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This story takes places in Europe, so it sounds like those social safety nets aren’t really doing shit here, as OP implied.
It takes place in the UK, which many Europeans (British and non-British) do not include when they say "Europe."
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Non-neurotypicals can receive bad treatment from neurotypicals. But, it's also a trap to start thinking that neurotypicals are 100% intolerant. The corollary of not knowing when they're offending people, is that they also don't know when they're receiving tolerance - which is actually a lot; although it's understandable that this is not obvious.
> The corollary of not knowing when [neurotypicals are] offending people, is that they also don't know when they're receiving tolerance This assertion seemed to go unrecognized in the other replies; I really think it earns a moment of reflection.
The corollary of not knowing when [non-neurotypicals are] offending people, is that they also don't know when they're receiving tolerance
My parents once took a struggling man in. I think he stayed with them for about three years, up until the moment I was conceived and my mom started planning for a future for our family and helped him get into a housing project. For all of my life before adulthood this man would show up once in a while on his racing bike for coffee, talk and proceed to stay for dinner. He was kind, funny and a tidbit strange. His life…
I read stories like these and it inspires me to think a bit deeper about things. Recently I told a friend that a good compass in one’s life is to seek out what gives you a lump in your throat, the rest are just words. Merry Christmas friends.
This is a such a great outlook towards living life.
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It takes place in the UK, which many Europeans (British and non-British) do not include when they say "Europe."
Imagine Chinese saying they aren’t Asian, or Brazilians saying they aren’t South American! It would be equally as hilarious and important to ignore.
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It takes place in the UK, which many Europeans (British and non-British) do not include when they say "Europe."
Imagine Chinese saying they aren’t Asian, or Brazilians saying they aren’t South American! It would be equally as hilarious and important to ignore.
Here in Belgium there's a village that's famous for doing this. Currently there's about 100 people there who are living with another family. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gezinsverpleging_(Geel) If you translate you can read about it.
Since you're from the "local" area (Belgium), do you happen to know why the numbers have declined over the years? From this article [1] it seemed like it was hugely popular pre-WWII (3,750) with that article quoting 500 in the modern era. Less acceptable currently, other alternatives? Still seems famous and popular, just not quite as much as it used to be. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geel#A_model_of_psychiatric…
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That’s an easy cop-out and disagree as an European with stronger social nets. But yes this is still a heart warming story.
This story takes places in Europe, so it sounds like those social safety nets aren’t really doing shit here, as OP implied.