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Recent content by EmmaJC

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    Hugs? Cuddles?

    Does anyone else find it kind of 'painful'? I'm probably not expressing this well, but if someone hugs me that I don't know well enough, or without permission. It almost hurts in my chest. Again, probably not expressing this very well but if anyone could shed some light on this it'd be greatly...
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    Employment

    I was really hoping that it wouldn't come to it but the school wellbeing officer has suggested in the past that we get some advice from the equalities officer, someone who can basically tell the school of any deficits I might have and how to accommodate them. I was diagnosed just over a year...
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    Employment

    Yeah they're fully aware - that's what's so frustrating. They will obviously compromise in ways for me that I'm not even aware of and other than this one issue they're amazing employers. It's so upsetting because the school feels like my home and I love my job. I just can't keep having such...
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    Employment

    Currently having issues with my employers. I'm a teacher with HFA (Aspergers) - this is just what was given to me after my assessment, really not sure which is the correct terminology now. My employers keep changing things on me last minute and I'm finding my behaviour is becoming more and more...
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    what is your stim?

    Neurotypical people stim also as a way of calming nerves (smoking, pacing etc) but because that is considered a social norm no one picks up on it. Autistic people, or people 'on the spectrum' have, in general, a lot more anxiety. Mainly due to their social surroundings and have stims that do...
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    what is your stim?

    I've got a ton...I went through a stage of making 'animal noises' when I was in middle school, I'd get home and go through the ritual of walking through every room, all the while making my noises. These days I mainly quote movies in a strange voice or say the same phrase/word over and over...
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