Category: Autism

Coping with Autism

Posted on by Gregory Wood

by Greg Wood

Years ago after being diagnosed with Autism I accepted the fact that I had a hidden disability and to many people I looked normal. Today on my Facebook feed there was a list of traits of the autistic employee.  I identify with many of them.

  1. Needs their breaks
  2. Recharges best alone
  3. Prefers to work independently
  4. Has a lot of questions
  5. Meets deadlines and holds high personal expectations
  6. Misses company parties
  7. Speaks their mind
  8. Works at unexpected times and goes in early
  9. Takes requests literally
  10. Reads the energy of the room but misses social cues
  11. Feels mortified when they make a mistake.  

Some Discussion Topics from my ANNE group session on 10/6/26

Posted on by Gregory Wood

Here are some of the topic ideas that we can choose from through out the series..

Kelly Urban is the group leader.   

Discussion Topics

  • Friendships/Relationships
  • AI
  • Being sensitive (sensory wise) vs others being “too sensitive” in communication – preferring truth to social niceties
  • Interest sharing (each person has the opportunity to “present” a topic)
  • Anxiety (continued)
  • Sleep?
  • Working with therapists/other providers?
  • Grief

Today we talked about being behind in life at a certain age.  For me it was graduating from college older. One time I was turned down for a job by a christian company due to the fact I was not married or had kids.  I was told various times in the hotel industry I did not fit the image due to age.   I always felt out of place and the wrong time to do better in my career.  Today it was why do you not own a house or have kids.