Category: Autism and Employment
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Accessing the Autistic Skill set 4. Reviews and Reflection Part 2
Reviews are an essential part of building companies and employees to perform at their best. However they can be very stressful as I said in my last blog. Especially for autistic people, many of whom have struggled to keep work, possibly due to poor reviews due to symptoms and misunderstandings. I was only diagnosed with…
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Is there a gender bias within the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders? — psychology related
According to the DSM-V, autism spectrum disorders are four times more common among males than females. This could be due to either Sex-differential genetic or hormonal factors, or simply that many females suffering from autism go under the radar, perhaps due the fact that their behaviour can differ greatly from stereotypical autistic traits. The diagnostic […]…
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Accessing the Autistic Skill set 4. Reviews and Reflection Part 1
Performance reviews and any review can be stressful for anyone, most of us would agree, even when confidence levels are good and are essential to companies. For many autistic people they can be really stressful based on life experiences. These could include criticism for autistic traits, including behaviours, expressing yourself and other interactions including outbursts…
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Accessing the Autistic Skill Set 3. Ripening and Growing Part 1
I hope I have now provided guidelines into how to get to respect and understand the autistic person, and their immense skill set. I will now tell you how to understand them better and build on this and help ripen and grow them. This requires teamwork and patience. When doing this and anything else when…
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Autism – Employability problems arising from Time and Money Management — The English Introvert
Autistics are like children in how wilful they are as everyone knows regardless of whether they have personal experience or not. They are both dedicated to what they want to achieve, how and when but because they don’t/can’t prioritise it’s not always a good time so this creates issues. Dedication is a very important quality […]…
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Autism, Bagpuss and consistency
I have just picked up my car from the garage, having passed her MOT. So what does this have to do with autism? She is an old car, 29 years old. In the words of Bagpuss, a bit tatty at the seams. And not keen on hills. Other cars are not keen on her when…
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Neurodiversity as biodiversity — mexi minnesotana
Hello Friends, I had a startling experience at work recently, one that shook me a bit. I’m still processing that event, which had to do with being unfairly accused of something I could not have done. But I’m not ready to tell that story. It’s still too raw. Instead, I want to reflect on what […]…
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