The Asperger's Girl Guide

Waiting for life to start is like waiting for a bus to arrive (I'm stood at a bus stop now) developments that can kick start the process of making the 'next step' can be difficult ... I know as I'm doing it now and I'm already impatiently waiting for it to begin.  Whether it's getting a qualification or just getting a job life isn't exciting unless you're doing something that you love.  After all the training, it's the process of getting noticed ... being noticed is different as we all like to live in the shadows but hey that isn't going to help.  I'm sick of watching trash TV, Washing , cleaning the house and basically doing nothing after trying to better myself for the last 6 years , help is needed ... effort is required and most of all self confidence which at the moment I do not have in bucket loads.  Here is the major issue with my AS is that I doubt myself on a regular basis on every little thing I do - to me it isn't good enough!  ...

no i'm n ot writing a column about sex and relationships but as I wait for the bus to go and see someone about getting advice on how to further my career.  But I am in the stage where I'm starting to think and act like a single 20 something trying to start my life after education , and i don't want a shitty job in ASDA unless in the media department!  money makes the world go round and for an AS person getting a job seems to be the scariest thing. So i'm taking action already writing a book ... blogging and getting or building radio skills ... so that i can finally do what i love !  and what i've spent three years (6 years if you count college) getting my qualifications .  After this meeting I'm hooking up with my friends and having a giggle , plus lunch in a BBQ place which serves Egyptian food and I can't wait ... would be with my friends but this needs to be done :)  Sophie xxx

The Ironic thing about getting and even passing a degree when you have Aspergers is that like the rest of your graduate friends, getting into the work place isn't as easy as it is believed. With AS it becomes more and more complicated and although I have 2 blogs on the go and a radio show (may it be Volunteering or Not) the help to get into the work place or to set up your own business can be tough without help and support.  But when you try to get that help and support in the form of an organisation set up and given funding by the local authority to help autistic children and young adults to gain help so that they can further their lives. So why is it that when I try and access this help there is nothing to show for it? As a person who was diagnosed later on in their teens, the help and support I should've received was not really available and when I heard that the charity was taking on adults I (looking back) took a gamble and decided to try and take on the help. But I fe...