Tag: Covid-19
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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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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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Mental health – Routine adjusting — Cynni’s Blog
As you long time readers already know, I am on the spectrum. Or, more bluntly said, I am autistic. I am what they often call “high functioning”, which basically means I have a higher level of self-sustainability. I struggle mostly with social things, and with taking things too litteral. But when I have a decent […]…
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Article: For People With Autism, Lockdowns Shatter Routine, Heighten Anxiety — All About Autism
Last week, I wrote about Ryan’s concerns on the continuation of the “shelter in place” and how a firm date for it to end seems to be more a dream than a reality. I talked about his struggles and his heightened anxiety that comes with lack of structure and exercise, which is what he thrives […]…
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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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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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Autism (ASD) – getting and keeping work, with or without Coronavirus
I like, many people with ASD or Autism, can struggle to get a full time job. It can then feel like a full time job just keeping it. This I feel is because of communication difficulties, general interactions and the stresses of the environment caused by our sensitivities (or maybe lack of). This is just…
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