Tag: stress
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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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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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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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