Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi I'm autistic and ADHD. I was diagnosed via the NHS after an two and a half year wait, though it felt longer...but I'm feeling more connected to myself now I know. I always felt distant but now I feel like I really know myself, it's a strange but nice feeling.
I work, was full time but now just part time, because of mental struggles and anxiety. My bosses are supportive, I'm lucky in that way. I work as a typist, which suits me as it's something I enjoy and I'm mostly on my own. When I'm not, I wear my headphones and listen to some tunes to get through it.
I used to try hard to mask and fit in but it was a direct road to burnout, so now I don't bother to mask and let the world embrace me the way I embrace myself.
Hello & Welcome Katy
Weird, and this is 100% true, only last night I was thinking about typists!I was thinking back to when I was a lad and went to my dad's office where they had a typing pool - they let me play on one of the typewriters.
I also thought that the job of "typist" surely doesn't exist any more due to technology advances (OCR, voice recognition, etc), but you have proved me wrong