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Accent
This article is about how some people lose their accents while others don’t. It can apparently be subconscious and to do with our desire to fit in. The article doesn’t mention autistic people but I thought it may be an interesting read. You can also read there about Foreign Accent Syndrome which is when someone…
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Autism and making decisions
I recently became aware of an autistic female support worker who have been working in care for over 15 years, so longer than me, and was only recently diagnosed. She started looking for another job and disclosed her diagnosis to the employer. The employer then came up with reasonable adjustment for her, without asking her…
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Beginner’s luck
I’ve heard that beginner’s luck is a real phenomenon. What do you think? I tried trading recently and initially earned 15% within three weeks, but a few more days and it went down to 9%. It doesn’t matter that much because I was trading with $50 only so you could say it was an entertainment…
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Taking things too directly again?
I went to Primark and saw this sweatshirt: ‘Give yourself space to grow’ written on 2XS piece of garment? What does that mean? If I saw this quote on Facebook it would mean ‘you need to focus on improving yourself’ but on a sweatshirt it seems to mean ‘this is a loose fitting piece of…
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Snow
It doesn’t snow very often in England, let alone in March but here you go: I think I will use that as an excuse to stay indoors the entire day, curled up on the sofa. I’m glad I bought some food yesterday so I don’t need to go shopping today, although will probably need to…
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Broken boiler and a messy kitchen
The boiler lady finally arrived today. I don’t really know why she needed to go to the kitchen sink but she removed all dirty dishes from the sink. I asked her if she would like a cup of tea. She politely refused. She then went to the bathroom… I remember how I claimed on my…
Autistic and me 