Published on 12, July, 2020
Seeing other threads about work made me think about my situation. For many years I have been able to spend some of my time doing detailed work which really suits me, for some of the time. This helped me to cope with the busier times that involved a lot of contact and could be quite draining.
The thing I have found difficult over the years is, the longer I have been there, the more rapidly we have had to deal with change. We are gradually all being expected, it seems for financial reasons to do the same, rather than specialize. I think this is a pity as the autistic community has a lot to offer in relation to areas of expertise that others wouldn't have the same skills in. I enjoy spending time looking into things to find a solution, whereas others are better at speed.
I wonder if others have experiences where changes at work have created challenges.
I've been in my current job 5 years and its just over a year since my diagnosis. In retrospect I look differently on the changes that took place in this and other work places, whether found them more stressful than I realised and how often a negative reaction was due to that. I don’t think I've dealt with a change as substantial as you're describing, if I've understood you correctly.