Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi folks,
Today was the first day of my week-long induction into my new job, working as an Individual Support Worker in day services in a local autism charitable trust. It was an interesting, if exhausting day. We all got to introduce ourselves and talk about our experiences with autistic people. I seemed to be the only one who'd worked in care for several years. Many people were completely new to it. It was great to see such enthusiasm, though, for working with people on the spectrum. Most of the people we'll be working with are severely autistic and need 24-hour support.
I was also the only person there with an autism diagnosis, which I mentioned - and which generated a flurry of interest. The trainers would often come to me for perspectives, and most people seemed generally keen to hear of my experiences both through working with autistic people and through my own personal experiences as an autistic person. I think this is really going to be a great place to work!
I was anxious as hell over the weekend - mainly about the journey there. I did a lot of planning, though (my car doesn't have sat-nav) and didn't get lost once, despite a lot of complicated city-centre navigation. I have a hopeless sense of direction, and one wrong turning would have left me in Nightmare-land! I feel so much better now!
How was everyone else's day today?
Tom
Hi Tom,
I have been in 'hermit' mode and now catching up with many things i've missed. I am glad your new job seems to be all you had hoped! Its interesting that you have become the human version of the forum for the people there, being the only person with a diagnosis! I think you will be a great help to them! But don't let them wear you out!
Due to new windows at work leading to me desk hopping every 2 hours or so, and a new family dog (A long story there) I have been trying to find some solitude and stability. So far I have found just enough to log on and write this, but I can already hear my children working towards world war 3 so it looks like I will be off to bring peace to my house again!
Good luck for the rest of the week!
Ok back home keypad still working,dear wife exhausted and fed up as more desks added in office,more obstacles to clean around.
right getting fed up with this forum!I think lots of people are getting cross wired as replies keep popping up everywhere,quite often misunderstood.I am joining in but still cannot keep track of everything. It is not the people it is the way this software works,rubbish.being polite. I spend more time faffing about just trying to find stuff.I am not an imbecile I have used many types of forums,car based,tool based safety based,lots but none as rediculouse as thus one! And we the autistic are supposed to work out how it goes?
most forums you write something! It appears with a number one more than the previous.if you want to reply to an older post you just say so or it appears before your writing as quoted. You quote it.type your words,move on.at the bottom of each twenty replies is a line of small boxes 1,2,3,4,5,6 etc,click on last for the last post or to go back pick a number to bring up that page of replies.
On here everything is everywhere. Complete and utter rubbish,
Sorry for the outburst but REALLY!
calm! I think I have understood the new replies but things got a bit mixed up as we all type but answers do not always appear where they are supposed to.
big sorry tom for ranting on your lovely thread.
big hugs to all.