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8. Yes, calling it "denial" is punitive

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 10:16 PM

Feb 2012

because some folks don't have awareness persistent enough to affirm or to deny their condition.

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A lot of us are in the closet about our illness. [View all] Neoma Feb 2012 OP

thanks for the OP mdmc Feb 2012 #1

Another big reason: You'll never get a job. hunter Feb 2012 #2

you raise a very good point in your fourth paragraph fizzgig Feb 2012 #3

I agree... pipi_k Feb 2012 #14

For some people it is denial though. Neoma Feb 2012 #4

Yes, calling it "denial" is punitive EFerrari Feb 2012 #8

I don't hide that information about myself Tobin S. Feb 2012 #5

Hey, I'd like to see those stats, haven't seen them. Neoma Feb 2012 #6

Okay, here we go. Tobin S. Feb 2012 #7

I can get what you mean on the stigma part, Tobin. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #10

I understand, Odin Tobin S. Feb 2012 #11

I almost never tell people I get SSI because of my Asperger's. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #9

Ha, looking normal never has had anything to do with it. Neoma Feb 2012 #12

Same here... pipi_k Feb 2012 #13

I can understand why someone would be in the closet easttexaslefty Mar 2012 #15