tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post507144561694568355..comments2024-03-16T07:25:36.449-04:00Comments on Yes, That Too: Not SafeAlyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06413844178426365789noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-51158843731194591242012-12-02T10:18:35.795-05:002012-12-02T10:18:35.795-05:00You hit the nail on the head. I became homeless af...You hit the nail on the head. I became homeless after neglect and abuse as a child from the effects of being on the spectrum yet undiagnosed. I became addicted to I.V. meth use for the twenty years following to compensate for social rejection from society and the inability to hold a job for more than nine months. I became an inmate in prison for five years plus as society's(rightful?)answer to the theft crimes I committed to keep myself alive. I became a victim of ostracization and a target for abuse at the hands of violent criminals for five potentially deadly years. I was released to find homelessness again while awaiting services (mainly social security determinations) to the tune of three years now. I was the victim of neglect and intimidation tactics by the contract medical provider in a jail as I awaited drug & alcohol "treatment" (where I almost was given a parole violation for claiming I was a victim... it was firmly against the state's adopted curriculum to take that stance.)<br /><br />I'm currently crammed into a halfway house with the same criminal thinkers as roommates... five of them in one tiny apartment... as I try to plead my cases. Can I get the attention of Social Security? No. Am I intimidated daily? Yes. Do I have anywhere to turn if I'm victimized? No.<br /><br />I'm ill from the permanent symptoms I endure as the result of my neurology being battered by this belief system that some people with autism disorders are just fine. I'm intimidated and scared everyday about what trauma will come next. I'm tired of being told to believe that I'm no different and am in no way a victim. I've been the recipient of people's frustration far too long as the person in the weaker role in some social circles. I consider it all hatred by people for whatever reason they purpose to claim. It's time we get a bill to congress.<br /><br />(Open disclosure from me: Anyone may cut & paste my response to use openly for the purposes of awareness to this issue... but please give me the credit for writing it, in hopes that one day someone will see this and call with some help. I live in Boise Idaho; my name is Ernest Weaver, and my phone number is 208-353-0760. I'm 43 years old and have been crying out for help all of my life.)<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />Ernest E. Weaver IIErnestWeaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757855616114587587noreply@blogger.com