Hello there. As a fellow person with Autism, it's hard to talk about it without people going down to a level of a baby. I hate that baby talk sometimes. My family had a sense of something wasn't right when I was younger. My grandparents decided to have me checked out. But it wasn't until I was 16 or in the eleventh grade that I was officially diagnosed with what it's known as Autism Spectrum Disorder. Prior to 2013 it was either low functioning or mild to high functioning Autism/Aspergers Syndrome. Which they did away with that for a few years now. Since Autism is a spectrum disorder, some people can possess the ability to cook and clean, but wasn't too academically bright; so to speak. With my case I had a good knack for Math, and other academics within reason. I wasn't a genius by any means, but I was able to be in GenEd classes because of my book smarts. Now socially I was awkward as hell. Like when I started trying to date people, it came across as very weird and very negative attachment problems. (Boundary issues, which I am trying to overcome through counseling)
Also another aspect is a dual diagnosis. Whether bipolar, OCD, impulse control disorders (which combines mood and OCD together) or whatever you have. It is bound to happen with people with Autism. My OCD: I can't have my room white room clean (think Adrian Monk of Monk) or extreme hoarder mess because I will flip out. There has to be a happy medium; yet there has to be some cleaning once in a while. When I eat a three course meal (meat, veggies, carbs) depending on the meat and vegetable I eat veggies first then meat then the carbs last (always carbs last) or vice versa. When I have Captain Crunch, I eat the crunch berries first (sometimes going by color order) then the yellow crunch cereal.
Everything has to have data organization too. My step intake, tumblr posts, and to the like. I count everything up for a specific time period (week, month, et cetera) and then average it out. It's a constant need to do data organization. This would make me good in data entry for a job; but alas jobs want 2-10 years of experience and a Bachelor's in Accounting. Which I only have my Associate's. I want to have a job that I would like, I want to drive (which I am currently working on getting used to being behind the wheel before setting off for my learner's permit). But with the job aspect, it's going to be hard because the last time I applied for a few jobs, it was like no one wanted to hire me, because I mentioned I may need some support or I have special needs to a degree. Or I looked different.
Also another aspect is a dual diagnosis. Whether bipolar, OCD, impulse control disorders (which combines mood and OCD together) or whatever you have. It is bound to happen with people with Autism. My OCD: I can't have my room white room clean (think Adrian Monk of Monk) or extreme hoarder mess because I will flip out. There has to be a happy medium; yet there has to be some cleaning once in a while. When I eat a three course meal (meat, veggies, carbs) depending on the meat and vegetable I eat veggies first then meat then the carbs last (always carbs last) or vice versa. When I have Captain Crunch, I eat the crunch berries first (sometimes going by color order) then the yellow crunch cereal.
Everything has to have data organization too. My step intake, tumblr posts, and to the like. I count everything up for a specific time period (week, month, et cetera) and then average it out. It's a constant need to do data organization. This would make me good in data entry for a job; but alas jobs want 2-10 years of experience and a Bachelor's in Accounting. Which I only have my Associate's. I want to have a job that I would like, I want to drive (which I am currently working on getting used to being behind the wheel before setting off for my learner's permit). But with the job aspect, it's going to be hard because the last time I applied for a few jobs, it was like no one wanted to hire me, because I mentioned I may need some support or I have special needs to a degree. Or I looked different.
No comments:
Post a Comment