Tuesday, 26 October 2021

Autism and everyday life

 In this blog I’m going to write about how autism affects my everyday life.  Unfortunately there is no cure and I will always have to have constant 24/7 care for the rest of my life.

Conversation has always been difficult for me it doesn’t matter if the person is talking slow or fast I still need to process ever word in my brain to be able to understand.  This is why I need constant translation from someone whether it’s face to face or on a tv screen such as subtitles.  People have always questioned me why I have always put subtitles on movies or tv shows and it really angers me as they say it in such a negative way as if I’m an alien or something.  

I have always read a lot since a young age but my spelling had never been that good.  I’m not dyslexic (however my father is) but I can find if difficult to write words or say the wrong words by accident.

Most autistic people see negativity all the time and not a single positive vibe around them even when there is positivity.  For example I’m a musician and singer, no one has ever complimented me once even in university.  Everyone laughed and said I couldn’t sing and was better as a pianist or saxophonist.  Having found out the truth from a close friend of mine that it wasn’t at all true I was quite shocked to find out people actually appreciated what I did and still do. 

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