Tag: autism characteristics
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Random acts of kindness
I just found out that Pret, British coffee shop chain has an unusual policy: random acts of kindness. The policy allows their workers to give free drinks or food items at random to the customers. In this article in Independent spokesman for the company states that customers who are friendly to staff are more likely…
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Getting the hint
I have a friend who used to invest in stocks in Poland in the 90s. It was a new thing in our country at the time as stock market wasn’t available during communism. So I asked her if she wants to trade. ‘We could compare strategies’ I said. She asked what she needs to start.…
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Trading for autistics
I’m still depressed. Did I tell you that I only recently accepted the fact that I have bipolar? John visited me but only for a few hours. I gave him his birthday present which was coffee from London Nootropics, two sets, one of them was mushroom coffee. I assumed that if John likes both mushrooms…
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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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How to spot a lie
This is an interesting article where Elon Musk explains how he can identity people lying in interviews: article Basically people who tell the truth about a problem they helped to solve give more details that those who lie. This is an interesting point and I’m glad that Musk came up with that. So far I…
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Drama, drama!
As some of you may be aware, I broke off with a friend on the blog some time in the middle of August last year. It probably wasn’t very elegant and I wonder whether prioritising creating content was the right approach but it happened and also I never revealed that friend name so the only…
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Masks off!
It’s been good few days now since we don’t have wear face masks at work and one of my colleague told me I have very expressive face that she ‘loves’ and she looked genuinely excited when she said that. I must say I am a bit confused now. My diagnostician told me after my diagnostic…
Autistic and me 