I allow you - so please allow me!

YES we need to educate and raise understanding and AWARENESS so we can be allowed to be. I have never quite fitted felt like that alien for most of my life, but with discovering Aspergers I discovered true self and I am now able to be that person I was born to be, if only others would allow!

So many things now make sense, but it was the not knowing that cause me harm... just one small life crushing happening on my journey at times to me a terrifying journey into the unknown.
Comment from one of my ex bosses, I did not understand myself, so how could she:
"I felt really sad when I read the bit about your work experience and especially about interviews . I remember the interview you did that I sat in and being really puzzled about how you came across - as you say you knew you could do the job, we knew you could do it but it wasn't coming out at the interview. Now I have been reading what you have to say about AS I think I can begin to understand."

I have been in interviews with people I know, doing the job better than others ever had and still failed interviews, that has been one of things that has always held me back... I use to be so nervous, no chance before I began, l would go red, shutter, jumble everything up and realize now found so hard because I often went into sensory overload, we should have aspie / autie user friendly interviews, but the problem is others do not get it, they just think we are nervous and not capable, the times I have had to over prove myself and still continual to.

Of course others just think not being educated my fault, not preparing for an interview my fault... they have no idea. And even if they did, inform them of asd, our neurological differences often becomes another reason for them not to employ us, no one has ever made any attempt to understand me, just push me aside, I guess as I did not understand myself, how could they, but each interview became my worst school nightmare memories... I feel the way ads individuals are interviewed at present is so wrong, it's like telling a blind person they have to read the paper in front of them, pointless, so interview adapted.

I truly feel its about time we were understand and everyone stop trying to change what often they do not understand themselves! Autism to me is like the universe without answers, but does their have to be, it would be nice just to be allowed to be. Alyson Bradley - Aspergers Parallel Planet