Author Archives: spectrumcontender

As part of this journey of discovery I have met with a person with knowledge of and a diagnosis of high functioning autism. Last Monday my husband tried to find the local support group. They had moved. He tried their phone number. They were not the sort of organisation we were looking for. He wentContinue reading “Diary: A Meeting (yesterday)”

About six years ago I burnt out. Badly. I was trying to manage my workload. I was trying to tell the boss I was overloaded. His response: ‘Everything is fine’, ‘No-one else thinks that’, ‘It isn’t in the budget’. He told me to delegate. But who to? My second wasn’t interested ‘That’s not my job’,Continue reading “Mt Stompy Two Year Old has a Sister”

I need a day off from me, from overthinking, analysing, and watching everything I do. I need to get out of my head, away from the scripts and conversations that just keep running. I need to be distracted by the real world. I realised this. No melt down. No drama. At home by myself, myContinue reading “Diary – A Day Off”

I am lousy at remembering people’s names. I try, but right at the point they are saying their name my mind has wandered off and isn’t paying attention. I want to remember names, I have tried all of those helpful hints. They don’t work if you miss the name in the first place, or ifContinue reading “Burrs and Swiss Cheese – a game of memory roulette”

I over explain things. I over explain everything. I want to be sure that it is understood EXACTLY what I am trying to say. I am very pedantic with my words. Each and every word has its own distinct meaning. The subtle differences are important. But that doesn’t stop me using words like thingamy andContinue reading “Disclaimers and Explanations”

Ok, I’m new to blogging, and new to the idea that I might have Autism. I will be working both out as I go. At the moment my brain is a little prefried. I have so much background processing going on as my brain is putting sticky notes on all my index cards that willContinue reading “The beginning”