@StrassenKatze@actuallyautistic Has anyone else ever been accused of being self absorbed when you try to relate a persons situation with one you have experienced? I have lost friends for this because they say I always try to make the situation about myself. I'm only trying to connect our experiences! Needless to say, I'm always conscious of whether I am doing it.
Autistic people may be dealing with many other issues, dubbed comorbidities by the medical community. I've listed some of them in the mind map below. Many can’t be seen by others.
@CynAq@autism101@actuallyautistic Yeah, it's pretty awful having it. It's impacted my career greatly as I am always having to avoid anything at all connected to accounting or budgeting (as a Project Manager, this can be challenging). Even with most basic math, I need a calculator.
@Autistrain@autism101@actuallyautistic Yeah, I must have things in my calendar or on my Kanban (or both). The funny thing is, that until I started working in corporate IT Environments, I didn't have many coping strategies. This is the only compliment of the corporate world you will ever hear from me, but it did make more more organized
@ILikeYarnALot@autism101@actuallyautistic glad you find it useful. For anyone interested, the font is "glacial indifference" It's very legible for me so I use it all of the time.
@Susan60@CynAq@autism101@actuallyautistic I think the worst part is that when I was growing up, people automatically thought I was dumb because I was so bad at math. In my career, I just learned to avoid the need to use it. Without a doubt though, I'm far behind my peers in terms of opportunities and advancement.
@brainpilgrim@ILikeYarnALot@autism101@actuallyautistic these are just other issues that people with ASD often have in addition to the ASD. It's doesn't mean that everyone with ASD has all of these. My comorbities are mostly the neurodevelopmental issues with Anxiety (likely as a result of the others issues).