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  • Paris and Nicole – an example of what not to say when falling out with friends

    In an attempt to create content I started reading Nicole Richi’s Wikipedia page yesterday. Don’t ask me how it came to that, lol. I don’t quite know. I’m not into celebrities, although I know who some of them are. I am aware celebrities can be such an excellent source of unusual, sometimes inappropriate statements for…

    Magda Regula

    August 14, 2022
    Uncategorized
    autism characteristics, communication, social imagination
  • Is flying business class the answer to a great holiday for autistics?

    I recently saw an Instagram post that advised autistic people to ‘save up’ to fly business class when going on holiday and I was quite upset about it. It does suggest to me that autism is such a profound disability that we’re not going to cope in standard class and I really do not agree…

    Magda Regula

    August 13, 2022
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    autism advocates, autism characteristics, social imagination, travelling
  • My new job

    1. I still feel bad about leaving my agency shift yesterday. It seems to me that I can hear a voice in my head screaming ‘how dare you!?’. When I first become interested in psychology, over 20 years ago, a popular belief was that those things are caused by experience we had with our caregivers,…

    Magda Regula

    August 12, 2022
    Uncategorized
    autism characteristics, communication, employment, social imagination
  • There are only two people who can tell you the future

    I was wondering recently what the future of magazines are going to be like during times when everyone is a content creator. I’m all for people being creative and in fact I love watching unusual make ups or dresses on Instagram; I don’t even mind occasional cat video. I am trying to remember not to…

    Magda Regula

    August 11, 2022
    Uncategorized
    communication, social imagination, social media
  • My last agency shift

    1. As you may know, when I decided a few months ago to give agency job a go, I was hoping to experience freedom. I was fully aware that being autistic I may have difficulties with quickly adjusting to new environments and commuting to places I’ve never been before but I was hoping benefits would…

    Magda Regula

    August 11, 2022
    Uncategorized
    communication, emotions, employment, neurotypicals, social care
  • The sweetener chat and appreciation stickers

    In my last post I wrote about a situation with a team leader at my agency shift. I kept asking her where sweetnener is (I needed it for a resident) and she was trying to chat with me instead. It is said that autistic people may not pick up on other people intentions and, although…

    Magda Regula

    August 10, 2022
    Uncategorized
    Baron-Cohen, communication, employment, neurotypicals
  • Message in quarantine

    1. I finished my 3 days of work yesterday. I worked 25h on the weekend and 6h on Monday morning, so it was quite a lot, but I coped ok. Nursing homes are always busy, although to be quite honest I need to admit that by being an agency staff I am often given easier…

    Magda Regula

    August 9, 2022
    Uncategorized
    autism characteristics, communication, employment, neurotypicals, physical health
  • Stranger-danger

    1. My new care coordinator called today and she was lovely. When I use the word ‘lovely’ I don’t mean it the way non autistic people use it; for me calling someone lovely is a sophisticated insult, I do apologize. She had a beautiful voice, so beautiful she could easily work in telesales, and she…

    Magda Regula

    August 5, 2022
    Uncategorized
    autism characteristics, autistic identity, communication, neurotypicals
  • Mutual respect grant

    1. Confucius was Chinese. Did you know about that? I didn’t. Obviously his real name wasn’t Confucius, it was Kong Fuzi. I am mildly interested in philosophy but I thought he was European. Some philosophy concepts are unfortunately too abstract for me to understand. I just read Wikipedia page about Confucius and I don’t quite…

    Magda Regula

    August 4, 2022
    Uncategorized
    autism characteristics, autistic identity, communication, mental health, physical health
  • Have you grown up or given up?

    1. It was just yesterday that I’ve become aware of the above quote by Danny Rowland, The Pavement Poet. He apparently travels a lot within the UK or even abroad to write his poetry on pavements. I wonder now if he has a good life? It certainly seems like he is a free spirit. I…

    Magda Regula

    August 2, 2022
    Uncategorized
    British public, communication, mental health, Poland, relationship with food
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