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Crying over something small

M

I've got myself really worked up about an upcoming change to car parking at work today. It doesn't change until next week and I'm sat here crying about it. 

I spoke about it with my team and they just give me directions to the car park. Directions is just one element of it though. The complete change of where I am able to park and the unknown. I just want to park where I always park. This change is until summer next year too so not just a short term inconvenience to me, I'm going to HAVE to accept the change. 

I feel like an idiot and just wanted to share. I've sent an email to the workforce inclusion officer to see if she can help but as I said, I just feel so stupid that this is even such a big problem for me. 

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  • in reply to M

    Pretty much as NAS72221 stated ~ in terms of having to incorporate a new system of navigational and orientational behaviourisms into your daily living and working routine, it is not idiotic to be upset or distressed about this as an autistic person, but quite natural really given that our habitual-instinctual sensibilities are so much more an integral aspect of our lives than is normally the case for non-autistic people, who are usually more adept when it comes to change.

    Perhaps as a reasonable adjustment ~ your employers might allow you to potentially come into work late so that you are under less or even no pressure to park and get in on time, so that you are more relaxed and better able to habitually incorporate the new logistical element of your daily working routine possibly?