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Work and uniform ... ?!

Hopper

Hey everyone,

I'm new here so please do forgive me if a) this is the wrong forum or sub forum and b) if this is / was discussed else where. 

I have just started to work for NAS as an adult support worker, still undergoing training etc. However clothing / uniform and the such like have been brought up a few times at training days. I have been advised to wear old clothes that doesn't matter if it's soiled or ripped. I'm ok with that, after a fashion. What I am going to do is wear black trousers and a polo shirt, unsure of colour(s) yet. This being why I am here. I was thinking of using one solid colour and sticking to it then I thought better of it, although I like the idea of being associated as being that colour. But if an unsavoury character has the same colour on I do not want the person I am working with thinking they are safe too. So I thought varying coloured shirts each day would be better. I'm going to do a 'bulk buy' of coloured shirts, but which colours would be best? 

I understand that some people are most likely sat in their chairs face palming at this but it is a genuine concern. Some people I will be working with are very sensory lead and I do not want to overwhelm them with wrong colours. Say red for example, as to me that is a colour of danger. I've read about blues / greens being 'trust worthy' colours, and purples being 'calming' colours. Any suggestions and or advice would be gratefully received! 

Also do NAS supply work tops? Can't find anything to suggest that they do. 

Thank you you all for reading and most likely thinking ... Stop being so daft ... 

Hopper 

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  • This is also why I wish I knew what training is being provided, especially any stereotyping or over-rigid following of the Triad.

    I'm trying to fathom the instruction old clothes that don't matter if they are soiled or ripped. Are you going into special units where the inmates might attack you?

    Smelly clothes (soiled) might be an issue in themselves (sensory sensitivity).

    I really do wonder what training courses convey about autism.

    When I joined NAS membership I was working educationally with people on the spectrum, and I asked if they could send me any literature. Some of what they sent was very peculiar and I queried it.

    One was a report about autistic behaviour based on one person in a care home. This girl was regularly drinking water out of the toilet bowl. I asked NAS what this report was doing in a guidance pack and they simply said destroy it, it must be there by mistake. Didn't look like a mistake - it seemed to be a bona fide paper by a support professional.

    About 15 years ago I went to a conference on autism. One of the presenters worked in an autism residential school. She quite calmly explained to her audience that people with autism had criminal minds and had to be punished regularly to reform them. I protested to the organisers but really got nowhere.

    The reality is that people writing training packs are simply compiling examples with little real knowledge of what they are talking about. It is little wonder there is so much ignorance out there about autism. They are looking for weird examples that stand out, without thinking whether the examples are really representative.

     Likewise why on earth would a NAS training programme go on about what clothes you wear, especially to wear old clothes that don't matter if they are ripped or soiled?

    Is this because you'd look right with someone who, as one of their symptoms, doesn't look after themselves properly or wash and wears old clothes. I mean this is ludicrous nonsense surely?

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  • This is also why I wish I knew what training is being provided, especially any stereotyping or over-rigid following of the Triad.

    I'm trying to fathom the instruction old clothes that don't matter if they are soiled or ripped. Are you going into special units where the inmates might attack you?

    Smelly clothes (soiled) might be an issue in themselves (sensory sensitivity).

    I really do wonder what training courses convey about autism.

    When I joined NAS membership I was working educationally with people on the spectrum, and I asked if they could send me any literature. Some of what they sent was very peculiar and I queried it.

    One was a report about autistic behaviour based on one person in a care home. This girl was regularly drinking water out of the toilet bowl. I asked NAS what this report was doing in a guidance pack and they simply said destroy it, it must be there by mistake. Didn't look like a mistake - it seemed to be a bona fide paper by a support professional.

    About 15 years ago I went to a conference on autism. One of the presenters worked in an autism residential school. She quite calmly explained to her audience that people with autism had criminal minds and had to be punished regularly to reform them. I protested to the organisers but really got nowhere.

    The reality is that people writing training packs are simply compiling examples with little real knowledge of what they are talking about. It is little wonder there is so much ignorance out there about autism. They are looking for weird examples that stand out, without thinking whether the examples are really representative.

     Likewise why on earth would a NAS training programme go on about what clothes you wear, especially to wear old clothes that don't matter if they are ripped or soiled?

    Is this because you'd look right with someone who, as one of their symptoms, doesn't look after themselves properly or wash and wears old clothes. I mean this is ludicrous nonsense surely?

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