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Content › Looking on the Bright Side - Marc Segar 1974-1997: A Survival Guide for People with Asperger Syndrome
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- Many things are easier for intelligent autistic people
than they are for non-autistic people.
- Autistic people can be especially good at learning facts,
skills and talents when (A) they want to and (B) when the right
sources are available to them. This can provide good career prospects and
is sometimes enough to compensate for any disabilities.
- Useful gifts that autistic people might have include photographic
memories, musical talent, heightened awareness of visual logic and extra-ordinary
potential for computer programming.
- To show consistent punctuality in the workplace and to
produce meticulously accurate, high standard work, always meeting deadlines
may earn you extra respect from your manager or supervisor.
- Some people say that honesty is not always the best policy
but if you can recreate the truth accurately to the right people and yet be
able to withhold the truth when confidentiality is needed, your unsurpassable
honesty might earn you great respect.
- If you are generally a quiet person who often only speaks
when it is worth while, this can sometimes be very welcome in the workplace.
- Having not been bound all your life by the unwritten rules
of society may have made you a highly original thinker.
- In many situations where non-autistic people might be
provoked or feel intimidated, autistic people can be unaffected and keep a
clear head. You might be completely detached and immune to tense atmospheres
and bad vibes which other people have to suffer. The problem with this, however,
will be that you are also immune to danger signals but this book might help
you to recognise them.
- If you wish, you might be able to get formal allowances
and benefits to help you out in life. Try not to see it as cheating. If you
have had a hard enough life, then perhaps you deserve this special consideration.
Also, this might come in handy if ever you need to present yourself in a court
of law in which case it may be a good idea to get the backing of a good psychologist
who understands the problem.
Published on: 2005-09-24 17:01:41 (1209 reads)
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