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Living and working with autism in a non-autistic world. I am a white British adult-diagnosed autistic female, living and working as a scientist in the UK. Team building: the working Aspie’s nightmare! February 19, 2017. February 19, 2017. So let’s talk about team building. The traditional selling points of team building seem to be built around the following:. People are inhibited in the workplace! They need a different environment to show their true selves and learn to shine. Some element of “trust...

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Serenity – Elephants Remember

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Living and working with autism in a non-autistic world. June 28, 2016. September 13, 2016. 8220;God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,. Courage to change the things I can,. And wisdom to know the difference.”. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means to be autistic, and to be me. Which parts of me are immutable, and cannot change? Which parts of me are not? And even if I could change those parts of myself, would I want to? The language of autism is not something I wou...

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Fat shaming, gender roles, and becoming a woman with autism – Elephants Remember

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Living and working with autism in a non-autistic world. Fat shaming, gender roles, and becoming a woman with autism. September 13, 2016. September 13, 2016. Those of you who were diagnosed autistic as adults will probably understand when I say it takes a while to grow into the identity. There’s the tearing down, sudden or incremental, of the person you’ve built on lies of neurotypicality; the grief; the acceptance; and the beginnings of real life. And “fitspo”. Online media specifically designed. But bac...

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Disconnect – Elephants Remember

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Living and working with autism in a non-autistic world. December 2, 2016. Someone at work today asked how I was coping with the long nights. People are aware of my SAD. Offhand, I said I’d been OK up until about the last week or so, but I was getting a bit tired now. No big deal. Then I thought for a minute about when time got away from me. Maybe it was a bit more than a week. Maybe two. Perhaps three. I no longer have a sense of time. I do not stop. I must not stop. Until it ends. One step at a time.

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Autumn is here – Elephants Remember

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Living and working with autism in a non-autistic world. September 22, 2016. This time of year is usually difficult for me. Often SAD comes on gradually. Sometimes it’s sudden. Usually it’s both. Maybe this time, things will be different. Fat shaming, gender roles, and becoming a woman with autism. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. This fiel...

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October 2016 – Elephants Remember

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Living and working with autism in a non-autistic world. Can we really be Disability Confident? October 28, 2016. October 28, 2016. I’ve recently come across this scheme. There’s only one thing that worries me about this scheme, and that’s the phrase “self-assessment”. So I wonder how much, through self-assessment alone, this Disability Confident scheme will be able to achieve towards improving the experience of disabled people in the workplace today? Because the truth is that, even with the best will in ...

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When good (wo)men do nothing – Elephants Remember

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Living and working with autism in a non-autistic world. When good (wo)men do nothing. November 5, 2016. 8220;I’d never know if they were autistic or just being rude”. To the person who said this to me, from a position of power, as an excuse for not putting into practise anything they’d learned: here is what I wish I’d been able to convey at the time. You could step back for a moment and consider: is it possible that what they said just now isn’t actually about me? Should I be taking this so personally?

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Are you afraid of the dark? – Elephants Remember

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Living and working with autism in a non-autistic world. Are you afraid of the dark? November 13, 2016. November 13, 2016. This time of year can mess with my mind! Sometimes it’s exhaustion, sometimes depression. At the moment, apparently, I’m a child again – the idealised version: happy and eager, with the sort of “can do” attitude that comes from having no concept of limits. But as a child, I was afraid of the dark. Unlocking the front door, I turn on the lights. The house is silent. 11 pm Lying in bed,...

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November 2016 – Elephants Remember

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Living and working with autism in a non-autistic world. Are you afraid of the dark? November 13, 2016. November 13, 2016. This time of year can mess with my mind! Sometimes it’s exhaustion, sometimes depression. At the moment, apparently, I’m a child again – the idealised version: happy and eager, with the sort of “can do” attitude that comes from having no concept of limits. But as a child, I was afraid of the dark. Unlocking the front door, I turn on the lights. The house is silent. 11 pm Lying in bed,...

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Nice people – Elephants Remember

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Living and working with autism in a non-autistic world. August 8, 2016. October 28, 2016. I’m struck sometimes by the cognitive dissonance there seems to be in the heads of a very specific breed of “nice people”. Nice people know how you feel. Nice people sympathise with you. Nice people make soothing noises when you break down and cry, and tell you that everything is going to be OK. But tomorrow those nice people will do sweet F.A. to make it so. And then they meet me. Actually, it’s not only me&#...