system, which thought that confusion, requests for more specific instructions, and a need to occasionally go stand alone in the hall for a while were problems best solved by medication for conditions I don't have (which gave me mood swings, uncontrolled weight-gain, and started my issues with depression) and frequent physical and emotional abuse from a staff who were consistently shielded from receiving any consequences for their actions.
On the whole, I wish that society would be more accepting, or at least aware, of non-neurotypical standards of communication. If I have to spend every day working hard to pretend to be like you in exchange for, on average, doing measurably superior work for less pay, and a significantly increased risk of suffering serious ill-treatment, then you ought to have at least some awareness that I exist.
I'd also like it if people in gaming communities would stop throwing the name of my condition around as an insult. I know there are a bunch of assholes who try to use it as an excuse to never learn manners, but it's still hurtful and deserves to be criticized as much as all the other slurs people throw around in this community.
Speaking as someone diagnosed (by a doctor) with Asperger's Syndrome (back when nobody knew what it was), I guess autism can be described as a different way of seeing the world. Which is nice... but it makes socializing a bit awkward.
I don't really understand it this well but from what I understand it is a syndrome that makes you less perceptive to other peoples emotions, body language and expressions which can cause a disconnect in social interactions.
Other than that I am pretty clueless as well.
As someone who is autistic, I was told that it is the different mapping of the brain than is usual for humans. So it differs form person to person so yah.
Well, I'm dignosed with Asperger's (and OCD, and they overlap a bit), but like several other posters have said before, everyone is an individual.
The issues I have are mainly with recognising faces and facial expressions. I like cartoons and comics more than live-action because it makes it easier to tell people apart and know what emotion they're expressing.
Also I wish people would just be honest.
'I have Aspergers.' isn't an excuse for being a jerk.
I love animals.
With humans, who knows? I find it easy to interact with people who have well-defined roles in the interaction, for example if I'm dealing with someone whose job it is to do something for me (like a waiter), I know how I'm supposed to act and what I'm expected to do.
Without that framework, it's difficult.
Autism is literally just a medical term for "ok I dont understand him/her why arent they like the rest of us?". The whole autisim diagnosis is just a huge "pool up things we dont get and call it a disease". Ive been told before when I was a child I had Asperger syndrome too. All it was is that Im a very logical thinker and alot of what people do is stupid and illogical, so I dont tend to socialize with them much, as a result I dont have much experience with sugar coating or B/Sing for the sake of being social. Its not some disease that makes it impossible for me to be social or something its just an active choice influenced by my choice to take life more logically than others. Where others see "going out getting hammered/having a good time" I see "idiots wasting braincells and making 'friends' who will never be there for them". So I guess in my case I just got an extra does of reality.rx and it makes it hard for me to socialize with those that are deficient in vitamin reality.
In short: Autism is a remarkably lazy categorization of those who dont act like the "norm". And as such some individuals in the medical community treat it like its a disease to be different and try to diagnose it like one. As appose to understanding why this is or understanding how it is different people act differently for different reasons they label it as "autistic" and brand you as mentally diseased because they dont get it.
But if "lack of empathy" or "not being able to see other peoples perspective" is a part of autism, is there any relation (on a biological/neurological level) to sociopathy?
Is anyone here with enough knowledge in medicine / neurology to answer that?
Your friend may or may not be autistic, but that doesn't matter because he's just a jerk. I'm actually high-functioning autistic myself (the diagnosis for Asperger's Syndrome no longer officially exists as a separate thing), but I never see it as an excuse for when I fuck up in a social situation. When I do something rude, I have to realize the mistake and then not do it again. It can be a challenge, but anyone who doesn't even try to improve is just a dick.
Yeah, autism varies wildly, and no two people with it are the same (all that it really is is abnormal brain chemistry), but whatever form it takes, it's never an excuse for not being a good person. End of story.
Autism =/= Lack of empathy.
EDIT: Edited for clarity.
I wouldn't say autism means you don't have empathy. Rather that you can't figure out how other people feel.
On a neurological level, autism is kinda an umbrella term for a number of things.
I have Aspergers myself, though it's very high functioning so I only have a few odd symptoms. Everything is very black-and-white with me, I don't easily understand/accept grey areas in logic or reasoning. I also admit I can be a bit rude at times, but I don't mean to. It's also harder to read other people's emotions and facial expressions, as others have said.
Also, that guy is an idiot, using it as an excuse to be a prick. I know when I was very young and diagnosed, I tried that BS, but my parents quickly snapped me into line and I realized it's not some excuse. As I grew older, I understood that a lot better.
It's not all just disabilities though, I have a very VERY strong imagination and creativity that many people in my life have never even heard of. I also am very good at staying concentrated on something once I get going. Also, I am very schedule and structure based. I like it, I like routines. I work the same shifts at work with maybe a 1 hour variable at the end cause that's what works best for me. I also like to plan things out in a timely manner when I can.
One big thing is my empathy. I am EXTREMELY empathetic and caring, and my heart is gigantic, as many have said. It's nice, I like the balance, seeing as the pros (some I still have not listed) outweigh the cons
Autism and its disorder spectrum are not a license to be an ass. Every time someone lets someone "off the hook" for something like that they are saying that behavior is okay. It is not. People with AS or other ASDs can (and should) learn to compensate for the social skills which don't come as naturally to them. Those of us that are considered "normal" should be understanding of their difficulties but should help them understand what is inappropriate and why instead of giving them a pass because "they can't help it".
Unfortinutely Autisim in its current definition is faaar to broad to even be able to say that much. Particualry Asperger syndrome individuals on some cases are more capable of understanding emotions and empathy that the "standard" individual. The thing to know is that society as a whole has a large populace of people who do things that any reason focused person would be avoiding (IE drinking toxic substances/alcohol, smoking health harming products, following animalistic instincts to breed at every oportunity Basicly all 7 of the deadly sins that are tied to bodily supidity) But society as a whole seems to be so accepting of it almost labeling it as normal or cool. You can see how backwards it is when the people with more mental clarity are labeled as "weird/diseased" when the common image of "normality" is that of sin and self abuse.
As a person with Asperger's, I often care far more about simple logic that I can see than what people think. Usually I find it hard to sympathise with what people think unless it's something they think about me.
I'm introverted. I like being sociable, but only with small groups of people, and feel I'm best spending my time with someone when one on one, because I can really get to know them.
I only have interest in a few things, and nothing else. Other people have a problem understanding this. Like I would probably only be interested in a romantic partner, or indeed simply friendship if we shared these common interests. Other people might say that being too similar can be bad, and I agree but only in the personality sense, since I really wouldn't care to interact with someone who didn't share interests.
Many times I make a mistake socially, mainly because I said something that easily got taken to mean something else, and I didn't register the possible other meaning.
I seem to only think much of my mistakes and not of my accomplishments, mostly because I feel that I don't really have any accomplishments.
I often feel like when I'm being nice, I'm being nice out of an understanding of morals, rather than a conscious desire to be good.
When I feel useless in a situation or want to avoid something awkward, I get really awkward and stop saying anything.
I'm very bad at arbitrary decisions, and often only work well from necessity.
I'm all too keen to accept failure. When there's the chance of it happening I just give up, because the absolute is more comfortable than not knowing. That's why in exams I never freak out.
When writing english papers, others may tell me afterwards that they have written 4 pages. In comparison I will have written maybe one side of one page, because all I see is getting to the point. There is no padding.
My vocabulary and spelling was always much higher than the people around me, and I was mocked for it because they thought I was always up on a high horse, trying to look sophisticated, when really, I just better at picking up terms, and I enjoyed using knowledge.
I'll sometimes spend an hour walking around my house without talking, just thinking to myself about a subject.
Often when given a project, I'll be able to know whether or not I can do it right way. If it requires creativity, I'll either have an idea straight away, or not at all.
When people ask me for an opinion, I'll be honest, and because that often involves having no great feeling towards it, I'll often just give a humming noise of acknowledgement, because I couldn't even be bothered to open my mouth in response. So sometimes I feign enthusiasm, just to make people happier.
I find that I am more socially developed than other Apserger's I might, because I can tell if they have Asperger's just by meeting them. They often don't understand context. They will parrot a joke just to try to get a laugh, even when it just seems random to do so.
My usual face is one lacking in emotion, which people often took as depression or grumpiness or unsociability, and so avoided me. Because I was fine often being alone at school, just thinking to myself, this lended to others the idea that I thought I was better than them.
It's not hard to incite emotion in me. I can go quickly from nothing to joking around, but inbetween I do not really carry any emotion. I would hate it when others told me to smile, as if that made whatever they thought I was going through better. It would actually take me from nothing to annoyed. It annoyed me that they wanted to me to smile, just because they didn't like my sullen face. As if their view was more important than whatever sadness they thought I had.
I am often quite trusting, and people would use this to play jokes on me. Some things I am still not sure if they were true or not.
I think the people you mention are using what they have as an excuse. Although it could be possible what you're seeing as rude is them not caring and only being concerned with what they see as truth. We can bee seen as rude because we do not care for social norms that we see no logic in. I do not mention it too much, and might feel weird about it, because then people start thinking that any shortcoming I have is a result of it, and I don't like that. I makes me seem more like a sufferer, than a person with flaws. I hate it when people say I suffer from my 'disability'. The only reason it's a disability is because the world is not set up for me.
EDIT: I'm also quite open with people. When playing truth or dare I always pick truth, because I don't want to take a risk, and I enjoy people learning about me, and am not embarrassed about much. Some people would simply refuse to answer certain questions. I just answer them because I don't care.
I have a bad time getting rid of anything because everything is memories, and I don't cope well with permanent loss.
I also don't cope well with illness, and have a fear of vomiting because I'm scared of lack of control.
I´m not an expert on autism or Asperger syndrome, but i had a guy in my class that said he had Asperger/autism, dont remember wich it was, and when we were on a field trip to a mosque to learn more about the muslim faith, we were around 19 years old. And i havent been to any before and we only got one in the town where i live in sweden.
So i was genuily intrested to learn about it, and my classmate ask´s me if it´s okay for him to ask about something he read that Muhammed was a paedophile. Because somewhere apperently it´s suggested he slept with a young girl that was like 12 and he was 30ish. Knowing he sometimes could be rude he did sometime ask me and a friend if it was okay before making his statements, and i told him very sternly that it was NOT okay to ask that. I told him that it would be one of the WORST thing´s he could say.
Tho sure enough, when the question time started after the tour he asked after awhile that very question, tho the people who lead the tour diden´t take offence. They joked it off after he asked the question, tho they sure were taken off guard by the question.
So my experience with him was many similar situation´s like that. Sometime´s he listened when we told him not to make taboo/rude statement´s/questions after he asked us if it was okay. But sometime´s he diden´t. He was very hard to get, but i think he was realy intrested in social reactions and etc, he told us he was planning to be a psychologist. So i think sometime´s he asked or said rude/taboo/wierd stuff even tho he knew he shoulden´t just to se the reaction´s from people to kinda learn how people work/react.
I have a friend of a friend who has Asperger but he is just like any normal guy just that he sometime´s has a hard time following if we are kidding or not in some conversation´s. So my experience goes from extreme to mild and i only met two people who has Asperger or autism.
You're getting some great responses. My brother is also autistic, high functioning possibly Asperger's. You should be very careful because you're going down a slippery slope of ignorance; these two people don't sound like they have autism at all but doctors comforting their parents with a convenient diagnosis. Like ADD (not ADHD thought that too sometimes) it can be mis/overdiagnosed in kids who have serious problems, but not biological ones. It's convenient for parents who don't want to deal with a problem they either caused or don't know how to handle with good parenting. I suggest you research it on your own, even Wikipedia should suffice. Ask your parents, ask a doctor where you can get good information, etc.
It's not good to treat people too nice because of a diagnosis but you do have to be sensitive to their issues; they can't do certain things the same way you or I can nor can they perceive them in the same way either. Like I said these two people I highly doubt actually have autism. You would have realized it when you first met them as it tends to be fairly obvious unless it's a certain part of the spectrum. Kids are often diagnosed in their first few years in this day and age though not always. Autism =/= rude
I work with two brothers who have Aspergers, both in different degrees.
The youngest is care-free, obsessed with video games (which is good because so am I), a strong liberal, and is taken to making noises, yelling things, making bad jokes (he joined a twitter feed that I think is named 'bad jokes'), Schmups, and Kung Pow Enter the Fist.
Though when Steam announced Trading cards and limits to friends, he raged for a solid hour. Yelling, slamming things to the point where if I wasn't there, he'd hurt himself.
The eldest has a lot of problems. He growls to himself, speaks to himself under his breath. He spasms and his hands are normally curled up into crawls. He will yell if upset, and sees the world only in a very conservative light. There's nothing wrong with being a conservative, but he will always believe anything said by someone who names himself a conservative.
I.e. if a person at my work says he's a conservative, he can tell the eldest that Obama was found to be an alien, and the eldest will search the internet for proof.
The Eldest is very, very angry. And violent. There was one time his mother said 'stop acting like a little bitch' when she was frustrated. The entire session was about him yelling how he was going to kill her and how she had no right. He used that anger to power through his work out. I eventually did everything I could just to tire him out. I gave him a great work out, but I usually like to keep something in people's tanks for the rest of this day. Not him. Not that day. I had him on the treadmill when his mother came, to which I informed her to his anger. She took it in stride. I guess it's something she's already seen.
I guess from my experience, I see Aspergers fiercely intelligent minds with just a slight inability to deal with or care about society at large. They'll have their interest, but at best they feel more secure alone, dealing with the masses as they see fit rather than how we say they should deal with us.
I'll preface this by saying I've no knowledge of medicine and little knowledge of neurology, so do take this with some salt.
Asperger's Syndrome was first known as Autistic Psychopathy, so they are definitely alike in some ways ( sociopathy and psychopathy are often used as synonyms, whether they actually are is another discussion though ).
From what I understand though is that in the underlying causes they're about as different as can be, even though the symptoms can be alike.
It's not that people with Autism lack empathy, everything I've read on the subject and have been told by my Psychiatrist after being diagnosed with AS myself strongly suggests we don't. What we lack is the ability to filter information and empathy provides us with a LOT of information.
A normal person's brain filters through this and right away starts ignoring what's deemed as irrelevant and focus on what probably is, mistakes are still made of course with all the resulting misunderstandings but overall it works out pretty well and most importantly, it works very fast.
With autism things aren't ignored that easily. All that information gets stuck, it's either never or much later reduced to something we can handle and base our reactions on. And in a social context where there's generally constant interaction information simply pours in faster than we can handle and any important information can easily get lost.
As opposed to sociopathy where there's simply a lack of empathy.
The end result can be much the same in certain situations, neither capable of recognizing another person's emotions. But the cause is very different. The sociopathic person is looking at a blank sheet of paper whilst the autistic person is looking at a piece of paper with so many words that they overlap each other and he can't read any.
It sounds like you were misdiagnosed by lazy doctors and are taking it out on science. Autism is well documented and very clear; my brother most certainly has autism. Just because we don't completely understand it doesn't mean it's a lazy categorization, it's far from it actually. I am very much like your description here yet I was never diagnosed with autism; they just diagnosed me with being a smart kid and more of an introvert (compliments not actual diagnosis). That's it. I did get checked due to genetic theories I might have it because of my brother but in the end I was ruled as not. I've done years of research on autism. My brother and (I didn't mention this earlier) half sister are both autistic and they have clear neurlogical differences; you can actually see some of it in their brain chemistry. My Mom is also a neurologist. By attacking the diagnosis you are attacking years of good science. I'm sorry you were misdiagnosed but don't let your personal experiences cloud your judgment. If you want I'll explain what it REALLY is.
As much as I despise the Autism generalization and stupidly broad the term is to catch 22 anything that isnt deemed as "normal" by society, id have to say this is the most profoundly accurate statement for what Asperger syndrome is typically associated with. Sad matter of life is intelligence and sorrow are almost directly related. To know and understand more just tends to make you depressed by comparison when you see mass levels of stupidity around you. Imagine if you will being yourself but surrounded by a civilization of monkeys who pass time by hitting themselves in the head with hammers and greet each other with convoluted song and dance for hours on end. Obviously this is exaggerated to express the point of what I see when people say its normal to drink alcohol/smoke cigarettes and talk about their great uncles grandpas niece whom you have never met and lives on the other side of the nation for the sake of conversation.
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Monday, November 2, 2009
It's been a hard-knocked life ALL WEEK!
I've always loved Halloween. It goes back to my mom and her excitement and dedication to this particular holiday. She always made the coolest most creative costumes for us. Like the time I was a martian beauty pageant winner, Miss Mars, in which my mom Elmer-school-glued-green Cheerios all over my face and slapped a bald cap on my head. Total project runway. The point is, she put a lot of thought into it.
My mom's enthusiasm has rubbed off on me. I now realize why my mom was such a nutcase over the years--it's without a doubt the most exciting day of the year. Costume choice in our family is a topic of conversation that usually starts in August. Ridiculous, I know. In Bella's case, her mind was made up back in May when she took one look at the new locket necklace my sister purchased. Oops, I'm sorry-- it's not a necklace, it's a Juicy Couture necklace. Which is exactly what Bella says to anyone who dares to call it a necklace. Thanks, Gabe.
So yeah, she saw the "Annie-esque" locket necklace and decided right then and there that she wanted to be Annie for Halloween. Which was fine by me, since she loved the movie and the music anyway. My sister, god bless her, even put teeny, tiny pictures of our family inside the locket necklace--how awesome is that? You rock Gabey, thank you. You're going to be an awesome mom one day.
Of course, no Annie would be complete without a loyal dog!
Mia, on the other hand, had much less of a choice in the matter--seeing as she barely talks and all. Although, to my credit, I honorably chose something on her behalf--a cute little black cat. Dude, Mia goes BONKERS over cats. Every time she sees one she squeals, claps, and does a stomp yer' feet kinda dance. How could I not? Unlike my mom, I cannot sew at all, so I left it up to the geniuses over at Halloween Headquarters to help me find the purrfect feline attire.
I remember a time in college when I was so poor I handed out my canned goods to the kids who dared knock on our white trash door. Seriously, green beans? You betcha. I must have been drunk. I've come a long way since that Halloween. This year, Eugene thought he would be sensible and buy the candy from Costco. LIKE A 10 LB. BAG. The worst part about it, he bought the bag three weeks ago. Which means we had about 2lbs. left over to hand out. Damn Halloween. I keep justifying it because the portions are so small. C'mon Gina....line all those teeny tiny Snickers bites up and whatta ya get? A freakin' chocolate footlong!
As much as I love Halloween, I've found the week prior tends to be the busiest week of the year. We played dress-up 3 times before the actual day arrived. Between the library story time, Mia's sing-along class, my gym, Bella's pre-school and the local nursing home I was exhausted. Knowing that Mia would tire of her costume long before Halloween arrived, she donned a pirate dress and a penguin at the above mentioned events. Bella wouldn't budge though. She insisted on being Annie for each event. My sister, fashion genius and hair stylist extraordinaire, put Bella's hair in curlers THREE times this week. Believe me, I tried to get her to wear a red curly clown wig- but man, the girl's got some standards.
Looking back on the week I think we've had about 27 "hard knock life" dance parties. Here's #17:
I love how Mia HAD to have a couple curlers in her hair just like Bella.
I remember what it's like to sleep in sponge curlers and it's not easy. But she did it like a champ. I even peeked in on Bella while she was sleeping and found her face buried into her pillow, butt up in the air, sleeping on her hands. Hah. Beauty is pain.
So, yeah, this week? Super busy. Oh and how can I forget the 1AM trip to the emergency room with Mia. She had a nastly fall off of a chair onto our brick floor. Lovely. After carefully watching her, my mom and I both assessed that she was fine. About two hours after she fell asleep she woke up in a screaming fit. Which could have easily been a nightmare but also could have been a concussion. Not wanting to chance it, my sister and I took her in (Eugene was out of town for work, so you could imagine how he felt). We were seen fairly quickly and after a catscan and a check-up they concluded that she was fine. Pfew. Here she is in a teeny-tiny hospital gown that made me thankful this was the only time I was seeing it. I've always had a soft spot for kids in hospitals.
But no ounce of sleep deprivation could keep us from enjoying our Halloween. After a spooky brunch at our house, Eugene set up a make-shift studio and took some pics of Bella, Mia and my seriously handsome nephew Erik.
Mia did not like us adding whiskars and a black nose to her face at all, but I'll never forget her smile when she saw herself in the mirror. She was so excited. She kept looking at herself then looking at me almost as if to say, "woah, I'm a cat." Looking back, it was my favorite moment of the day. In fact, she kept the cat costume on all day long! I had to pry it off of her for naptime. While Mia recharged her batteries, Bella and I headed over to a birthday party at our neighbor's house.
Like my make shift Gryffindor Harry Potter costume? I really wanted Eugene and I to dress up as John and Kate (ya know, work the asian/caucasian combo) but Eugene was a party pooper and didn't dress up. Once Mia woke up, she was ready for more candy.
We headed out to Trick-or-Treat
The girls had so much fun. Mia didn't understand the meaning of just "one." She literally raided several neighbors' candy bowls. It was pretty cute. While we walked along I thought about all the Halloweens growing up here in Illinois. The leaves all over the ground, pumpkins everywhere, beautiful fall flowers, the smell of burning wood, this was Halloween. I've missed it and I'm glad that my girls got the chance to experience it.
After inhaling M&M's, tootsie rolls, licorice and hershey kisses (and that was just me) the girls found the energy for one more Halloween Hard Knock Life dance party.
Three minutes after this video was taken, we ALL passed out. Happy Halloween!
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- AnonymousNovember 5, 2009 at 1:53 PM
OMG Gina the hardknock life dance video is the cutest thing. I especially love how Mia is just wondering around in circles with her arms up. How did you not die of laughter. They are so adorbale it hurts.ReplyDelete
:) Sandy
So cute! Glad I stumbled upon your blog! I tried to convince my Bella to dress up like little orphan Annie too this year. Love all the costumes!ReplyDelete
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Monday, August 03, 2009
Simply Red At Osborne House
We had a picnic tea in the grounds before the show & then made our way to the stage along with 8,000 other people. We managed to get right at the front so we could see everything. First up was Luke White which were OK but I wouldn't rush out and by a CD Elena liked them. Elena had a look on their My Space page & they said "was the best fun on stage last night, definitely the best crowd we've ever played to ... thanks Isle of Wight :O) Second up was James Walsh the lead singer from Starsailor and he was brilliant. One of the last songs he did was Abba's Dancing Queen and got everyone singing along. Who would have thought we would have been singing Abba at Simply Red gig. He was on stage on his own with just his guitar & was amazing. He's well worth seeing.
Then, yay, Simply Red came on and that was it. Everyone was cheering and clapping and the more we sang along the better it was. The band seemed to love it too and just let us sing the words without them.
Anastasia came on half way through & sang Holding Back the Years with Mick. What a treat. Anastasia did a gig last night to only 3,000 people so with a crowd of 8,000, who said nobody would want to go and watch Mick? :O) In my opinion Simply Red were even better to listen to live. At the end of the show the whole audience cheered & shouted & whistled for more than 5 minutes until they came back on stage. Something they didn't do at Beaulieu. Please Mick can we do it all again tonight lol.
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- Teresa said...
I've got green wellies and like Pimms with lemonade,ginger beer and fresh mint leaves mixed in it!
*TUTS really loudly*
Glad you enjoyed yourselves and hope it helped get rid of your stress!
Love you to the moon and back
Teresa xxx
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- Kerrie said...
Glad you had a great time but I still think this was a plan to round up all the Simply Red lovers but the gas failed to go off.
( Sorry hun you know I love you and would have leant you a gas mask,)
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Friday, October 26, 2007
Quirky Couple's Queer Quest
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For years, we've been intrigued by bizarre pastimes such as worm charming and egg throwing, and have written about those and other world championships held every year in remote parts of the world.
Now, to our delight, we've found two kindred spirits -- a Welsh couple who take part in as many world championships as they can, if the events are held in the UK. And let's face it, the Brits have long had a reputation for such offbeat activities.We first heard about the couple when we read an interesting story by Katie Norman in the South Wales Echo. Here's how it began:
"Emma Hagerty, 27, and her boyfriend, Mark Rye, 28, have made it their mission to enter as many unusual world championships as possible.The couple, of Whitchurch Road, Gabalfa, Cardiff, entered 30 weird and wonderful international standard events last year.
"As well as competing in many crazy golf competitions, they have entered a conker tournament, a dry foam throwing contest and a tin bath race -- all at world championship level."
We emailed Mark Rye for more details of their strange pursuit of world titles. He replied:
"i am guessing you know what we have been doing over the last year and a bit, but here is a summary. me, the girlfriend and my mate tom spent last year travelling the length of the UK entering as many world championhships as we couldthis led us to northern ireland, scotland, wales, england and even the isle of man. at the end of the year we had entered 30 world championships.
"however i have not been able to leave it at that, so it is now my hobby entering world championships.drop me a line back with anything you want to know, as if it is a world championships in the uk i probably know about it."
Of course we were eager for more, so we asked Mark if he had managed to win any world titles. He told us:
"i did manage to become the dry foam throwing world champion and world record holder, also i defend my title this year.i don't know if i said before but there were 3 of us travelling around last year me, emma and my childhood mate tom.
"we have entered both the conkers and the worm charming. although it does have to be said that our worm charming skills do need to be work on, as we only managed 5 worms in our half hour. tom did manage to go one further and get 6 of them out of the ground.
"as for the most fun, it is hard to say. but dock leaf pudding cooking is up there. there are a few pictures of the event here: [photo 11 is me]in this event you have to cook a dock leaf pudding 'live' on stage while the local brass band plays, i think the word surreal was invented to describe this."
Searching the Internet, we discovered that Emma-Jayne Hagerty, 27, is a health worker and her partner, Mark Rye, 28, an administrator.
A World Circular Chess Championship Web site reported: "Organisers welcomed four new entrants from Cardiff and Edinburgh, Ian Lewis, Mark Rye, Tom Maxwell and Emma-Jayne Hagerty, who have embarked on a mission to enter a series of world championship events staged across the country, including cheese-rolling, wellington-boot throwing, worm-charming and pooh-sticks."
Pooh sticks aren't what you might imagine. The annual championship, held in Oxfordshire, is "based on A.A. Milne's tales about Winnie the Pooh and friends," according to a 2003 BBC report.
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Friday, October 12, 2007
Life Begins at 80: the blog
Life Begins at 80: the blog
Casting the Net from Au to Za
Australia's Olive Riley is a 21st century centenarian Cinderella. In less than a year she has rocketed from relative obscurity to global internet fame.She is probably the oldest of the world's 108 milllion bloggers.
Dubbed "the world's favorite grandma," Olive will celebrate her 108th birthday on October 20. Birthday greetings from many parts of the world have already been posted on her captivating Web site.
Staff at her aged care hostel in Woy Woy, 50 miles north of Sydney, are arranging a party in her honor. Her friend and helper, film maker Mike Rubbo, hopes to recruit a group of eight-year-old children (a century younger than Olive) to serenade her.
By an uncanny coincidence, in Redwood, California, the Historical Glass Museum Foundation will present their second "Magic Show and Dinner" on Olive's birthday, although they probably have never heard of her.
Where will it be held? At CINDERELLA House, 324 W. OLIVE Avenue! Will they sip champagne from Cinderella's glass slipper?
In Auckland, New Zealand, Emma Forbes, a 10-year-old ballet student, is playing a young Cinderella in five performances by the touring Royal New Zealand Ballet.
She told Eloise Gibson, of the New Zealand Herald, that her dance teacher had chosen her for the part because she was the right height for the costume. That probably included the shoes.
Over in the U.K., producers of a Christmas pantomime in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, searched the town for an aspiring actress with a foot that fitted perfectly into their glass slipper, in the same way that the prince searched for Cinderella in the world's favorite nursery tale."
A horse-drawn carriage, a glass slipper, a fresh-faced bellboy covered in buttons... the only thing missing is Cinderella!" reported the Grimsby Telegraph.
"As the search for the belle of the ball continues, Buttons ... scoured the streets of Grimsby for the lady whose dainty foot must be a perfect fit for the glass slipper during the official launch of this year's Grimsby Auditorium panto."
They finally chose a 15-year-old schoolgirl, Zoe Belding, who will play the leading role when the panto opens on Dec. 7. And would you believe this? One of Cinderella's "ugly sisters" in the New Zealand production is named Zoe Bedford. Another weird coincidence.
Hold on!. It's not certain that there ever WAS a glass slipper. Some historians think that Cinderella's slipper was originally made of fur, which would have been more comfortable but less glamorous.
They believe that long ago, when a linguist translated the story, he mistakenly wrote the French word for glass (verre) instead of that for fur (vair)
"This theory has been widely discredited now and most scholars believe he intended glass slippers all along," Karen Price reassures us, in an interesting story in Britain's Western Mail.
"The earliest version of the Cinderella story is said to be from China, where a small foot was a sign of great beauty in a woman," Karen writes. "From those humble beginnings she has gained worldwide status: in France she is Cendrillon, in Italy Cenerentola, Germany Aschenbrodel, and Russia Zolushka."
...And in the blogosphere, she's Olive Riley. Happy birthday, Ollie!
This story has been published by the South Korean citizen reporters' journal OhmyNewsInternational: http://engdev.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?at_code=432241&no=380651&rel_no=1
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Donald M. Jankowski, a Raymond James financial advisor and vice president of Gateway Bank of Southwest Florida, in Sarasota, is not the kind to shy away from a challenge. Four years ago—at age 45—he decided to train for the New York City Marathon, a grueling 26-mile run through the city's five boroughs. Jankowski, who was not a serious runner, not only signed up for a training program, but also volunteered to raise funds for Team Continuum, a charity that supports families of cancer patients. In the end, he completed the race in just over five hours.
"This business of being a financial advisor is a lot like running the New York City Marathon," says Jankowski, who continues to run a few miles several times a week to stay in shape. "You have to have goals, be committed and be self-motivated."
A native New Yorker, who has lived the last 30 years in Florida, Jankowski took on another big challenge a year ago—leaving SunTrust Bank.
Jankowski had worked with the big regional institution as an advisor for just over five years, but decided to move to Gateway Bank, a small start-up, less than 1% of SunTrust's size. It was a gutsy move. Jankowski, who has a wife and three kids ages 6 to 18, had been pulling in $1 million a year in production at SunTrust. He liked the bank and his job and had a solid and growing book of satisfied clients. That's a lot to leave behind. Jankowski had to sign a one-year, no-compete clause when he left SunTrust, which prevented him from asking clients to leave with him.
But Jankowski decided it was worth the risk to jump from a ship where he was one of hundreds of advisors, to a new and much smaller bank where he would essentially be the entire investment program. Indeed, that was one of the draws. "They were giving me more autonomy," he says. In addition, he would be working with his former SunTrust boss and friend, Rick Zimmerman, who had moved to Gateway when it first started up two years earlier. "At the time, he had invited me to go with him, but back in 2008, I wasn't ready to jump to a brand-new start-up," says Jankowski, adding that Zimmerman kept inviting him to join the firm for two years. But a year ago, when an advisor departed Gateway leaving a $20 million book of business for Jankowski to adopt. "There was a window of opportunity which I didn't want to miss," he says.
Jankowski's focus on high-net-worth clients is in sync with that of Gateway. The new bank has three branches and serves 375,000 people in the Sarasota area. Of its $138 million in deposits, almost half ($60 million) are from wealthy customers. And Zimmerman, who heads the private wealth and wealth management operations—as well as loans and deposits for the high-net-worth—sends Jankowski a lot of referrals. Furthermore the Gateway job offered a higher payout, although Jankowski would have to cover expenses he didn't have at SunTrust. "The way I figured, my expenses will stay fairly flat, but as my book grows, my incremental income will grow," he says. "In my life, every time I've sacrificed shorter term and thought longer term, it's paid off."
Jankowski also took his SunTrust team of three to Gateway with him: Mike Feduccia is a producing branch manager who coordinates marketing and compliance for the team. Vince Forte covers the two other branches and some smaller clients and Jeff Hanson is a broker assistant.
Jankowski's team wasn't the only defector from SunTrust—about $30 million in client accounts voluntarily moved with him to Gateway. But his income took a hit. "I'll probably end up this first year with about $500,000 in production," half of his SunTrust production, he says. "We hope to do $700,000 in production this year, and then in 2012 to get back to $1 million." However, by then, Jankowski figures he'll be earning more than he ever did at SunTrust because he's keeping more of his production.
In his first year, Jankowski is back to $110 million in AUM, thanks to getting the investment business of one Gateway banking customer, the CEO of a local company who had $60 million in company stock. He appreciates the flow of wealthy clients he's getting. "I like working with clients, not finding them," he says. "When a loan officer does good work for a lawyer or a doctor, it's easy for them to refer me for their investment business. I'm all about those relationships."
So far Gateway has not been big on referrals from the banking staff, Jankowski says. "There was almost none of that going on when I came here. Just in the private banking side. But now we're working at training people in the bank to refer customers."
Meanwhile he's already getting a lot of referrals from existing clients. "Over the past year at Gateway, a lot of opportunities for new business opened up," Jankowski says. "I got probably 75% of my clients from bank referrals, and the other 25% from client referrals." About 70% of Jankowski's business is fee-based, he says, "so it's really all about providing service, not about doing transactions."
A key to developing business is getting clients to open up about all their assets. "One opening is retirement planning," he says. "Another is estate planning." For example, an elderly man came in with a $7 million portfolio of mostly municipal bonds, he says. "He wasn't happy with the person who was managing his money." Jankowski looked over the assets and noticed that it was divided between an account that was jointly in the name of the client and his wife, and a separate trust in his name. "I pointed out to him that if he left the account held jointly, when he died, that money would go 100% to his wife," says Jankowski. "He said he didn't want that because of concern that the 77-year-old woman might mismanage it. He preferred to have it controlled by her and the attorney for the trust, who happened to be the chair of Gateway Bank."
Several months later, the client passed away, but Jankowski learned that he had changed the title of the assets to his own name, so they went into the trust. The trust attorney then recommended that Jankowski manage the whole $7 million for the widow.
The move to Gateway has had its bumps. "Some things about the transition were harder than I thought they'd be. It took me a week just to learn to use the email," he laughs. "Most firms give you a year to adjust. The big thing is making sure that you're going to get referrals from the bank. They can promise you high payouts and bonuses, but over the long run, it's getting those new clients that is the important thing."
And as this one-time marathon runner will tell you, the long run is what it's all about.
Name: Donald M. Jankowski
Bank/TPM: Gateway Bank of Southwest Florida
Location: Sarasota
2010 production: $520,000
2009 production: $810,000
2010 AUM: $110 million
2009 AUM: $80 million
Product mix: 75% managed assets, 10% annuities, 16% stocks and bonds
No. of clients: 80
No. of bank branches: 3
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Brother-in-law Jeff. I'd have to say a very calm,cool, collected fellow in all the years I've known him. He Enjoys Gwen's cooking. Works hard for a living. Oh, & plays golf.
Dan's Dad Ray, my Father-in-law. With my M-i-L ,they did a pretty fine job of raising 3 sons. Ray has worked hard all his life to provide for his family. He & Bette have provided some wonderful memories for their children, grand children & now, great grandchildren. He enjoys Bette's cooking. And Gwen's.
My M-i-L Bette, who has been a friend as well, through the years. She has a zest for life that has not been diminished. Her interests are wide & varied. Right now, her time is devoted to caring for Ray, which she has faithfully done for some time now, as he has suffered with the world of Alzheimer's. I'm so proud to have you as my mother-in-law, Bette. I really lucked out when I got you along with Dan-you are one of my treasured blessings. Bette cooks. And has cooked for Quite a few (heehee) years. She enjoys Gwen's cooking also. And possibly anyone's cooking who wants to do that for her!
My other brother-in-law is Ron. The "baby" of the boys! He is the fun one,up for adventure, a steady worker & a car nut like my Dan. He enjoys Allison's, his wife's cooking. And Bette's. . . . and Gwen's cooking too!
Ahh, here's the guy I fell in love with over 31 years ago! I still think he's got the cutest smile of any guy I've ever seen. Adorable. Cute. Smart. Funny. Giving. Mechanical. Cute. Can fix anything. Sweet Daddy & Grandpa. And, oh, did I mention cute?! And he's all mine!!!!! He's made me laugh & yes, at times, he's made me cry,but our commitment to dust ourselves off & get busy loving one another has seen us through this far. He LOVES my cooking. He LOVES my baking. He LOVES me. And now, if he would only love the chicks I would like to get & take care of them while I'm gone. . . He also enjoys Bette's cooking. And he enjoys Summer's, Travis's & Ashley's cooking. He also enjoys Gwen's cooking.


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The growing of a local system is a complex endeavor. In many ways, it mimics nature itself. There are many different structures and systems that are involved, that grow and inter-act with each other.
The Oklahoma Food Cooperative is such a structure; so are the various producers that are marketing into the local economy.
And so are businesses such as April Harrington's Market-Bakery.
She fills a unique and irreplaceable role in the local food system. She buys excess produce from local farmers in season, preserves it, and produces delicious food products which are bought year-round by customers. In addition, several other local entrepreneurs rent her facilities or contract with her to produce their products which they sell to their customers.
Unfortunately for April, her customers, her employees, the other food businesses who use her bakery, and the farmers whose produce she buys, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation is doing its best to put her out of business.
The state wants to widen the highway that runs by her bakery, and so her building – and thus her business – will be taken by the state for the highway project. ODOT is talking low-ball money offers and a drop dead date of January 1, 2011 for her to get out of her building. That isn't enough time to replace the facilities elsewhere and relocate her business, and I don't think they are offering her enough money either. AFAIK, they are offering nothing to help with business relocation, nor compensation for the down-time of her business while she relocates. They will do nothing for her employees, for the other entrepreneurs who rent her facilities, nor for the farmers who are dependent upon her as a market for their excess and #2 produce.
What's happening to April Harrington is a terrible crime of social and economic injustice.
A business like April's just doesn't happen over night. She has worked smart and hard to create a unique business that fills an important niche in the developing local food scene in Oklahoma. Times are hard enough these days without the State coming in and destroying jobs and businesses for no good reason in rural areas.
This is a political issue, and this is an election year.
Folks, it's time to swarm the barricades in defense of April Harrington, her employees, the entrepreneurs who rent her bakery, her customers, and the farmers whose produce she buys.
I urge everyone to contact their representatives and senators in the state legislature and the governor to demand justice for April Harrington – and her customers, employees, the entrepreneurs who rent her bakery, and the farmers whose produce she buys.
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A crime is being committed against April Harrington!
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Where is this road project located? What is the bakery's address? You make it too difficult for us to help your cause when you fail to provide specifics...ReplyDelete
Her business is along US 77 between Lexington and Noble, the exact address is 9630 Pecan Tree Circle, Earth Elements Market Bakery, http://www.earthelementsfarm.com/ .ReplyDelete
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i missed wednesday this week. so sorry. i thought about it many times but never acted.
i have multiple pictures on multiple days, though. hopefully that will make up for the oversight.
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i realized as i was going to bed that i hadnt taken a picture for the day! i snuck in a got this one of colby. not great, but it was the best i could do. at his mdo they've been recognizing people who serve in the community and have had a few come talk to the class (fireman, policeman, pastor [my husband!], nurse, and UPS man). the UPS man gave tshirts to all the kids. colby slept in his for the first few nights till i finally had to wash it again. he's sleeping in it in this picture. its a size large, so he can barely keep it on. so cute.
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Well, to celebrate we went to what we refer to as "the farm" to see my Dad and Phyllis. We had considered going to Elizabeth City to watch the fireworks, but we have discovered that in this area anything you go to is just SO CROWDED! You have to fight through people and around people to get where you are going. Traffic is always horrible when you're trying to get there and even worse when you are leaving. We just didn't want to the headache this year. So being in rural North Carolina was just perfect for us! My Dad barbecued some delicious food, and we gratefully filled out bellies, played some good ol' Monopoly, and lit off a few small fireworks. Just old fashioned family time. Best way to celebrate our freedoms: spending time with those you love and just knowing that what we have is special. Not everyone in this world gets that privilege.
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The fireworks weren't the most spectacular, but they did the job. It didn't help that it was sprinkling.
It was hard to get a good picture of Alex lighting the fireworks with my phone. This is one of the best ones. The Monopoly King!! (He gets really cranky if he's losing!) I wish that was REAL money!! But realistically there is no money in real estate these days. :) My handsome husband, my awesome Daddy, and wonderful Phyllis!! :) Love you guys!
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A couple weeks ago I blogged about how Brad and I were different, which sparked the idea to do a post about how we are alike!
1. We love Jesus.
2. We're currently addicted to guacamole.
3. We enjoy the same TV shows, such as Parks and Rec, Psych, Project Runway, and The Magic School Bus.
4. We wear similar size clothes and shoes. (Double wardrobe!)
5. We both love to travel. (Harry Potter world is next on our list!)
6. Speaking of which, the Harry Potter series are our favorite books.
7. We both love to run.
8. We prefer iced coffee over hot coffee.
9. We are Mac people, not PC.
10. We can appreciate a cheesy science joke.
11. We are both dog people (but we still enjoy googling funny pictures of cats).
12. We are older siblings.
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Who doesn't love Pinterest? I have a "Crafty" board with fun stuff that I like, love and do not have the time or patience for. One of the projects I re-pinned is a Popsicle Memory Game that inspired me to make a bunny memory game for Easter.
What you need:
At least eight scrapbook pages, printed
Two or three solid color scrapbook pages of your choice
Bunny stencil, I think you could do eggs too
Double-sided adhesive
Popsicle sticks, optional for this
I took scrapbook pages that I had leftover from past projects (no not scrapbooking, you can actually use scrapbook paper as a decorative background for picture frames. Maybe that'll be my next post). The best place I've found for this paper is a craft store like Michaels.
I printed out this simple outline of a bunny. I traced it on the back side of the pages and cut them out as best I could. You also want to trace the bunny, on the back of the solid paper. Make sure you have the bunny facing the same direction because if not, unless your paper is the same on each side, they won't line up…trust me, I did it…twice. Cardstock works too so you have a thicker side.
Put the adhesive on the blank sides of the bunnies and stick a popsicle stick in between the sides. If you need to trim down the sides you can. You could probably do this with kids, the tracing part, or you could have them as place cards for the Easter table, just have names written on the solid side. You could even stick the popsicle stick end into a small plant pot with styrofoam.
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Scavenger Hunt Sunday
Hope you have all enjoyed a great week and long weekend. Here are my pics for this week...
1. Red.... I love Red, in my house as an accent colour, in nature, and best of all in my clothing. I received a catalogue from my favourite shoe company and these are a must for me for this Summer..
2. Homespace... I love to read and these are just some of my books together with family photos
3. Fence.. . This is the fence around what was a used car dealership....
4. Rock..taken at a local waterfall, this rock was sitting in the middle of the beach..
5. Sharp...Road sign showing Sharp Bend, reduce speed to 75kmh, from 100kmh
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