Going Through Life with Autism
I used to always say “A” when I was talking about my autism, just using the initial for “autism” or “autistic” because I didn’t want to say the actual word. This is because I don’t like to even think about autism unless I’m talking or writing about it in a way that might help people understand autism better. Now there are days I don’t even think about autism; I just go about living my life which I think is good.
I’ve learned how to write “social stories” to help improve my difficult areas in everyday living. Social stories have helped me learn how to act at a job interview, how to behave properly at the grocery store, how to treat a guest and how to joke around in a way that other people think is funny. Social stories have helped me reduce autistic behaviors. Autistic people will always have difficulty with social situations no matter how much training they receive. There are things we have to learn that come naturally to other people. This is an ongoing battle for me and needs to be addressed constantly (if it’s not one thing it will be another). As old problems get solved, new autistic problems always seem to arise. Social situations are hard to figure out.
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