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Trisha

I'm not sure about the other autistics here but being late bothers me. If there's an agreed time then I make sure I'm there no matter what. It bothers me when I don't stick to an agreed time, it is an agreement, a promise.

I'm stood here waiting for the bus. It's almost eight minutes late. I know there could be traffic hold-ups but it still bothers me that the agreed time for its arrival is past and I now could be late for school.

Another time incident happened the other day. My Mum said she would have an evening with me, she'd be in my room at seven. Seven comes and goes. She never came up. The next morning she says she forgot, but I think it was more she didn't want to but said she would to make me happy and feel loved.

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  • I can't stand being late, or when others are late and don't let me know. Even when I'm doing something alone and have decided for myself when I want to be there, I still get stressed out if I end up running late compared with the time I'd planned to be there!

    Having said that, I also don't like being too early. If I've got to wait around for 45 minutes to do what I'm there for or for someone else to arrive, I will spend at least 40 of those minutes worrying about every possible way I could mess things up.

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  • I can't stand being late, or when others are late and don't let me know. Even when I'm doing something alone and have decided for myself when I want to be there, I still get stressed out if I end up running late compared with the time I'd planned to be there!

    Having said that, I also don't like being too early. If I've got to wait around for 45 minutes to do what I'm there for or for someone else to arrive, I will spend at least 40 of those minutes worrying about every possible way I could mess things up.

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