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  • Autism is not a death sentence nor a life sentence!

    "Possible Strengths:

    Intelligence, Special Interest, Memory
    • Average to very high intelligence.
    • Good verbal skills; rich vocabulary.
    • Ability to absorb and retain large amounts of information, especially about topics of special interest.
    • Ability to think in visual images.
    • Be self-motivated, independent learners.
    • Propensity to think outside the box and generate novel solutions to problems.
    • Some people may show a strong aptitude for a particular field of study or topic.
      • Strong Focus
      • Ability (in some cases a preference) to spend time alone.
      • Take an interest in arcane or off-beat fields of knowledge.
      • Concentrate for long periods of time on reading, experimenting, writing,
      • Avoid wasting time on some activities that appeal to neurotypical people.
      • Some special interests can be channeled into productive hobbies or even careers, where the person may be creative or make new discoveries.
        • Detail-oriented
        • Ability to notice small details of an idea, theory, number pattern, book, film, object or visual image.
        • Ability to perform repetitive tasks where accuracy, rules, and routine are important.
        • Strong work ethic; commitment to quality and accuracy of work.
          • Unique humor
          • Play with language and create puns.
          • Enjoy sarcasm and satire.
          • Relish life’s absurd, dark, or incongruous side.
          • See-through empty rhetoric or conventional pieties.
            • Honesty
            • Ability and tendency to tell the truth—even if it’s not tactful or in one’s self-interest.
            • Desire and tendency to follow rules.
              • Desire to Connect
              • Expend effort and energy to learn social skills that do not come naturally.
              • Persevere in the face of rejection, confusion, or frustration.
              • Believe the best of everyone (sometimes naively).
              • Accept quirkiness or imperfection in others, and become a loyal friend.
                • Fair and Just
                • Tendency to be unconventional, open-minded, and tolerant.
                • Intensely responsive when made aware of injustice.
                • Advocate for the underdog, victims of bullying, or members of an oppressed group.
                • Propensity to express caring in non-traditional ways.
                • Tendency to relate to and defend animals."
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                  17 min
                • I’m a soft-hearted, gentle, ambivert, omnivert personality
                  Ever so often, our internal clock requires a recharge and the best thing to do is take as much time as possible to get back to 100%. So, wanting to have some alone time or get back to a lively, fun environment isn’t such a tough choice after all.
                  You follow your heart and be true to yourself, and pick the surroundings that work best for you in that moment. This is the only way you will be able to live your truth and navigate the various intricacies of life.
                  This can mean you will look forward to detaching yourself from everything and everyone; wanting to scroll through the phone, pamper yourself, or even stare blankly off into nothing.
                  But once you’re recharged, you yearn to be around others as loneliness creeps through and you need human interaction badly.”
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                  36 min
                • Religion rhymes with prison!! I do think that The Passion of The Christ was inappropriate for kids!
                  “Criticism of religion involves criticism of the validity, concept, or ideas of religion.[1] Historical records of criticism of religion go back to at least 5th century BCE in ancient Greece, in Athens specifically, with Diagoras "the Atheist" of Melos. In ancient Rome, an early known example is Lucretius' De rerum natura from the 1st century BCE. Every exclusive religion on Earth (as well as every exclusive world view) that promotes exclusive truth-claims necessarily denigrates the truth-claims of other religions.[2] Thus, some criticisms of religion become criticisms of one or more aspects of a specific religious tradition. Critics of religion in general may view religion as one or more of: outdated, harmful to the individual, harmful to society, an impediment to the progress of science or humanity, a source of immoral acts or customs, a political tool for social control.” I can’t celebrate in Heaven knowing that billions of people are residing in hell. I interpret all of these things secularly as a secular person that I am: “Theism, as a way of defining God, is dead. So most theological God-talk is today meaningless. A new way to speak of God must be found.
                  Since God can no longer be conceived in theistic terms, it becomes nonsensical to seek to understand Jesus as the incarnation of the theistic deity. So the Christology of the ages is bankrupt.
                  The Biblical story of the perfect and finished creation from which human beings fell into sin is pre-Darwinian mythology and post-Darwinian nonsense.
                  The virgin birth, understood as literal biology, makes Christ's divinity, as traditionally understood, impossible.
                  The miracle stories of the New Testament can no longer be interpreted in a post-Newtonian world as supernatural events performed by an incarnate deity.
                  The view of the cross as the sacrifice for the sins of the world is a barbarian idea based on primitive concepts of God and must be dismissed.
                  Resurrection is an action of God. Jesus was raised into the meaning of God. It therefore cannot be a physical resuscitation occurring inside human history.
                  The story of the Ascension assumed a three-tiered universe and is therefore not capable of being translated into the concepts of a post-Copernican space age.
                  There is no external, objective, revealed standard written in scripture or on tablets of stone that will govern our ethical behavior for all time.
                  Prayer cannot be a request made to a theistic deity to act in human history in a particular way.
                  The hope for life after death must be separated forever from the behavior control mentality of reward and punishment. The Church must abandon, therefore, its reliance on guilt as a motivator of behavior.
                  All human beings bear God's image and must be respected for what each person is. Therefore, no external description of one's being, whether based on race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation, can properly be used as the basis for either rejection or discrimination.” I’m non-religious because I don’t need to go outside for what is already inside. We’re both expressions and versions of one another and wisdom is within us! “When I was a teenager my youth group showed a movie called “A Thief in the Night” about the rapture, and a few years back, churches were creating “hell houses” for Halloween. In both cases, the blood and gore and implied violence were meant to be shocking and emotionally traumatic — all justified morally because shock and trauma right now are better than having people tortured forever. But a therapist like Marlene Winell, who I mentioned before, routinely sees people who developed panic disorder or chronic depression and anxiety in reaction to hell and rapture threats. One child became hysterical whenever he called out and his parents didn’t answer because he thought they’d been taken. Another repeatedly prayed the prayer of salvation — never sure that it had “taken,” until she ultimately became distraught and suicidal.” Forced religion on kids is truly abusive!!!!
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                  2 hr 1 min
                • CrimeTime

                  E.vil /ˈēvəl/ Learn to pronounce adjective that means profoundly immoral and wicked. "his evil deeds" is an example of using evil correctly in a sentence. Similar in terms of synonyms : Wicked, bad, wrong,  morally wrong, wrongful, immoral, sinful,  ungodly, unholy, foul, vile, base, ignoble, dishonorable, corrupt, iniquitous,  depraved, degenerate, villainous,  nefarious, sinister, vicious, malicious,  malevolent, demonic, devilish, diabolic,  diabolical, fiendish , dark, black-hearted,  monstrous, shocking, despicable,  atrocious, heinous, odious, contemptible,  horrible, execrable, lowdown, stinking, dirty,  shady, warped, bent, crooked, dastardly,  black, egregious, flagitious, and peccable. 

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                  33 min
                • Ethical porn stardom
                  I love my sex daydreams, my sexual fluidity, and my gender fluidity. “In the past, bisexual people were believed to be an earlier form of sexual fluidity. People attracted to the opposite sex were labeled as heterosexual and people attracted to the same sex were labeled as gay. This meant that the only thing a person's sexual identity was impacted by was their gender. Nowadays, we understand the differences between gender, sex, and sexual orientation a lot more clearly.
                  While many people tend to confuse the two terms, there are quite a few differences that set them apart:
                  Bisexual people are attracted to people who identify as male or female while sexually fluid people can possibly be attracted to people of all genders.
                  Fluid sexuality means that it has the possibility to change over time. Bisexual individuals tend to stay consistent about their choice of partners or individuals they are attracted to.
                  The most distinct difference between the two is that bisexuality is clearly one of the different sexual orientations, while fluid sexuality is not. People of any sexual orientation such as asexual or homosexual individuals could experience sexual fluidity at any point in their lives. This means that their sexual attraction to other people can vary, depending on factors such as and not limited to, young adulthood and different points in their lives.
                  These differences clearly show that human sexuality is more complex than people believed it to be and forming an attraction to someone can happen for many reasons. While you might be of any particular sexual orientation you can still experience sexual desire towards other genders and these sexual attractions can be the key to better understanding and accepting your sexual fluidity.
                  The whole concept of sexual fluidity is understanding one's sexual behavior and feeling good about it, whether they are attracted to one gender, in particular, the opposite sex or people of all orientations.” My sex life (on-camera and off- camera) is filled with neighborly love, compassionate love, social justice, egalitarianism, servant leadership, social entrepreneurship, sacrificial love, being lovey dovey without being monogamous and unconditional love.
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                  1 hr 38 min
                • Ethical porn star boundaries
                  In this episode, I discuss how I wanted to highlight how important it is to have conversations, decisions, and truths in place that are needed for the entire porn crews to be honored.
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                  39 min
                • I’m a Cultural Creative of Universality
                  Ray and Sherry Anderson created a questionnaire to identify "Cultural Creatives" in Western society. The characteristics below were identified as qualities of a "Cultural Creative". Agreement with 10 or more indicates status as a "Cultural Creative".
                  •love of nature and deep caring about its preservation, and its natural balance.
                  •strong awareness of the planet-wide issues like climate change and poverty and a desire to see more action on them
                  •being active themselves
                  •willingness to pay higher taxes or spend more money for goods if that money went to improving the environment
                  •emphasize the importance of developing and maintaining relationships
                  •emphasize the importance of helping others and developing their unique gifts
                  •volunteer with one or more good causes
                  •intense interest in spiritual and psychological development (personal growth)
                  •see spirituality as an important aspect of life, but worry about religious fundamentalism
                  •desire equality for people in business, life and politics
                  •concern and support of the well-being of all people
                  •support spending more money on education, community development programs, and the support of a more ecologically sustainable future
                  •unhappy with the left and right in politics
                  •optimism towards the future
                  involved in creating a new and better way of life
                  •concerned with big business and the means they use to generate profits, including destroying the environment and exploiting poorer countries
                  •unlikely to overspend or be heavily in debt
                  •dislike the emphasis of modern cultures on "making it" and "success", on consuming and making money
                  •like people, places and things that are different or exotic. I live a life of Universal Christ Consciousness, Buddha Consciousness, God consciousness, and universal higher consciousness in secularity-minded fashions. I am proud to be a heretic, a sinner, fleshly, worldly, a heather, a pagan, profane, vulgar, obscene, a committee of the unpardonable sin against The Holy Spirit, a hell-bound demon, excommunicated, disfellowshipped, a person in need of exorcisms, and a blasphemer in the eyes of conventional traditionalists. I left the evangelical movement for the human rights movement. The Universe with Planet Earth is my church, people who are different than me are are my church, all inner beauty walks of life,and people who are outcasts are my church. Everywhere I go is my church. I think Jesus, Buddha, Christ figures, and wise sages from my secular lens are about secular global sexual justice warriors, global reproductive justice warriors, global justice to our personal lives, and global justice to our professional lives.
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                  1 hr 26 min
                • I'm a Buddhist Unitarian Universalist and I am a UU (Unitarian Universalist) Humanist
                  “We are Naturalists” and we support “Facts not Faith,” i.e., “We are committed to pursuing fact-based initiatives that will help sustain the planet, our environment, and humanity itself for the greatest number of future generations.”
                  “Free and Responsible Thought.” We serve as the principal stewards of the Humanist heritage at the core of Unitarian Universalism, affirming our commitment to the values flowing from its rich history of free and responsible thought…. We actively foster, support, and publicize local secular and Humanist communities and enthusiastically encourage Unitarian Universalists everywhere to support their efforts….”
                  “Living with Joy and Love.” “We espouse an ‘embodied’ Humanism that celebrates the joy of the lived experience and the importance of love in human relationships…. Learning to lead an ethical, Humanist life is both a moral and a biological imperative.” The key concepts in the Unitarian Universalist principles are worth and dignity; equity and compassion; acceptance of one another; search for truth; the democratic process; peace, liberty, and justice for all; respect. The key concepts in “A Humanist Code of Ethics” (compiled by the Humanist Association of Northern Ireland) are: think for yourself; respect truth and reason; respect life; be open and honest; be loving and kind; help the weak and needy.
                  What Is Humanism?
                  Former AHA Executive Director Fred Edwards has written prolifically about the principles of humanism.  In the essay titled, What Is Humanism? He concludes with these keen observations: “So, with modern humanism, one finds a life stance or worldview that is in tune with modern knowledge; is inspiring, socially conscious, and personally meaningful. It is not only the thinking person’s outlook but that of the feeling person as well, for it has inspired the arts as much as it has the sciences; philanthropy as much as critique. And even in critique, it is tolerant, defending the rights of all people to choose other ways, to speak and to write freely, and to live their lives according to their own lights. So, the choice is yours. Are you a humanist? You needn’t answer ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ For it isn’t an either-or proposition. Humanism is yours — to adopt or to simply draw from. You may take a little or a lot, sip from the cup or drink it to the dregs. It’s up to you.”
                  Humanism is non-dogmatic and open-ended. It is the belief that human beings are the source of meaning and values. It is a scientific search, self-correcting, and open to change with new knowledge and new insights. Humanism is deeply concerned with ethics and values, but rather than telling people what they should or should not do, it assists their search for values and attempts to help them achieve their full positive potential as human beings. Humanists see humanity as having the capacity for continued growth and development, and they accept responsibility for encouraging that growth." I am into Pragmatism because I am Pragmatic. I am dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations. All things me are natural, organic, gradual, harmless, healthy, wholesome, and normal.
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                  36 min
                • D.C. Jail (District of Columbia Jail) and Joel Castón is a member of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission in Washington, D.C. and is the first incarcerated person to win an election in the city.

                  "Castón was raised in Ward 8 of Washington, D.C.[1] His parents separated when he was a child due to his dad's alcoholism.[1] At age 12, Castón began dealing drugs with his cousins.[1][2] When he was fifteen, his house was destroyed in a fire and his family was left homeless.[1] In November 1994, Castón was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Rafiq Washington which occurred on August 14, 1994.[1][3] In 1996, he was sentenced to 35 years to life.[1] Castón was incarcerated in federal prisons until he was transferred to the D.C. Jail in 2016.[4]

                  While incarcerated, Castón earned a GED and took courses hosted by Georgetown University. Castón also led a jail newspaper and wrote papers on criminal justice reform.[1] He was a Christian worship music leader, and a financial literacy officer, and started a mentorship program called the Young Men Emerging Program.[5]

                  Kim Kardashian filed a motion for Castón's release.[1] He was granted parole in April 2021, with a release date in December 2021. On June 15, 2021, while residing in the D.C. Jail, Castón was elected to fill a vacant Advisory Neighborhood Commission seat in Ward 7.[4][6] The Advisory Neighborhood Commission seat was created in 2013, but Castón is the first person to hold the seat and the first incarcerated person elected to public office in Washington, D.C.[4][6][1] In the election, Castón beat four other incarcerated candidates."

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                  26 min
                • The D.C. Blacks is an African-American prison gang in the United States whose members are from Washington D.C

                  "In 1996, in an interview with Washingtonian magazine, Prosecutor Mike Volkov explained his office was dedicated to rooting out the “drug bosses.” He described how the United States Attorney’s Office had “successfully prosecuted several significant drug organizations and their leaders -- Rayful Edmond and his multimillion-dollar operation; Mark Hoyle and his violent Newton Street gang; Anthony Nugent and the R Street organization; Antone White and the First Street Crew; Calvin Sumler and the Fern Street group; and recently the First and Kennedy Street crew.”  [ii]. 

                  "Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, say a shooting Saturday afternoon at Tysons Corner Center that sent panicked shoppers fleeing was the result of “beef” between two rival D.C. crews who encountered each other on the mall’s second floor.

                  The two crews — the 37th Street Crew and the Simple City Crew, which both operate out of Southeast D.C., “were engaged in a beef,” Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said during a news conference Thursday. Davis said it’s not known what sparked the confrontation between the two groups, or whether they each knew the other would be there before they encountered each other. Each group was made up of about four to five people. The 37th Street Crew was dressed in black; the Simple City Crew wore white." -https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2022/06/beef-between-2-dc-crews-led-to-tysons-mall-shooting-police-say/

                  "Ten members of a Southwest Washington street gang that authorities said has terrorized a housing complex for a decade with homicides, shootings and armed kidnappings have been indicted for their alleged participation in a "violent marijuana distribution conspiracy," U.S. Attorney Wilma A. Lewis said yesterday.

                  The defendants -- all males ages 22 to 35 -- were indicted on 87 counts of racketeering and narcotics-related charges, including allegations that gang members killed two people who were government witnesses against the group. The federal indictment was unsealed yesterday.

                  The joint federal-local investigation focused on violence spawned by the marijuana sales at the Greenleaf Gardens housing complex in Southwest. The men charged yesterday were members of the K Street Crew, a neighborhood gang that waged feuds with rival drug gangs, such as the L Street Crew, whose federal racketeering trial is scheduled for January." -The Washington Post

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                  46 min

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                Autism is my super blessing! I'm a high-school valedictorian, college graduate, world traveler, disability advocate. I'm a Unitarian Universalist. I'm a Progressive Liberal. I'm about equal rights, human rights, civil & political rights, & economic, social, &cultural rights.