Tag: naive
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My last job
I was sacked from my last job. I explained that a bit in my last post. And I don’t mean the job for Home Group here, Home Group didn’t sack me, I left. My last job was in a care home. I found it a bit difficult working there full time. I like taking care…
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Not seeing things from other people perspective
We sometimes hear that autistic people don’t have empathy. But I know it’s not true. When I see my mum, so tiny in her hospital bed, I can see how vulnerable she is and I want to protect her. We just can’t see things from other people perspective. When I first found out she had…
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19.43 – I’m not a masochist
I did state a few posts ago that doing tax return is compulsory in Poland. It turned out it’s a bit more sophisticated than that. Mum’s tax return was done by ZUS, the government pension and insurance agency. However, if she did it herself (or, in her case, with a help of a trusted friend),…
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8.35am – am I autistic enough
That’s what I’m wondering about sometimes. I describe ‘normal life’ here, even though having a massive leak in the kitchen, being victim of fraud or serious workplace harassment is certainly not normal, but I guess you may know what I mean: I don’t write about sensory issues (even though I’m oversensitive to noise), I don’t…
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7.45am
I am suddenly angry at mum, thinking why she couldn’t get the grip of what was happening with her money. Why? But then, that’s who she was. She couldn’t do tax return (they are compulsory in here) even when she was younger. She was however very good at asking people to do things for her…
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Is autism a disability?
Some autism advocates argue that autism is a different way of thinking, not a disability. I’d say it is a different way of thinking that makes us disabled. Do you want to argue with me? Let’s take my employment tribunal case as an example. One could say I outsmarted Home Group (they claimed in their…
Autistic and me 