In the comments on my Julian Assange post, I mentioned the guy I work with who is regarded as a "creep" by everyone. Aspergers is written all over him, and he recently acknowledged it to me (official Dx!), but he won't tell anyone. I work in a reasonably-progressive environment (for SC anyway) and if he did, I know everyone would go lots easier on him. But his shame over his disability, creates, well, more shame for him in being targeted as a simple weirdo who behaves inappropriately (and yes, he often does).
:(
I am a popular gal where I work (just a matter of being there since the doors opened!), so I make a point of befriending and defending him. That's about all I can do. He doesn't want to be outed.
1 comment:
In the comments on my Julian Assange post, I mentioned the guy I work with who is regarded as a "creep" by everyone. Aspergers is written all over him, and he recently acknowledged it to me (official Dx!), but he won't tell anyone. I work in a reasonably-progressive environment (for SC anyway) and if he did, I know everyone would go lots easier on him. But his shame over his disability, creates, well, more shame for him in being targeted as a simple weirdo who behaves inappropriately (and yes, he often does).
:(
I am a popular gal where I work (just a matter of being there since the doors opened!), so I make a point of befriending and defending him. That's about all I can do. He doesn't want to be outed.
*sigh*
Post a Comment