Published on 12, July, 2020
As part of my new job as a support worker, caring for adults with challenging behaviour. I am being sent on several one day training courses.
This week I was on a safeguarding course. Dealing with keeping vulnerable adults safe from abuse, neglect, exploitation etc.
Halfway through we were asked what we knew about autism. I kept my mouth shut. But a couple said that they had experience with Autistic people. And explained that autistics like to stick to routines. One gave an example of an autistic who walked along the same route everyday for 16 years. The class had a giggle.
That's how we autistics are seen by the NTs.
I know how you feel. I went on a course last week. One of the workshops contained an activity that involved brainstorming all of the challenges autistic people have. The people delivering the training and everyone in the room knew I was autistic but they still laughed at the examples that were read out. Some of the examples had led to me feeling suicidal at times in my life so I was left feeling like a pile of rubbish.