This is how I see the world!
About Me
My name is Phillip Vineyard
Andy Vineyard is my alias name and it's the name I go by. (I never did like the name Phillip.)
I am 38 years old.
I was born on Monday the 18th of June in the year 1973.
MY relationship status is "Out of Order".
Interested In: Women (Not looking for a wife.)
I do not have no kids - But I do love kids if their other people's kids.
Religious View: Christian.
Political View: Democratic Party.
I am in Leavenworth Kansas.
And no I am not in the big Penitentiary of Leavenworth.
I do live in the same city that is in.
But I have never been inside and never will be.
But the funny part is I can say I am doing time in Leavenworth. LOL
This city sucks bad, and I am looking for a place that is not in this city or Kansas.
So just like the ones in the Penitentiary I am trying to get out!!
You can find me on Facebook in FarmVille if you like to meet me.
http://facebook.com/Phillipvineyard
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I have Autism... But Autism Does Not Have Me.
First off Autism is not a joke people. I just do not know why people use online test like the one on Facebook called Autism Quotient, and other online test. To see if there Autistic. The online test "IS" a joke. If you thank you or some one is Autistic go see medical professionals who are specifically trained to diagnose Autism. "DO NOT" go by some online test.
I was Diagnosed by A Psychiatrist who specializes in autism.
And if you do not know what your looking for you may never know that I do have it.
But I do and that is just the way it is.
And I do not know why some people thank it is cool, and funny to have it. I do not at all find it funny and cool to have it.
I am very proud for who I am and will never give that up. but if there
was a way to make me not have Autism. I be the First at the door. That
will not change who I am it just get rid of the problems That I have
with the Autism.
The bad problems I have is what you can "not" see. ;)
See the world from my eyes and you know why I like it to be gone.
On top of having Autism. I have Muscular Dystrophy and other stuff.
I am in a power wheelchair full time, And I have been in one from Nov 1999 at the age of 26.
I miss walking and riding my bike. I love to have a cure for Muscular Dystrophy.
I was asked If I had to pick one... To not have Autism or not have
Muscular Dystrophy. And I had to pick "just" one. what will it be....
I picked Autism.
Just see the world from my eyes and you know why I like it to be gone.
I have been tested 3 times for Autism.
1. 1988 Autism
2. 2009 (Re-evaluated.) diagnoses with Asperger's and a very high IQ. But that test was Deleted.
3. Retested and Re-evaluated due to error on the 2009 test and IQ test. And they say I have Autism and not Asperger's. Due to a lot of stuff.
The 1988 one was put under the rug. My parents or I did not know that I was tested for this in 1988.
But I was having a lot of test for stuff all the time (none stop at times.) as a kid. So this one some how got by with no one knowing. (I say some one back at that time was not doing there job.)
But it shows
up in 2009 out of the blue.
I have forgot what DSM. They say I was tested under back in 88.
I
do know they say I got 14 out of 16 and you just had to have 8 for a diagnoses.
(The last professional I seen had the full 1988 test.)
After I had the last test. I was like just put it all back under the rug and just not know.
But I do know now and this has helped me know why I am the way I am, and why I was the way I was as a kid. So some good did come out of it after all.
I am not going to be all sad and say poor me I have Autism feel sorry for me. no way and no how am I going to do that.
"I hate people that feel sorry for me."
All I ask for is that people understand that I have it and try to help me in a good Understanding way. And that is not at all a lot to ask for!
In February of 1988 to May of 1990 I was in a place for children with special needs. And I seen it all their. From every disability their was.
I was there for a unknown muscular disorder that happen to be Muscular Dystrophy, and unknown and funny behaviors, tantrums, big time behavior and learning problems in School, and a lot of other stuff.
At that time I was in the custody of the Kansas SRS. By the request of my parents to help pay for all the help I needed at that time. It was sad they had to do it this way. But my parents loved me, and had to do what loving parents had to do to get me the help I needed at that time.
Now I know I seen some kids with Autism there. But what I seen was the very bad bad part of Autism.
I did not know that their was other kids like me that had Autism there. That was due to me not knowing I had Autism and thinking that the bad part I seen at that time of Autism was all what Autism was. And at that time I was a kid and kids go by of what they see.
So I did not know what Autism was like. Just what I seen back in them days. I know a lot of people did not know back in them days what Autism was. But some one I seen had to know and that is why I was tested back at that time. But to hide it from me and my parents was just 100% wrong.
So up to 2009 I never did know and think I had Autism. I did know in a way I was not like other people. I did know I was in a world of my own at times. I was in a world of my own a lot more as a kid, and a lot of other stuff.
But Autism never did come to my mind at all. It never did come to my parents mind. I seen a lot of professionals after that 1988 test and none seen it. Maybe that is due to the professionals I seen was not professionals that know what Autism was.
After test #2 and 3 I have asked people. (none Autism professionals.) Do I seem Autistic to you and I got back from them. "Yes, no, and some times."
People that know very little on Autism will say "no" And I had one say "no way can you have Autism. I know some one with it and your not like them at all." All I can say to that is "He did not at all know what Autism is. But he knows now... :)
The people that do say "Yes" knows what Autism is and can see that I do have it.
The people that say "some times" are people that knows a lot on it and people that know some on it.
Why is this? There maybe some times that it shows more than other times. This can be due to.... "What am I doing at that time"
"How am I feeling at the time" "If there is a lot going on at the time"
"Am I with a lot of People at the time" and a lot lot more.... But you do have to know what your looking for.
At the end of Retesting #3. The last professional I seen on this. Let me
know that he seen I had Autism less then 5 mins of coming in to his
office.
But he has been trained to
diagnose Autism for the last 25 years. So I never questioned him.
Having Autism is like Being in The Twilight Zone.
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So what is Autism?
From Autism speaks
http://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism
Autism is a general term used to describe a group of complex developmental brain disorders known as Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD). The other pervasive developmental disorders are PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified), Asperger Syndrome, Rett Syndrome and Childhood Disintegrative Disorder. Many parents and professionals refer to this group as Autism Spectrum Disorders.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (I did find a lot on Autism from this site is old and outdated.
I posted the good part and the links.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism
Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old.[2] Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their synapses connect and organize; how this occurs is not well understood.[3] It is one of three recognized disorders in the autism spectrum (ASDs), the other two being Asperger syndrome, which lacks delays in cognitive development and language, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (commonly abbreviated as PDD-NOS), which is diagnosed when the full set of criteria for autism or Asperger syndrome are not met.[4]
Other Autism Websites.
http://www.autism.com/fam_whatisautism.asp
http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/brain/autism.html
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/autism/DS00348
http://www.wrongplanet.net/
Do Note: This website did take a a very long time to make. But I did in on my own. and I did the best I can do with the skills I have. It did take all I had to make it. But I am happy I did. To read why it did take me a long time and why making this website was not very easy for me to make please read my 2nd page called How I Think
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