Autism at work

13 September 2021 by Meaghan

Outing my autistic self at work was a really bad idea at first, but I’m still doing it

Deciding whether to let your workplace know that you’re autistic should be easy. Sadly, there’s still a huge amount of ignorance and discrimination out there. This is what happened to me, and why I’m so open about being autistic now.

6 September 2021 by Meaghan

Excuse me, I’m just frying my autistic brain on your fluorescent lights

Fluorescent lights are pretty high on my list of intolerable things. They wield a malevolent power over people with brains that are wired like mine. This is what happened when I worked in the most brightly lit office I’ve ever encountered.