an adult trying to get accommodations for asperger’s at work – the difficulties

i’m having troubles at my job. i had told my supervisor perhaps… 6 months ago?, that i had undiagnosed asperger’s syndrome, explained to him that i’ve been attending support groups and trying to find ways to get an official diagnosis, but my insurance won’t pay for it and any private way i can [...]

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how i approach and prepare for job interviews

You probably don’t take requests, but i was wondering how you would advise someone autistic to approach a job interview. it would be interesting and useful public service information for your audience!
now, i have no idea if this person is secretly spying on me, because i am, in fact, just considering that i may need [...]

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maybe you should stop being so f*cking weird

monday at work, and i was out front having a smoke. i’m good at what i do, but the social stuff i’m not so good at. last year, i used to go out after work with this group of peeps, in my department and others on my floor, mostly in their 20s, good [...]

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be nice to the “robots.” they may not be what they seem.

My hypothesis is that people on the Autistic spectrum are often considered emotionally cold as they suppress their reactions and emotions when in the presence of other people, due to social anxiety; this leading to them appearing emotionless. I find that I do this often; I enter into a state of detachment when in company [...]

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You’re not weird – you are true to yourself and your needs

my supervisor knows the issues i have working in this crowded environment. yesterday he sent me this email:
My wife, who is very sensitive to noise, uses these all the time and swears by them. They are expensive, but have been a life-saver for us:
http://www.bose.com/…
She uses the Quiet Comfort 2. They can plug in to [...]

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It might be good, as I have instructed others, to pretend I am a robot, slightly tragic, but one nonetheless.

i have somebody else at my job to train. she started on monday. several times she’s bounced over happily to my cube, interrupting me, standing there looking for a reaction, and i’ve just stared at her.
for instance, just a few minutes ago i was deeply involved in coding my site, phpmyadmin issues, and [...]

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finding people to talk geek talk with

earlier last week, i walked by the cube of the nearest person, and there she and one of my department members are sitting, faces close together, whispering. it was a moment filled with such estrogen, and i paused, captured by it. cube person looks up and says, “we’re having a sex in the [...]

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effusive via email, but in person….

the deputy director of my nonprofit called to me as i was passing his office yesterday morning, motioning me to come in. i probably looked confused, came in, head bowed, looked at him and probably uttered some noncommunicative monosyllable. he looked at me, distracted half-smile, and said, “you are absolutely effusive via email, [...]

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“yes, you ARE touching them.”

i had an incredibly autistic episode earlier today.
i’m not a morning person; it takes me quite a while to wake up. i get to work at 10am, but before 12pm i’m pretty much useless as far as conversation is concerned, though i’m good via email, and can get work done.
this morning, one of the [...]

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about asperger’s syndrome, in plain english

i was having a harder time than normal functioning on saturday, and hung out with a friend despite this fact. having a hard time navigating in my head choices regarding what to do, planning, i was breaking down, cuz i was really tired. we had a bit of an impasse resulting from this, [...]

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