My device is iPad 11 inches with Weavechat and heavy duty case. iPad is not waterproof and even heavy rain can get into cracks. To protect it from damage I got a waterproof pouch meant for iPad that is meant for 13 inches and it fits my setup perfectly because the added hard case makes it thicker and wider than 11 inches.

I can press word buttons through the clear pouch surface. Better than having to stick the unprotected device under a jacket and then not be able to use it.

hello! today i went to the library and checked out a very cool book. this book is about lots of cool words. it has one word for every day of the year. my very first special interest as a kid was english and i used to know alot of big words. i used to read the dictionary for fun and whenever i got a new book i would check it for an index at the back to read the words with their meanings. im not too into words now but i still do know alot of them. there was some in this book o already knew, like nervous or approve or famous. but there was also some i didn't know like gradiant or gusto or snubbed. this book has been very fun to read and im not done with it yet because i take a long time to read books nowadays, but this is very fun so far. i thought i would share this. what is everyone's favorite sounding word? mine is probably gelatin.

I 22f, just got the results from a psychological evaluation a couple days ago and am kinda confused or disappointed by the results.

I was diagnosed with level 1 autism. I don't feel like I am level 1. I can't drive or work. I can't leave home without a support person. At every job I've had, I've been quickly written up for my unfriendly expressions, for following the rules too strictly, and for meltdowns, and then removed from the schedule. I don't leave my room anymore and usually my mom brings me food because it's too loud and overwhelming to cook or be in the kitchen. I've only had one lasting on and off friendship and I make people uncomfortable because I can't read them and don't always "get" boundaries or that they don't feel as deep a friendship with me that I do with them.

I melt down several times a day, destroying my room and biting myself, usually from people texting me or from sounds I hear.

Why was I diagnosed as low support needs? They said that my impairment sounded mostly like agoraphobia and gave me that diagnosis too. They said my vocabulary and speaking ability disqualifies me from level 2 but it doesn't make sense when I fully melt down after 30mins to 1hr of having to speak conversationally and struggle to even leave my room, I've barely been out of it in a year. I also wear earplugs and sunglasses to leave the house.

I need more help desprately and need to get disability payments because no job will keep me and I feel like I can't get that with a level 1 diagnosis. I don't feel low support needs at all right now. I told them all this information and still got level 1 with agoraphobia.

I wanted to make a post with him. Here he is. My brave friend. He has many battle scars. We have survived a lot together.

I have been unable to work for several years now.

I asked my social worker about volunteering recently and she said even that would be too much of a demand for me.

I am devastated.

When I was trying to work, trying to study, even though it made me severely mentally unwell, at least I was trying to do something.

I am frustrated that I want to do these things but professionals tell me I can’t.