Hello everybody :) I'm Rachel and I would just like to talk about my experiences of living on the spectrum and if you would share your thoughts on how you cope if you expereience similar thinha to me. It would be greatly appreciated.
I havent had an actualy diagnosis but a lot of people who have had many years expereience working with autism recognised the signs in me within the first few weeks of meeting me, these people were my college tutors. I like to stick to routine I need to always know what I'm going to be doing and how I'm going to do it, I once walked into one of my classes and the chairs were set out different and I had a panic attack where I couldn't remain in the classroom and had to have time-out which lasted 45 minutes, I have sensory difficulties which include electronic constand noises such as beeping or ringing and I dont like people shouting at me, I need to have things that match and are in order date wise or size wise, I like to line things up so they are nice and neat I have social difficulties which include going to new places and meeting new people I struggle with basic conversation with people who I've never met, I dont like people sat behind me I like to see whats going on, I need space sometimea to overcome all the above, I dont like people touching me who I dont know or having people too close whether I know them or not depends what mood I'm in, I struggle with eye contact with everybody and I struggle to understand some things that all of my friends can uderstand and just get on with it. I've said all this because I want to know if anyone on here is similar and how they cope, my tutors said mild aspergers and now I think about it it makes more sense everyday. Thankyou!
