Tag: social imagination
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Those who dwell, know
To be filled in. My mind doesn’t want to stop producing thoughts, but it’s only 23.05. Hopefully I’ll get my head around things finally and get some sleep before going back to work tomorrow. An open letter to Mr Henderson: in case you keep reading my blog, I’m demanding you to stop immediately. You got […]
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Does it matter how you got the job if everything works just fine?
I post here a while ago how I got that second job in The Company (not using their real name here means I’m in tension reduction stage of my challenging behaviour spree; in case you could not work that out. By all means it’s not my intention to hide anything from the public eye). Basically, […]
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We need to define another type of abuse in social care (who do I have to forgive?)
As you may know I recently started a new job in elderly care home run by Swindon Borough Council and shortly after I realised that’s the best care home I’ve ever worked in, and because the difference between this one and everything else I knew so far is so huge, I wouldn’t be surprised if […]
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Birthday cake anxiety
When I saw John a few days ago he said he’d bake me a cake for my birthday, which is at the end of December. I immediately loved that idea and we started browsing through recipes. John loves cooking but I always had the idea he spends a bit too much time browsing through recipes, […]
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Autism and self respect
I feel a bit overwhelmed today. I think it’s all due to the pressure of my new job. Even though I like it a lot, it’s still working with people and people do change. I do wonder if I found it any easier if they were the same every single minute and if all colleagues […]
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Further reflection on work and personal relationships
Yesterday evening, after I was made to think about how I will feel if a resident displays challenging behaviour, I at some point told myself ‘this is just a job, you need to keep emotionally detached’ – I tried that thinking for a couple of minutes but finally realised that all I’m doing is trying […]
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Porsche, not Mazda
It’s 11.52am, Tuesday. I’m going to work for 3pm today. John is here but he seems to be preoccupied with his thoughts so I thought I’d update my blog, as tomorrow I’m doing early shift so I’d not have time for it till late afternoon. And I have so many posts to write! So basically […]
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If people don’t follow your guidance, do this
Pleasie 🙂 Just a quick post as I’m rather tired. I am aware that some autistics complain that other people don’t listen when the autistic comes up with a great idea. It is sometimes difficult to know what to say for that – it can sometimes be our fault and the idea may not be […]
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Bad liar
Have you ever wondered how would you feel if you found out that someone who you trust lied to you about something that you consider crucial? Maybe it doesn’t affect you directly but it shapes how you think about yourself in comparison with this person so it affects your friendship. So basically I used to […]
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I cut my hair myself! (Not the first time so don’t panic)
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Callum Stephen (@autistic_callum_) The above post, by Callum Stephen, an autistic advocate who’s active on Instagram and Twitter, discusses challenges and solutions related to having hair if you’re autistic. Callum discussed that in details so I won’t be going into my problems related to hair and […]
Autistic and me 