Tag: neurotypicals
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Different ability
I really do not like this approach to autism that claims we’re not disabled. Yes, we may have some different abilities that neurotypicals lack but that doesn’t make us not disabled. I remember how I used to work for that company in Warsaw, where two blind ladies also worked. They were updating company database calling…
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Is it ok to be eccentric? (Plus some digression about communication)
I’m wondering, if I allowed myself to be eccentric, would I be accepted by other people who also work in care? That’s what I started wondering about after my training yesterday. There were only 3 of us and the trainer. The trainer was very energetic and passionate about what she was doing but also rather…
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Twisting things
One of the main issues that I can’t cope with is when people twist things during a conversation. My mind just goes totally blank and I don’t know what to say so as a result I agree with whatever they suggested and then get angry with myself. One of the interviews that I had last…
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Being challenging
I deleted a post yesterday. It was about some of my not very positive experience regarding the situation I am in. I have difficulties deciding what is appropriate to write about here, considering I do not want to create an impression of toxic positivity, and what is going to be seen as a moan. I…
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The neurotypical disorder
I’m not someone who claims autism is not a disability. Oh, by all means, it is. It was the inability to predict other people behaviour that put me into all those troubles with Home Group and the employment tribunal case, where I ended up developing psychotic episode. That wasn’t what I wanted, believe me. You…
Autistic and me 