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A few weeks ago, I met a senior Nurse. We were talking about a young autistic man in an ATU. I& #39;d met the young man. I explained it was a mystery why staff in that ATU were afraid of them & that I& #39;d have no difficulties being with them. The nurse thought I was overconfident/
Nope.
There& #39;s some people I won& #39;t be with.
There& #39;s some I know won& #39;t be a problem.
It& #39;s about autistic communication & trust.
And it& #39;s about 5 decades of being autistic, & 4 decades of caring for family members who enter meltdown/
There& #39;s some people I won& #39;t be with.
There& #39;s some I know won& #39;t be a problem.
It& #39;s about autistic communication & trust.
And it& #39;s about 5 decades of being autistic, & 4 decades of caring for family members who enter meltdown/
Combined with two decades of working with all sorts of autistic people, in all sorts of settings including seclusion.
Now, reading non-autistic people is much much harder. I can& #39;t guarantee what they& #39;ll do, at all. It could be anything, and frequently is indeed random/
Now, reading non-autistic people is much much harder. I can& #39;t guarantee what they& #39;ll do, at all. It could be anything, and frequently is indeed random/
Being in a space with anyone is about trust, isn& #39;t it. It& #39;s about knowing they& #39;ll respect boundaries. Knowing they won& #39;t overload us when we least need it.
Speaking each others& #39; & #39;language& #39;.
That& #39;s an important thing for teams to know/
Speaking each others& #39; & #39;language& #39;.
That& #39;s an important thing for teams to know/
Because if you& #39;re a team member working with an autistic person, and that trust isn& #39;t there, the trust has to be the very first thing you both need.
If it& #39;s still not there after working on it, it& #39;s not a good match.
And it& #39;s OK for it not to be a good match. Know the limits/
If it& #39;s still not there after working on it, it& #39;s not a good match.
And it& #39;s OK for it not to be a good match. Know the limits/
A lot of damage can be done by forcing the wrong people to do care work for autistic individuals. We see the worst of it in the media, but there& #39;s a lot of low level damage way below that point.
And quite a bit of damage can be done by not trusting autistic specialists/
And quite a bit of damage can be done by not trusting autistic specialists/
