Tag: neurotypicals

• Talking about difficult experiences

  So today I had my second day of an online training for live in carer. When we were about to discuss dementia I decided to share my recent experience with mum: I said how I had to finally accept that she has dementia after her state deteriorated rapidly but just a few months ago her […]

  Magda Z.

  October 22, 2021

  Uncategorized

  autistic identity, communication, employment, mental health, mum, neurotypicals, Poland, workplace bullying

• Is it ok to be eccentric? (Plus some digression about communication)

  That’s what I started wondering about after my training yesterday. There were only 3 of us and the trainer. The trainer was was very energetic and passionate about what she was doing but also rather eccentric. And I started wondering, if it’s ok for her to be eccentric, can I also be eccentric and work […]

  Magda Z.

  October 21, 2021

  communication

  autistic identity, communication, employment, neurotypicals

• 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 […]

  Magda Z.

  October 19, 2021

  communication

  autistic identity, communication, coping, employment, neurotypicals

• Being positive

  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 […]

  Magda Z.

  October 17, 2021

  communication

  autistic identity, challenging behaviour, communication, diagnosis, neurotypicals

• Researching neurotypicals (me vs Home Group)

  (For those of you who don’t already know Home Group is a large housing association with head office in Newcastle, UK, that I used to work for. They claimed in an official document that my autism diagnosis was private and they paid for it, while it was on NHS and they were never asked to […]

  Magda Z.

  October 16, 2021

  Home Group

  communication, employment, narcissist, neurotypicals, The Boyfriend, workplace bullying

• What is going to happen now? (Me vs Home Group)

  So, those who read me regularly (it seems that there are a couple of people who do) may know that an inspiration to set up this blog was my focus on how autistics communicate and how different it may be from neurotypical communication (but how do neurotypical communicate???). By communication I don’t just mean how […]

  Magda Z.

  October 13, 2021

  Uncategorized

  autistic identity, communication, mental health, naive, neurotypicals, Poland, psychosis, workplace bullying

• Confindence and how people see it

  I sometimes think that part of my problem is that people see me not for who I see myself but through various prejudices. Like for example they think I’m Polish, on my own (me and The Boyfriend don’t live together), so I must be struggling financially and therefore will be easy to manipulate and take […]

  Magda Z.

  September 19, 2021

  Uncategorized

  being social, communication, neurotypicals

• The neurotypical disorder

  I’m not one 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 The Company and the employment tribunal case, where I ended up developing psychotic episode. That wasn’t what I wanted, believe me. You […]

  Magda Z.

  August 21, 2021

  Uncategorized

  neurotypicals, psychosis