Understanding your autism can really help you

In the film, ‘A Day in the University Placement Year for The Girl With The Curly Hair’, The Girl With The Curly Hair is 21 years old. She has not yet been diagnosed with autism. Although she seems to have some awareness of her needs, she doesn’t realise her needs are because of her autism.

I thought it would be interesting to look at a few scenes from this film and reflect upon how The Girl With The Curly Hair might have viewed these situations differently if she had had a better understanding of her own autism.

It’s a good idea to watch the whole film before reading this blog article. To watch the film, please find it here under ‘Short Films’.

Let’s now assume The Girl With The Curly Hair has learned a lot about autism and, as a consequence, has a good understanding of herself.  Let’s also assume that The Girl With The Curly Hair has told Clare that she had an autism diagnosis but that Clare does not make any specific adjustments.

Here’s how some of the scenarios in the film could have proceeded differently…

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