tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36759819.post116559075795756885..comments2023-05-04T02:55:40.566-07:00Comments on Eds autism page: UntitledEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354784098768688627noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36759819.post-1165890507298367282006-12-11T18:28:00.000-08:002006-12-11T18:28:00.000-08:00ABFH,I couldnt give up if I wanted to. Civil right...ABFH,<BR/>I couldnt give up if I wanted to. Civil rights issues....The good ole boy network is still very much in power and the coruption goes all the way to the top.<BR/>I remember an Anne who said she was a laywer that commented on my blog some time ago. I dont know if she is the same one you are refering to.I appreciate that she is fighting the good fight. Thats not what I meant.I should have been more careful in how I said it.<BR/>There are some things Ive seen as representations of support that arent real at all.<BR/>I will continue to find better ways to say what I need to. I have a responsibility that I take very seriously.I think people need to be able to stop things witout lawyers.<BR/>Most of my life I wouldnt have been able to get one.Getting married changed my life in VERY drastic ways.<BR/>I get alot of help with what I do online and its too much to ask for those closest to me to support me to become a debater. Especially since I hate debating so much anyway.<BR/>I will continue to try to be respectful of what you and others are doing but if blogging is all about debating, alot of valuable expressions of alot of people will not be heard online.<BR/>If I ever again had to choose between being homeless and being in an institution, Id choose homeless.Today Id know where to go and Im pretty sure I could stay clean (hygene I mean)enough to go into a library and go online everyday.<BR/>Alot of that population would never approach a lawyer about anything. They would not debate alot of things online or anywhere else and I dont blame them.Having opinions can be very expensive.<BR/>Opinions should be like houses. Everybody should get one before anybody gets two.<BR/>Until everyone has a right to their opinion mine will remain a luxury and I dont take that luxury lightly at all.<BR/>Thanks for your continued support and I will continue to try to find better ways to do things online.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08354784098768688627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36759819.post-1165854850653175422006-12-11T08:34:00.000-08:002006-12-11T08:34:00.000-08:00Ed wrote:I get very upset by hearing anyone saying...Ed wrote:<BR/><BR/><I>I get very upset by hearing anyone saying something like get a lawyer or seek out an advocate as if such support actually existed. Basically what Im saying is that it does not exist.</I><BR/><BR/>Not necessarily. Yes, agencies and caseworkers often are useless, but there are private lawyers who are willing to represent autistics in discrimination cases on a contingency fee basis (which means you don't have to pay unless they recover some money for you). Anne Bevington, who sometimes comments on my blog, is a lawyer who has represented autistic clients. There are others.<BR/><BR/>When civil rights legislation was new, there were many areas of the United States where no lawyers would represent a black client. Civil rights groups had to bring in lawyers from other areas to file discrimination cases. But they didn't give up -- they just kept on struggling for justice.abfhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01228622726560993968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36759819.post-1165676584823510782006-12-09T07:03:00.000-08:002006-12-09T07:03:00.000-08:00I haven't been very active lately, probably for so...I haven't been very active lately, probably for some of the reasons you've listed. Sometimes I'm so upset or angry about the situations we're dealing with or I read about that I'm afraid to say anything at all, because I need to think things through before I shoot my mouth off, especially on someone else's page.<BR/><BR/>Funny thing is, I really don't care if someone shoots their mouth off on MY blog :-) As long as they're not someone hateful or mean (you probably know who I mean) I don't mind opinions...I'd rather someone disagree with me out loud than pretend they agree, if you know what I mean. <BR/><BR/>I doubt many of us are ever really going to give up...just sometimes we need time to think things through, or we're worried about things or just busy. Speaking of busy, I haven't even had time to set up our Christmas tree, that's bad :-O<BR/><BR/>I like your coffee cup btw :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36759819.post-1165596185049131352006-12-08T08:43:00.000-08:002006-12-08T08:43:00.000-08:00Just keep doing what you're doing, people are list...Just keep doing what you're doing, people are listening. Although there may not be many definitive answers yet, they will come.<BR/>Best wishesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com