Here since: Apr 8, 2007
Female, 42
Singer/Songwriter and Webmistress
Rainbow Websites, Inc.
Hollywood, Florida, USA
Languages: English
I'm an autistic (Asperger's Syndrome) mother to five kids in a tiny house. I need more work... I'm capable, but not anyone's 'eye candy'! I'm a writer of songs, poems, essays and speeches, a capable proofreader/editor, a singer/songwriter and webmistress: designing websites, maintaining and hosting them, and performing SEO. Please let me know how we can assist each other.
Im just a single mom needing a little help this month due to missing work. Im not trying to sell anyone a long drawn out sob story .. I only need abt 200.00 or so to get me through until my payday at the end of October . Yes I do have a ons with a disabilit, but I am not trying to have a pity party. It is very difficult because he has Asperger's Autism Syndrome .. and to most people looking at him they would never know he is autistic .. i work hard everyday and receive no support form his father I just filed for child support not too long ago but it take froever because his dad is out of state .. now I am in hsi predicament and any help anyone can provide will be greatly appreciated. Im just trying to cover my basics for this month .. gas to get to work etc ..
I'm here mostly to give useful info to other disabled people that might be able to get longer-term aid with experienced help. However, I wish to point to Autistics.org (there's a PayPal link on their site, I didn't want to look like a crook by posting it here).
It's a wonderful, unique nonprofit that has made a huge difference in my life and that of many others. They've been financially struggling as long as I can remember, not because they're spendaholics, but because the people owning/running the servers are disabled living on the poverty-income of SSI, like Amanda Baggs. The following is an overly-modest description from their homepage, where they have a PayPal link:
"The purpose of the autistics.org project is to connect autistic people with the services we need to live whole and happy lives. The immediate goal of autistics.org is to build a global database of information and resources by and for persons on the autistic spectrum. The autistics.org project is by and for autistics, not parents of autistic children, though family members and professionals may find this website helpful."
Parents of a newly-diagnosed autie or adults that finally have been told why they're different after decades of struggling & depression often feel scared and lost. In most places out there, the only "information" about autism boils down to claims we're useless sociopathic burdens that destroy our parents' lives: you can imagine how spirit-crushing that is! Luckily, I was told about Autistics.org -- in addition to the above description, it has a discussion area, holds a real-time online discussion group, and (best in my view) a "Library" where autistics have explained all kinds of things from firsthand experience that you won't learn about elsewhere.
Even if you don't have the money to help them out, please wander through their Library and learn a little about the "other" people living peacefully alongside you in society. You might recognize a friend, a partner's kid from a previous marriage, a co-worker, neighbor, perhaps even yourself -- but even getting that chance understand if you see someone that might be one of us, rather than flashing back on media reports of how we're miserable monsters, is of uncountable value.
