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Stringer · Apr 3, 2010, 10:00 PM

What would you do if you knew that you would not fail?

Kitkat22 · Apr 3, 2010, 10:16 PM

I would get a college degree in social work. Become a Christian Psychologist. Discover a cure for Autism and Downs Syndrome. Since I have no College Degree... I would start a movement to help older people who have fought for our Country. Start a bill to let people see how many of our veterans young and old are getting lost in the system.

Thanks Stringer.. Great Thread... :)

Stringer · Apr 3, 2010, 10:52 PM

Interesting Kit, you have a few important items listed and that is fine. If you had to pick only one?

Kitkat22 · Apr 4, 2010, 05:15 AM

Originally Posted by Stringer

Interesting Kit, you have a few important items listed and that is fine. If you had to pick only one?

I would find a cure for autism Thanks stringer.. :)

Homegirl 50 · Apr 4, 2010, 04:18 PM

I would reach out to youth who are headed in the wrong direction of life and put them on the right path.
They are our youth and society cannot afford to loose too many more generations of them.

Stringer · Apr 4, 2010, 04:41 PM

Hi Homegirl,

A very good thing to do, if you knew that you couldn't fail can you imagine what you could accomplish?

Clough · Apr 4, 2010, 09:11 PM

Hi, Stringer!

One of the first things that I would try to do is to find a way for everyone to be able to have a job.

There are others that I can think of, but that would probably be the first.

Great idea for a thread, Stringer!

Thanks!

Stringer · Apr 4, 2010, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by Clough

Hi, Stringer!

One of the first things that I would try to do is to find a way for everyone to be able to have a job.

There are others that I can think of, but that would probably be the first.

Great idea for a thread, Stringer!

Thanks!

Good choice Clough, that would certainly start things on the right track again.

Kitkat22 · Apr 4, 2010, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by Stringer

Good choice Clough, that would certainly start things on the right track again.

It really would Stringer.:)

Clough · Apr 4, 2010, 10:36 PM

Do we get a second or third choice?

ohsohappy · Apr 4, 2010, 10:48 PM

I would somehow, totally and completely solve the world's economic issues so that it would benefit everyone and things would run more smoothly. (if only)

ohsohappy · Apr 4, 2010, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by Kitkat22

I would find a cure for autism Thanks stringer..:)

My brother has a high functioning form of Autism called Aspergers Syndrome.

Kitkat22 · Apr 5, 2010, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by ohsohappy

My brother has a high functioning form of Autism called Aspergers Syndrome.

One of the girls I went to high school with has a grandson who has autism. Sweet little boy, you wouldn't believe how good he is with numbers and ( SOME TIMES )his smile will melt your heart.
Exactly what is Aspergers? I know most people who have high funtioning can go to school even live alone and hold down a job. Is this right ohso?

ohsohappy · Apr 5, 2010, 08:36 AM

Originally Posted by Kitkat22

one of the girls I went to high school with has a grandson who has autism. Sweet little boy, you wouldn't beleive how good he is with numbers and ( SOME TIMES )his smile will melt your heart.
Exactly what is Aspergers? I know most people who have high funtioning can go to school even live alone and hold down a job. Is this right ohso?

That's pretty much what it is in a nutshell, but if you want to learn more here's a link. :).
ASPERGER'S DISORDER HOMEPAGE

Kitkat22 · Apr 5, 2010, 08:57 AM

Originally Posted by ohsohappy

That's pretty much what it is in a nutshell, but if you want to learn more here's a link. :).
ASPERGER'S DISORDER HOMEPAGE

Thanks ohso... Stringer this is a great thread. Can we have two choices?:D

Wondergirl · Apr 5, 2010, 08:59 AM

Originally Posted by Kitkat22

Exactly what is Aspergers? I know most people who have high funtioning can go to school even live alone and hold down a job.

I have an autistic son (a form called hyperlexia) and am married to a guy with Asperger's whose deceased father probably had Asperger's also. My husband and I figured out only recently that he is an Aspie -- the condition was nearly unheard of when we were growing up. My husband is retired from a career with Western Electric/Lucent as a 5ESS installer. It was a very structured job with lots of detail -- perfect for him and his needs. Now I understand why my husband insisted on going to the same vacation spots year after year, staying in the same motels, and eating in the same restaurants. So many things I understand now! And our son has worked in a library for almost twenty years -- the perfect place for him (loves to read and remembers -- without deliberately memorizing them -- Dewey decimal numbers, authors, titles, etc.).

I know there are children who are profoundly autistic -- and probably adults who are institutionalized for the same reason when no one could figure out what was wrong with them -- but I don't know that I would find a cure for autism. I'd want to find a way to help those profoundly handicapped by it, but the autistic people I personally know are proud of who they are and wouldn't want to be boring "normals" like you and I are. They are like left-handed people who have to adapt to the rest of us who are righties.

Stringer · Apr 5, 2010, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by Kitkat22

Thanks ohso...Stringer this is a great thread. Can we have two choices?:D

Yes, of course Kit.

Kitkat22 · Apr 5, 2010, 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by Wondergirl

I have an autistic son (a form called hyperlexia) and am married to a guy with Asperger's whose deceased father probably had Asperger's also. My husband and I figured out only recently that he is an Aspie -- the condition was nearly unheard of when we were growing up. My husband is retired from a career with Western Electric/Lucent as a 5ESS installer. It was a very structured job with lots of detail -- perfect for him and his needs. Now I understand why my husband insisted on going to the same vacation spots year after year, staying in the same motels, and eating in the same restaurants. So many things I understand now! And our son has worked in a library for almost twenty years -- the perfect place for him (loves to read and remembers -- without deliberately memorizing them -- Dewey decimal numbers, authors, titles, etc.).

I know there are children who are profoundly autistic -- and probably adults who are institutionalized for the same reason when no one could figure out what was wrong with them -- but I don't know that I would find a cure for autism. I'd want to find a way to help those profoundly handicapped by it, but the autistic people I personally know are proud of who they are and wouldn't want to be boring "normals" like you and I are. They are like left-handed people who have to adapt to the rest of us who are righties.

WG.. I have never looked at it that way... I guess I think of the children who are not as lucky.. the ones whose parent's don't work with them or who just give up on them. My friend is a wonderful grandmother. I hope I didn't offend you. :) I have seen many autistic children who are not nurtured by someone like you and it hurts me.

Wondergirl · Apr 5, 2010, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by Stringer

if you knew that you couldn't fail can you imagine what you could accomplish?

Now, wait a minute! It's when we fail and make mistakes that we learn. We'd never learn anything if we were always successful at anything we did. If I crack an egg over the bowl of creamed butter and sugar when I'm making cookies and pieces of shell fall into the bowl along with the yolk and white, batter, I've just learned something -- crack the egg over a clean cereal bowl or measuring cup so I don't end up with egg shells in my cookie dough. In fact, let's go back to when we are babies -- a baby's mistakes are how it learns. And the baby not only learns the right way, but knows what to avoid doing next time.

Continuous success with no mistakes breeds arrogance and impatience with others "less fortunate."

Wondergirl · Apr 5, 2010, 09:33 AM

Originally Posted by Kitkat22

WG..I have never looked at it that way... I guess I think of the children who are not as lucky ..the ones whose parent's don't work with them or who just give up on them. My friend is a wonderful grandmother. I hope I didn't offend you. :) i have seen many autistic children who are not nurtured by someone like you and it hurts me.

I didn't "work with" my son Daniel. Autism was unheard of and not talked about until just recently. I always accepted Daniel as a kid who learned things a slightly different way. For instance, he is a visual person, so he has to see something in print, and then it's his forever. Hearing his teachers give out assignments didn't work; he learned to write down assignments immediately. (His father carries around a pocket full of 3x5 cards of to-do lists of all sorts.) Neither husband or son is a social person and has no interest in "hanging out." Being very social, I've had to find my own way in our marriage. Son Daniel has only one BFF and would rather read something by Pushkin or work on a crossword puzzle than socialize. Both husband and son have had to find their way without offending the rest of the world.