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Blog entries by Geordie
I had always been highly motivated in everything I do. This is especially true, more so for a few causes I really believe in. They are:
(1) Ensure appropriate education in mainstream environments, e.g. schools and universities
(2) Bringing an inclusive workplace in Singapore that accepts...
I hope that we have a lot of social contacts to work on, but that we work on our individual selves. The dream of 'By Aspies For Aspies' is outmoded, because what is the good of having only Aspies? Surely the world is much more larger than merely Aspies, although we're somewhat oppressed.
But...
When one bright student suddenly experienced low grades in school or college, help should be immediately given.
I know this because I was once one such student myself. I did not do well in exams despite reasonably high motivation and competence, due to personal issues regarding disappointment...
We will provide our services for High Functioning Autistic people, or HFAs in short.
HFAs are people who had been successful thus far in the mainstream institutions, regardless of previous experience in special schools or other similar institutions, and this is our definition of HFAs.
As...
We must be ready to admit that we hadn't been able to serve Aspies and Auties well, because many Aspies and Auties choose to leave Singapore, as we don't have the good fortune to connect.
That's why, we have to admit that we feel helpless we cannot help to change media's perception now...
These are the issues on how cultural aspects do affect People with Special Experiences (PSEs).
(1) There are family/clan-based politics.
Asian society is patriarchal in general. The first son in the family is almost prepared to succeed the position of leading the whole clan. If he has a...
Our utopia:
The weather is cool at around 50 to 70 degree Fahrenheit (or 10 to 20 or so degree Celsius) around the year, sunny almost all the time, the water is plentiful with no water restrictions in the summer, there are no floods, no earthquakes, the occasional wildfire that is effectively...
In Singapore, we emphasise a little more on technical-based education so much, that we are keeping our Polytechnics from the old British education system, and even expanding them in the past 30 years.
What I am unhappy is, the government restricts university places. For those who are not too...
Cheating ?25 million is not enough for Singapore's largest church to support a pastor's wife career, in vain.
So she released a few albums, all hit #1, but at what cost?
Lavish lifestyle, high-pressure fund raising for all church members, irregular accounts, concentration of power and...
Indeed, after so much issues in my autism group, the two founders of my previous autism support group fell out due to petty disputes.
It is over the insistence of one founder saying, 'some of us, who are in universities and colleges, deserve more support than those with no ability to do...
Someone I knew made an observation:
Some group of people live a land where food is so easy to find. You can catch a fish, grab one coconut, harvest one banana and lay down on the sandy beaches, all within the yard of your house, for 1000+ years.
Then a group of people came to the land...
My interests include looking at current and future developments in Singapore (and other countries), and see how we can develop our cities, where more than 50% of the gloabl population lives, to see how can we make our cities more liveable. Zoning is not the solution. The solution would be having...
As a member of the JC PDSN community, we face a few challenges.
(1) We do not have employable skills. JCs don't teach them. We are trained to be academics, not employees of a firm. So when we go to the job market even after university, we will lose out to other job entrants who have 'job...
Much has been said and commented on this Singapore-specific issue.
I can only say, this represents the dark side of Aspie and Autie people in Singapore. It made me think about this issue for a few days. I wasn't able to come back here on Aspies Central on the right frame of mind. I am both...
Money is the currency of modeRn life though it isn't the currency of love.
I always hear complaints that he hasn't got enough money to have a girlfriend and a house. I'm also concerned that many of us do indeed worry about having no money left to feed our families even in Singapore...
As a volunteer for those with learning differences, I have confidence that things will work out well for all of us. However, we will first need to accept ourselves before we accept other people like us.
My experience is, in all countries, from Australia, United States to Singapore, what...
Currently, left-wing politics is the hope for Europe and most other industrialised nations in the world. Social change for an egalitarian society should be achieved, as the Left Wing emphasised in their rallies. On the other hand, right wingers support or acceptance of social hierarchy, as...
Inclusive Education for All Special Needs Singaporeans
There is a need for all Singaporeans to be educated, under a common core education to prepare for a knowledge-based economy, as well as having a common educational experience to build forging national identity and cohesion. (Ministry of...
Migration, the term that describes a species which for its continued survival, it must leave a place for better pastures and to exploit better food sources, the term now drives with many Singaporeans especially these recent years, to leave the country for new worlds.
This trend is also...
It is said that autistic people are poltroons. They are wretched cowards who stand in the way of success. They stand in the way for the accomplishments of their organization's, their family's and for some cases, even their very own successes.
I do not know how the negative attitudes in...