July 30, 2009

  • An organization for Aspie awareness...

    My counsellor at school and me are thinking of forming an organization to support people with Aspergers, depression, or other forms of supposed, "mental illnesses." The problem is, I can not think up of a good name for it.

    So, I ask that the Xanga community come up with a good name, or several dozen names or as many names as you can for an organization that will bring more awareness to the issue of Aspergers syndrome in society and how to best cope with it,

    Below are the purposes and goals, visions of this organization (rough draft):

    A Club for Asperger students and others who are marginalized in Sheridan College

    Name for Club/Organization:

    1.       

    Vision:

               To bring awareness to society to the needs of those who are marginalized from it, not because they wanted to, but because of their differences from the established status quo.

    Purpose:

    To bring together students who are marginalized, ostracized and disenfranchised by their peers, or, society as a whole. Also, in order to learn, cooperated, educate, and help each other in dealing with their social, personal, and, or other weaknesses. This can be accomplished by weekly or biweekly meetings to discuss life’s many issues and personal dilemmas. Further, to hopefully become each other’s friends, not just a fellow, “student.”

    Benefits for members:

    -          Understanding their conditions, i.e. Asperger, O.C.D, depressions, or other conditions

    -          Make friends

    -          Meet people like themselves

    -          Share their experiences with their fellow students (hopefully, one day they’ll be friends)

    -          Learn from others and their experiences

    -          Learning how to use their obsessions, or interest to their advantage, with collective support/advise

    -          A chance to socialize

    -          Support and sympathy

     

    Short-term goals:

    -          Helping each other out, and also by researching up and understanding why they are so, “different” from everyone else, or, feel as if they are different from everyone else.

    -          Learning how to cope with their issues, be those personal or social, or even professional (I am not so sure about this one Tae, give me your opinions on this, please)

    -          Share our interests, no matter how diverse they are, or, how different

    Long-term goals:  

    -          Friendships

    -          A place or a group to belong with, “the group of people who are not part of any mainstream groups.”

    -          Let everyone discover their full potentials as human beings, and, hopefully, to learn how society works (both its official and unofficial policies)

    -          Understanding human nature

    So, I ask, what would be a good name for an organization in a college that is trying to bring about Aspie awareness and also help those people while bringing them together?

     

     

Comments (3)

  • Hey an organisation sound like a great idea!  Go for it!

    I've always liked acronyms.  The first one which I thought of was FACE  IT:

         Friends  Accepting  Challenges  &  Endeavouring  to  Improve  Themselves

         I kind of like the idea associated with facing life: we admit our difficulties but we also seek to confront our difficulties.

         We're willing to admit to challenges, but we don't just whine, gripe, and give up but we seek to overcome the problems. 

    The second name:

          Sheridan  Organization  to  Realize  Talents      Open up & Understand  Themselves   or maybe

          Sheridan  Organization  to  Recognize  Traits      Open up & Utilize Talents

    I don't like this as much as FACE  IT, I guess maybe it sounds wussy to me.  But I'm suggesting it in case it gives you any ideas which might work better.

  • The third name: PROGRESS:

         People  Recognizing  Obstacles  and Gaining  Resources  to  Empower,  Support, & Sustain  or

         People  Recognizing  Obstacles,  Growing,  Receiving  Encouragement &  Support, &  Succeeding

    What do you think?  What do you like or dislike about these?  We can tweak 'em.  Or do you think acronyms are corny & it's just a bad idea?

  • @littleprofessor - the names are all good. I need to do some serious reflection though, but, keep it up. I will notify you once I choose a name for the group...and since most of my ideas are either too obvious or too exclusive, it is easier for others to come up with the names instead.

    Thanks for the ideas though.

    And no - acronyms are not cheesy or corny. In fact, my feelings towards acronyms are neutral. I just need time to think.

    Thanks though

    Xinyu Hu

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