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Of course, Biden hasn't done anything worthy of being impeached and it would be better if he dealt with Austin, but I don't think he will.

 

Thanks, Neutral Corner. That's a good suggestion. At least, I think it is.

You're right, though, in that I'm not sure what my nephew would think. He's usually open to at least considering most things, and who knows what will occur in the future? He's a smart guy and probably knows he shouldn't shut doors unnecessarily, but he is sensitive to people's perceptions of him, and, I'm sure, he is keenly aware of his differences, and always has been.

In the year before he started school, so, about 4-5 years old, preparations were made for school with his disability. He was early home-school specifically with some Braille, so he actually knows some of that, too, having retained whatever bits he was taught then, and having learned a little more during his early elementary school years. But he doesn't use it, and wound up never doing so in school because he just didn't want to, and. obviously, he found ways to manage take things in, and learn, without it.

He also was entitled to have access to and use large-print textbooks and to ask for any special in-class accommodations as needed. But he never asked for any favors. In fact, after taking home the huge, large-print books when he started middle school, he wound up stacking them in a corner and never using them. He did everything all through school and college the same way everyone else did. He just didn't want any special treatment, thinking that that might make him even more different and cause him to stand out in a way he didn't want to even more than he already did.

I suspect he might have the same attitude about your suggestion. But I'll certainly let him know about it. I know I'd never thought of it, and I've always kept an eye out for things that might be good for him, especially if he is open to ride-sharing, or availing himself of public transportation and the like. While my sister thinks he should he a model (and in a way, it is a great idea, as that industry is always seeking people with a different look, and my nephew does, in fact, have a great sense of fashion, and he likes to do and try trendy things), a career in front of big cameras is probably not for him.

He was about to turn 2 years old when he verbalized to us for the first time, himself, what we could expect would be one of his challenges in life. I was playing piano at my house, after some of the family, including him, had come over for dinner. He came and climbed up to sit next to me on the piano bench, and my mom (his grandmother) grabbed her camera to take a picture of us as we "played" together. She took one shot, but wanted more, and began to set herself up, and she asked us to look her way. The not-quite-2-year-old turned to her, all right, but, in a pleading little voice that nonetheless was as clear as anything, said, "No camera. Hurts my eyes."

My mom and I locked wide eyes, looking over his head at each other as we experienced one of our first truly understood, and poignantly expressed, pains of his (about glare). And she stopped with the picture-taking. He has since learned to understand about and tolerate it, but we are mindful of overdoing the picture-taking around him.

My best suggestion to him for a job has been in regard to his fluency in ASL, and I still think he is missing the boat regarding a great opportunity/possibility for him. But ASL is something he has done since he began learning it at the age of 4 from a cousin on his mother's side of the family. As he went through school, gatherings with other ASL enthusiasts and clubs were a regular part of his social life, and I think he just hasn't seen it as work, and, so far, it seems that he doesn't want to do so. But I still suggest it periodically, and I try to encourage him, seriously, to make sure he gets certified in it, because there are myriad opportunities, everywhere nowadays, for interpreters. And, right off the bat, the field for jobs is narrowed just because it is something that not everyone can do. But you've got to be certified (I've gone so far as to make sure he knows he can do that, probably without too much difficulty, through the local job-training center. Maybe even more important, I also think he might find real respect and acceptance from others in that field, especially once he shows that he can do it. (I think that's something that would occur with the jobs/groups you've suggested, too, right?).

But so far, he hasn't taken me up on the idea. It's OK, I guess. He's in a good, potentially long-term position now with the school district, which offers the possibility of upward and lateral movement if/when he ever wants it, and it's one of those kinds of jobs where, once you're in, you tend to get first dibs on other opportunities. And for now, we're all just pleased that he navigated a pretty stringent hiring process and got the job -- one that he can actually walk to if he needs to, and one in which he is comfortable for now and is showing, as he needed to, that he can, in fact, work, and hold down the job.

 

ASL is a fabulous idea. School district job would be great if he got in and established, and could perhaps be a reference for other opportunities. If he can get certified he could possibly get a job with the court system, at least PRN on call. Corporate maybe, although that gets back to the transport issue. The courts, if he gets accepted as doing a good job, is the sort of place he might be able to thrive as part of a team. They use language translators all the time, ASL less commonly. In a city with city and county (and federal if there) courts there might be enough need to make a living at it. Might could hook up with some sort of speaker's bureau, they use translators sometimes. School system or court system are the sorts of places that once he's in he can't be messed with much except for cause. Lower pay than the corporate world, perhaps better benefits. That what you want, the sort of a group enterprise where once you're part of the team you're pretty much in.

My son was much the same way about taking help after his TBI. It's taken him twenty years to learn to accept help from the state Voc/Rehab (which is another source you guys should contact and see if they have any suggestions) and from the Alabama Head Injury Foundation. Hard headed as hell.

I would absolutely see if there is a state/county Vocational Rehab office of some sort. They'll know of employers who actively hire people with disabilities. They can give you some general advice, but of course he has to apply for their help for them to do anything in depth.

I don't know him, but you might try telling him that he has a lot of years left, and he can either work his way into a career of some sort or risk winding up sitting home and drawing a disability check. That might make him a bit more willing to listen.

 

He has a D next to his name. That's impeachable right there.

 

This is pretty good. His attorney's argument during the second impeachment was that if he had committed a crime, he could be prosecuted, that the DoJ knew what to do in such cases. Impeachment wasn't necessary.

They'll ignore it but Trump's own attorneys and Mitch McConnell are both on video saying this.

 

Smelly thought he'd just waltz in there, speechify and leave.

 

The Democratic Senate should have immediately suspended the impeachment proceedings and Biden should have instructed the acting AG to file at least a dozen felony charges against Fatfuck by noon the next day.

 

Which is why the judge put so many restrictions on what he could talk about. Otherwise he would have gone off the rails.

 

Oh, I agree. The legal briefs in these cases are some brilliant writing. He is fileted every day in these briefs.

 

He's gonna go off the rails anyhow. If the judge fines him a couple of hundred million and bans him from doing business in New York state, I'll hear him howling from here.

 

Judge....you know not a lot of people that judges used to wear wigs. It's true! A lot of people think I wear a wig, but that is not true. I learned recently that there was a very big, very famous, very successful political party called the Whigs. Lots of names, big names in that one. John Quincy Adamson, William Henry Garrison, Zachariah Taylor. Lots of big names these Whigs who were not judges.

Judge Reinhold. Whatever happened to him? The Santa Clause. We love the Clause. We do. And The Cop of Beverly Hills. Very big movie. Very successful. Normally, I wouldn't watch a movie where the lead character is played by a, a, um, comedian....but it was good.