Tag: ASD
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Accessing the Autistic skill Set – 1. Recruitment and Interviews
I will go into further detail about the guidelines I have drawn up for helping get people with autism into and keeping. I am starting with issues applying for jobs and flourishing at interviews. Only 16% of people with autism are in work. More want to be. We have great skills to offer, often in…
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Learning languages with autism — The English Introvert
I have long wondered how is it that I have dedicated countless hours over the years to this task yet I’m still unable to speak? I know it’s possible as I can do it in a pinch and I have written about the methods which have allowed many others to do just that. It turns […]…
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Accessing the autistic skill set – an introduction
The symptom of those on the autistic spectrum can often be viewed negatively, as in the film The Rainman. Raymond the autistic brother initially appears to have nothing but negatives in his behaviours. Yet he has amazing memory for remembering the sequence of cards in a pack. As I have mentioned in a previous blog…
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Autism, Covid-19 and returning to work
Routines can be very important to autistic people, and changes cause stress. With Covid-19 and staff being put on furlough or losing jobs, and worrying if they will have a job this is stressful and has meant creating new routines. Isolation, fears for family and friends add to this. Yes these are fears felt by…
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Autism – Being a foreigner in your own land, constantly trying to fit in
I have autism and have spent my life trying to fit in at school and work. Failing a lot of the time. It can feel like acting on day, a foreigner in your own land, standing out, however hard you try. How do we stand out so easily? By what we say, how we say…
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The Autistic Enviroment and meltdowns
Autism can make those with it very over or undersensitive to the environment around them, at home, at work or at leisure. By this I mean to issues such as Light Sounds Smells Textures Movement I am very light sensitive, struggling in dull sunshine. I also struggle with movements and textures. The effects vary from…
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Autism and communication
There can be differences in communication between people with Autism (ASD) and neurotypical people. Unfortunately these differences can cause misunderstandings and it is human nature to distrust those who react differently. According to a study 7% of communication is verbal, 38% Tone of voice and 55% body language. Language is a 2 way process. Neurotypical…
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Special skills Autistic people can bring to companies, during and after Coronavirus (Covid-19)
Autism according to Tony Attwood, Autism expert, is a difference, not a defect. These differences can help companies grow and flourish, especially in these uncertain times. However, we can struggle to get and keep work. According to the NAS only 16% of people with Autism are in work, many more want to be. I was…
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Fidget toys I’ve made
I don’t know how much some people know about autism, in it’s various forms. However one feature of it is a need to fidget, fingers, feet, body, suck, chew and twist. Many things. I have made fidget toys, interlinked rings of crochet. These can be sucked, pulled, twisted (and washed!). I have been told people…
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