Invisible disabilities & social security

Many of us aspies go on to do great things. They work. They find their niche or calling in life and it's a hard road for some of those people. For some it's not hard so much ad it is a lot of learning of society. So there are aspies that generally get along just fine in life.

This is sometimes or even all the time an invisible disorder. Many regular folk see them as nothing but quirky or unusual individuals. Or they may come off as rude jerks when they don't intend to be. Soviet wears down on some of those folks, because they don't know how to cope with others.

Again this is an invisible disability. Some work around it and some have to have
More help with it. Sensory issues that u can go on forever about are problems if another kind. This also gets in the way of working. Social issues, working under a boss with certain expectations.

Those are what I worry about. I've had jobs let me go for various reasons, because I didn't work up to their expectations or I didn't get along well in their work place.

This brings me to having to get social security disability and SSI and food stamps. It's crazy what people talk about behind your back, the looks you get when you use a FS card, the "we gotta work do we don't let people on welfare down" comments. I known they mainly mean people that cheat the system and get it to do whatever, but they look at us aspies and think we're ripping the system and them off. They can't see (understandable sometimes), they refuse to accept the vey idea of us having a disability, and they're too lazy to stop and think that there are just things that they don't understand and it's best to say "we don't understand or see, but that doesn't mean anything."

So stop and think about things for a moment. You don't know the whole story and we may not want you to know the whole story. Our life is none of your business. It's best to leave it alone.

I sympathize with all of those going through this very same thing. One thing we must understand is that it's easier for them to get upset about it, because our problems are not something they can and will understand.