Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi there,
Has anyone found youre a bit left out as an adult with training and courses etc? I can’t face having to do an assessment in person talking for 2 hours presentation type thing, but can’t get funding to do a work course without the assessment meaning a lot of cost to me. Work will only do an apprenticeship. It’s like your now an adult so you don’t qualify for anything. Just seems to be a black hole for this situation, or has anyone found something that helps?
is this because you are autisitc ?
Yes I have aspergers, so the thought for me of presenting to someone I don’t know with a jumbled set of thoughts is just yuk!
sorry i am just as bad as you presentations are a nightmare for me ---- the way i cope is to practise them over and over multiple days then i seem is feel a bit better about them
I find that works, if I practice then it normally goes OK, it's the small talk that completely throws me, can't do it at all.
I even took a post as an instructor before I found I was Autistic because i knew my social skills were rubbish and I thought that standing up in front of people would give me those skills but it is completely different when delivery a lesson it is almost like acting.