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Mamacita dear friend sorries this is an off the track coment .I was just told by Colleen to contact you guys .I was travelling to Hospital this morning and a guy got on the train and squeezed his fat bum between the 2 of us very little room left .I asked can you stop sitting on me and pushing I cant move any where . I am also autistic and he started abusing me and when I said you are discriminating me as a disabled person .told to get off my high horse and to live as an ablebodied person and or you should wear a label seeing you are invisble disabled person and autistic just like the jews were made to do in the ww2 and in Nazi Germany Welcome to fascist Australia and no cares about each other and the supposed bullshit of mate ship has gone .Its alright to abuse a disabled person nowadays and he told to take my head out of my arse .my final reply why don't you try and live in this world as an autistic and see how you like it .I am sadly so bloody angry and upset and triggered and hate this world so much I would rather die again than continue .
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I am so sorry that you encountered this rude, rude individual. It is obvious that his words triggered some profound hurts in your life and that is so unfortunate. You are a bright light to the world and you desire to help so many. As much as possible, try to put his words in perspective and understand that his words reflect his hurts and his needs to feel superior to others and they do not reflect who you are.
Our Connect community appreciates your goodness, your kindness and your heart for others! Be blessed today, @sirgalahad, we care about you and we feel your hurt.
The person whom you encountered on the train was completely disrespectful and offensive in how he treated you. There is never a reason to treat anyone (autism or not) that way. I am sorry that you had to be subjet of his tirade.
I used to teach in middle school, and I have also taught several students with autism. I understand the importance of respecting their safe personal space, even in the best of circumstances.
One of my students liked to get under a big pillow that was in the classroom, it was his safe place. He said he was like a turtle, and he crawled inside his safe shell. Other teachers complained because, "He is not participating" Ha! He was participating! He listened and when he was ready he popped out and had not missed a word of the class lesson.
sirgalahad, I hope that you, too, have a place where you feel safe and can recover from this unfortunate confrontation.
I want you to know that I admire your participation on Connect. I have shared this discussion with some former students and their parents. I continue to hope to see one of them respond.
Across the miles, I want to send you a virtual hug and a thank you for what you are doing to reach out to others.
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@sirgalahad You have a lot to teach this world. You have a lot to live for. There is so many comments like that from people who are fearful, and scared, and confused about how difficult is is for an autie to survive in an adverse world. I wish I could reach out and join you in a cuppa tea. Deep breaths, my cyber friend.
Ginger