Inappropriate bahaviour

[Matthew_T]

I don't, I just have brain damage instead.

That is verging on offensive.

 

[Linford]

That is verging on offensive.

Not if it is true.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Not if it is true.

.....And it is. I nearly went to a special needs school as a kid. It also probably explains a lot of other things with me.

Anyway, I was just saying' like.

 

[Matthew_T]

Whether or not he has it isnt the point, it could be taken as offensive bbecause it seemed like he was comparing the two. When in actual fact, they are both very different.

Autism has nothing to do with being damaged. In my case and many others, we could even be called a 'higher species' as we are more intelligent and less affected by trivial things such as emotions which seem to have gotten the better of mankind because of a lack of intelligence in some. Autism is genetic and is brought about by either just chance, genes, or some other affect such as, in my case, neglect from a pharmacutical company.

Brain damage or brain defficiency is related to more serious concerns such as (not directed directly at you MDB) either damage during pregnancy, genes, early behaviour, or just natural selection.

Noone is perfect and fortunately for some, I have learnt to live with my disability quite well and I can often use my higher intelligence as an advantage. However, my intelligence can sometimes get the better of me (like when cycling) as I feel that people should respect rules and regulations to the book.
I often compare myself to people such as the character Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory. He is a higher intelligence and has evolved his life around order. I can imagine that when I eventually live on my own, this is a particular trait is what people will get the impression of me when they meet me.
My intelligence isnt just boring order, one thing that I have picked up about myself is that I love watching other people. I can very quickly see deeper than the average person can and I can identify who is worth befriending, and who should be avoided. I can pick up where peoples boundaries and limits are by their behaviour and actions. Unfortunately, I began doing this at a late age and wasnt able to use it to my advantage in school when I got bullied for being "abnormal" and "avoided".

I am currently in the middle of a book relating to my life and things which have affected me throughout it. Hopefully, I can get it published for my 19th birthday and I might even make some money from it.

 

[Red Light]

I don't think you have the legal right to interfere with someone else's property in that manner. You can ask them to do so, however if you damage the equipment on which it is taken you may find yourself with a hefty repair bill.
Also how would you delete pictures on film?

Interestingly section 180 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 says "“recording”, in relation to a performance, means a film or sound recording". It would seem a digital photograph of a performance is not restricted under copyright unless there has been case law since on the equivalence of film and digital photography.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Whether or not he has it isnt the point, it could be taken as offensive bbecause it seemed like he was comparing the two. When in actual fact, they are both very different.

I was responding to:

Maybe, everyone has it.

I wasn't comparing anything, I was just answering your question!

less affected by trivial things

Ahem, with all due respect, this thread? It may have been major to you, but for average person it is a minor annoyance if that and will have been forgotten about soon anyway.

such as emotions which seem to have gotten the better of mankind because of a lack of intelligence in some.

I agree, but it also does help to be able to think 'outside of the situation' as it were and not just blindly follow the rules. I know what Autism is by the way before you ask.

Brain damage is related to...... early behaviour

Taken out by a shopping trolley of all things at 18 months old, it was an accident, a case of neglect on the supermarket's part.

However, my intelligence can sometimes get the better of me (like when cycling) as I feel that people should respect rules and regulations to the book.

I do sometimes too, but I realise that that it is in human nature to do what we are told not to do, so unless it is a major, unfair or dangerous breach of the rules, then I just let a lot of minor things pass.

 

[classic33]

Matthew_T
Never consider yourself to be better than someone you have never met.
Again I am speaking from personal experience. Born with & brought up with epilepsy & everything that goes with it. Held back a year from starting school, late start due to education department saying that I wasn't fit to be taught in a "normal school". Often accused of day dreaming whilst at school. These were actually abscence seizures(stand & stare). It took a while for new teachers to realise what was happenning. Worse were the ones where control was lost, I'd often end up having to sit the day out in what was being worn at the time. Plus the snide comments that went along with them.
These tended to scare the sh.t out of some people, pupils, teachers & parents. Pupils sometimes litrally.
Birth mark on one arm that came across the upper back & down the upper half of the the other didn't help. Most didn't know what it was. I said it was scarlet fever, which they probably knew even less about.
Medication taken for it also singled me out at school, as this meant a trip to the headmaster to get it.

Secondary school is where the bullies tried to show their hands & by the end of the first year you'd have been mad to pick a fight with me. Stronger than most of the others & as I always said if I have a fit you're mates are going to have problems getting the arm(s) open. This later proved true. Classed as one that would never work, there was no interview with with a careers advisor like everyone else.

Work wasn't to easy get as I had to be twice as able as the next person to stand a chance of getting the same job. Again medication would play a big part, part of it having to be kept under lock & key in the workplace. Sought & taken when needed. Not too many places willing to do this.

That aside, I don't think I've done that bad. There are still pre-conceived ideas on what can & cannot be done by me. The only thing it has stopped me from doing has been driving. Its forced me to stand up for myself & I'm willing to fight my corner if need be.

The medication taken over the years means that if I go to a dentist, a general anaesthetic cannot be used. So it has to be local, with me paying extra for the doctor to be there. Similar reasons for operations. I've fitted under a general whilst on the operating table forcing what should have been a routine appendix removal into a major operation, involving two teams. My lasting memory of that operation is one of a junior doctor telling me he was "just putting his knee on my throat to stop me throwing up" & wondering why. Only saw him after the operation.

When you leave hospital struggling to breath because it hurts that much. You have managed to bite your throat, literally thrown your gut up to do so. Your whole body is sore, your head hurts in so many places you don' t feel some of them. Your tounge & the inside of your mouth are swollen due to the fact you've chewed them, making eating impossible, breathing hard. Walking awkward. And yet you feel you're one of the lucky ones, because you can leave, you'll have an idea of what it feels like.

Maybe its yourself that has "drawn the short straw" with regards natural selection. There is no way of knowing that, no more than me knowing if its what caused me to be born with epilepsy. There are no records of it in the family, its not something that happenned at birth, during pregnancy(as far as I or the many specialists seen over the the years know).

What you describe above are what everyone has to go through in life. Yet you sit there,typing into a computer that you consider yourself to be a 'higher species' with a higher intelligence. Get off your pedistal and smell what you are shovelling.

 

[classic33]

Interestingly section 180 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 says "“recording”, in relation to a performance, means a film or sound recording". It would seem a digital photograph of a performance is not restricted under copyright unless there has been case law since on the equivalence of film and digital photography.

The law has failed to keep up with technology. Police now no longer finger print you, they scan your finger prints. As these are kept on a system using binary information it falls outside of the act. I'd say the same would work for digital cameras

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Matthew_T
Never consider yourself to be better than someone you have never met.

What you describe above are what everyone has to go through in life. Yet you sit there,typing into a computer that you consider yourself to be a 'higher species' with a higher intelligence. Get off your pedistal and smell what you are shovelling.

Wow, and there I was trying to be polite about it.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

What is more Matt, I do not think you are any better than the rest of us, rather, you are just wired differently, and as such, you notice things most people don't because you perhaps only concentrate, focus, on a small part of something whereas most of us notice things you don't because we can see the whole of it and have to act accordingly, loosing some of the fine details in the process, perhaps in ways you find illogical or incomprehensible. If that makes sense to you.

Yes, there are bad and stupid people out there, but most things are done for a legitimate reason, and very very few things will actually hurt you anyway.

 

[vernon]

I have learnt to live with my disability quite well and I can often use my higher intelligence as an advantage. However, my intelligence can sometimes get the better of me (like when cycling) as I feel that people should respect rules and regulations to the book.
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Matthew, you have not learned to live with your disability as well as you might think. You are publicly intolerant of other peoples failings and appear to be unaware of the possibility of a violent response from someone who is intolerant of interfering busybodies. Is great to have a positive self image but it helps if it is accurate.

 

[asterix]

MDB's point was perfectly valid IMO. I have had brain damage due a serious head injury. Sometime after I was assessed by a neuro-psychologist, a high pressure experience lasting hours. During the process the practitioner explained in retrospect the purpose of various tests and afterwards I received a written confirmation of their report. It seems that brain damage could explain all sorts of behaviour including symptoms that suggest aspergers.

I was intrigued by your critique of my pet picture:

I think there may be a few things wrong with your house there. You seem to have no window, a collection of 'old' style tools, part of the wall on the side, and supporting columns holding up some kind of wood based surface.
Just to let you know....
Actually, the oppositions house looks like it is in a state as well. The roof is in bad condition, chimney stack is in bad condition, and the conservatory is in bad condition.

I am sorry if I have gone over the top, I am studying construction so know about the conditions of a building.

Unfortunately much of rural France is in no better state of repair or advancement, however I am sure you'll be pleased to hear I now have a window (although little else has improved,except the cats have an armistice).

 

[subaqua]

if Matt goes into construction doing what he does now then i can guarantee that some hairy assed builder is going to plonk him on his arse for making a comment.

 

[Linford]

My best friends son is severely autistic. So much so that he cannot be trusted near the road despite being nearly 17. His behavour makes people actively avoid contact with him because he behaves inappropriately (groping, being suggestive). Partially because he has this condition, partially because he has been indulged his entire life, and has been given a huge amount of rope by (some of) his carers.

I would certainly class it as a disability in respect that it stifles his ability to function in a way which the can integrate and interact with others. It is terribly difficult on those around him as he gets foisted off from his parents to grandparents all the time. I'd certainly not class it as a blessing by any stretch of the imagination, and his father has hinted in the past that he had contemplated suicide once or twice as he was tortured by the hopelessness of the endless responsibility of caring for him.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

That's fairly grim , sorry to hear that.