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My Wildlife holidays.

Zo

Iv decided to do a forum on my wildlife holidays where I can tell you about my holiday rather than just sending pictures 

cause iv been on lots of them this year rather than only sending photos. also proper  trips il tell you about and add photos to go with it on this post aswell.  cause it will be easyer and better for me but is also  for holidays cause im going on lots of holidays this year and it deserves its own thread in this sense. 

my first holiday I went on this year was Wales. I went to Snowdonia near the national park 

we saw a lamma and a  pony

with  the view we got from the cottage we stayed in was of the sea 

Jackdaws perched on the buildings when we watched tv we went for a walk and I got great pictures of the moutains 

you could see them on the beach outline at the beach the waves I saw a literally called gray heron fly past 

the waves crashed against the rocks and became fully submerged until they broke and forced its way over.  my long lens saved my life by getting me up close enough to photograph the waders and I saw Great crested grebes.

back at the cottage herring gulls at Jackdaws

 the next day we went to the waterfalls I saw yellow gorse.

the water level was high but not flooded. it was a adventure and the gorse made it look colourful

it was massive then we went down the mountain the next day we went to the sea again and I saw a cormerent. there was lots of bladder wrack which is a type of seaweed. 

seaweed are actualy a type of algae. some can surve out the water for a certain period of time. others dont survive as well it depends on the type cause theres different types of seaweed. 

this one is normaly mistake for seaweed but is actualy a type of animal instead 

in July 

im very used to wildlife watching in the uk and while I have been to menorca I havnt wildlife watched there cause I didnt have an interest in Wildlife then so this was my first time wildlife watching in a different country. 

I allways have to wear ear defenders when i go to the air port but they had disability asistance. I had to improvise cause the person that supports me that went with me hasnt gone on holiday with me before and didnt know what to say or do with my sensory challanges at the airport. the person that was with me said she thinks il be fine but I knew cause of my autism cant deal with crowds so I said I have autism and I dont like crowds so would it be ok to go where its less busy or quiter and so she took me through. there was a point where we wernt sure if I had to take my ear defenders off at the part where you have to walk through and them see if you got metal on you so I asked the lady there if I could keep them on and she went off to ask the person behind the thing you have to walk through. I was very anxious at this point. it was time to put our items on the coveyerbelt and walk through the metal thing. The person with me for the holiday and me still didnt know so I was panicing inside and i was told to take them off by the person taking me which i was reluctant to do but the plaine lady came over and thumbed up us saying not to take them off and that  i can keep them on and we went through. the flight was delayed by an hour. but it was no ones fault cause they had to help somone who couldnt walk onto the plane. so we walked and stopped every 5 minutes so people were joking about that and inpatient at the same time. eventually we got on though at last. I filmed the take off and we went over the bay of biscay on the way to Tenerife 

when landing I saw mount tede from above the clouds.

the next day I saw a canarian chiffchaff 

and I saw a Spanish sparrow for the first time. they were breeding at the hotel.

but one of my biggest highlights was snorkeling for the very first time

and the dolphins which i got to see for the very first time

 and mount tede a active volcano with many species only found on that mountain I saw crystal on a rock 

that was the last day. the next day we went on a trip but when it came to packing bags for the trip. I put my bag with the plastic bag on it ontop of my suitcase then gave it to her with the plastic bag on it but took it off and thought that she was going to put the bag in cause it didnt only have my stuff in the bag and as far as I knew the plastic bag was in the boot but at some point in the journey I wondered where the bag was and thought it might be in the boot cause i couldnt see it in the back. we checked the boot and it wasnt there. 

my ear defenders got left behind which was problomatic cause the person with me wasnt willing to go back and get the ear defenders and  soon we had to go to the air port. I was highly anxious and I found it diffucult getting her to understand the why it is important enough that we do have to go back anf get them we bought some silenceing headphones as an emergancy cause otherwise I wouldnt of been able to get on the plane. we went through disability asisstance. the plane was delayed by a couple of hours and we wernt able to get on until midnight. a teenager had a go in a wheelchair and a little boy was going up and down a slope behind me which i found acted as visual stimulation and made my anxiety worse. it isnt thetre fault its just cause im autistic but thanfuly things did cam down and at 12 o'clock we  lined up and got on the plane and came back to the uk by 4 or 5 oclock in the morning. 

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  • thought I wpuld send this gor tomarow morning so I dont forget.

     its usualy tireing the day after an bad day which was Thirsday. which ks whu i was tired but it can alsp be tireing if youv been very anxious 

    I cant wait for November for my mood tablets to be increased it needed to be done this month that was the idea of phoneing them was so that it cam help me with my moods amd anxiety. the whole idea was to help ms cope with my anxiety and moods.

    I said to the staff that it meeds to be soon not more tham a couple of weeks or in a matter of months.  the ifea was sp that its  least mext week or soon at the latest as i cant wait but she saod the dpctors were too busy and the 26th Novber was the only apointment they had. . 

     exsperiamceing just as an example 4 or 5 differant emotions in a short time frame  all the same it can be very diffucult to cope with particularly if you have other things going on even though i dont show them even if the mood changes arnt obvious to others or shown in fromt of them. i do have a mood disorder cause  it is comorbid  it ocurs alongside my other disabilitys.  this is ons of the reasoms it cam happen and its usualy triggered by or in response to exsternal events so it probably hasnt helped as its an aditional diffuculty due to a disorder i have 

    my amxiety. wihen it comss to transitions are allways exstremly stressful for me and cam also be a source of overwhelm sometimes im used to sitting woth a social worker talking about the process rather tham doing it without a meeting 

     it is part of my autosm I find these things diffucult and the process is usualy diffucult for me and my family. with transitions its exspecialy mafe more diffucult  when you have other anxietys on top. cause it is such a short time frame for me to get this list done and so i im now more anxious than the begining of the week. iv never had to write a list for the process before  and i will probably be even more Anxious on Saturday 

    i dont know if the idea of mine about the social worker and the phone is a good oms or not but Its the whols idea of the possibility of Mum reading my reasons before sending it to the social worker as Mum will only look for a place if i give proper reasoms that will male my social worker belive another place will be better 

    otherwise the social worker wont do it 

    its the idea of Mum reading everytjing cause im not enotionaly open to her which is the stage before the social worker sees it that is causeing me to procasinate about sending it to her the reason aswell is that  she doesnt usualy understand the reasons about the care home and eberything. 

     the thought is making me uncomfortable which is causeing me to delay it im spite of how close it is.

    I think this is ehat the issue is so I think  if it wasnt for this i would probably iv got this sorted soomer than the weekend but it couldnt be helped 

    when im bery anxious it can make it hard to sleep and cause iv been very anxious iv been struggling woth that 

    its one thing writeing everything down but in the end I will need to send thrm to Mum to send to my social worker  its the idea of it going to someone im not comfortable with that is what im struggling with 

    I dont know if social workers allow residants of care homes to have there number though or weather she will allow it woth the idea i came up with below though so thats something thay was definatly worth noteing.

    if anyome has any ideas let me know what you think of the idea of how to get around this barrier to getting it done 

    edit: ps sorry about typing mistakes i thped this useing my phone and i find it diffucult to type on my phone unlike my laptop

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  • thought I wpuld send this gor tomarow morning so I dont forget.

     its usualy tireing the day after an bad day which was Thirsday. which ks whu i was tired but it can alsp be tireing if youv been very anxious 

    I cant wait for November for my mood tablets to be increased it needed to be done this month that was the idea of phoneing them was so that it cam help me with my moods amd anxiety. the whole idea was to help ms cope with my anxiety and moods.

    I said to the staff that it meeds to be soon not more tham a couple of weeks or in a matter of months.  the ifea was sp that its  least mext week or soon at the latest as i cant wait but she saod the dpctors were too busy and the 26th Novber was the only apointment they had. . 

     exsperiamceing just as an example 4 or 5 differant emotions in a short time frame  all the same it can be very diffucult to cope with particularly if you have other things going on even though i dont show them even if the mood changes arnt obvious to others or shown in fromt of them. i do have a mood disorder cause  it is comorbid  it ocurs alongside my other disabilitys.  this is ons of the reasoms it cam happen and its usualy triggered by or in response to exsternal events so it probably hasnt helped as its an aditional diffuculty due to a disorder i have 

    my amxiety. wihen it comss to transitions are allways exstremly stressful for me and cam also be a source of overwhelm sometimes im used to sitting woth a social worker talking about the process rather tham doing it without a meeting 

     it is part of my autosm I find these things diffucult and the process is usualy diffucult for me and my family. with transitions its exspecialy mafe more diffucult  when you have other anxietys on top. cause it is such a short time frame for me to get this list done and so i im now more anxious than the begining of the week. iv never had to write a list for the process before  and i will probably be even more Anxious on Saturday 

    i dont know if the idea of mine about the social worker and the phone is a good oms or not but Its the whols idea of the possibility of Mum reading my reasons before sending it to the social worker as Mum will only look for a place if i give proper reasoms that will male my social worker belive another place will be better 

    otherwise the social worker wont do it 

    its the idea of Mum reading everytjing cause im not enotionaly open to her which is the stage before the social worker sees it that is causeing me to procasinate about sending it to her the reason aswell is that  she doesnt usualy understand the reasons about the care home and eberything. 

     the thought is making me uncomfortable which is causeing me to delay it im spite of how close it is.

    I think this is ehat the issue is so I think  if it wasnt for this i would probably iv got this sorted soomer than the weekend but it couldnt be helped 

    when im bery anxious it can make it hard to sleep and cause iv been very anxious iv been struggling woth that 

    its one thing writeing everything down but in the end I will need to send thrm to Mum to send to my social worker  its the idea of it going to someone im not comfortable with that is what im struggling with 

    I dont know if social workers allow residants of care homes to have there number though or weather she will allow it woth the idea i came up with below though so thats something thay was definatly worth noteing.

    if anyome has any ideas let me know what you think of the idea of how to get around this barrier to getting it done 

    edit: ps sorry about typing mistakes i thped this useing my phone and i find it diffucult to type on my phone unlike my laptop

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  • in reply to Zo

    Is the barrier that you want to speak straight to the social worker without your mum being involved? You are an adult. I am sure that this is possible.

    This is just my feelings on the matter, but this is what I would be asking in your situation...

    I would want my mum to tell my social worker that I find it hard to talk in person due to processing delays and other things to do with being autistic. I would ask my mum that you want the "reasonable accommodation" of being able to communicate with the social worker by email and not have time limits (due to anxiety).

    Summary (to your mum)

    • I want to be able to email my social worker (due to processing delays and social differences)
    • I don't want time limits due to anxiety (for example, not to have to get a list by Monday)

    When this is done, hopefully you can email your list to the social worker in your own time.

    I appreciate that I am very different to you, so this may not be how you want to do things.