If you are autistic, do you ever struggle to socialise with colleagues outside of work, such as at team ‘Away Days’ or the Christmas party?
The Girl With The Curly Hair does!
Her time working at a science measurement and testing company included the big three-day annual science conference in a different part of the country. Part of The Girl With The Curly Hair’s job had been to help organise the conference. Gladly, her manager Clare then invited her to come along. Clare thought The Girl With The Curly Hair would feel proud to attend.
The Girl With The Curly Hair did feel proud. She felt very privileged actually and knew that it would be a special experience. She was excited to see her hard work materialise. However of course… because of her autism, the thought of attending also filled her with anxiety! Being out of routine away from home and mixing with unfamiliar people always terrified her.
After many days of deliberation, she decided to be brave and attend.
…And after the event had ended, upon reflection, The Girl With The Curly Hair felt the conference had been manageable. All things considered, she had coped quite well with it!
However, there had been one particularly stressful aspect of the conference… and that was the grand ‘conference dinner.’
Part of the schedule of the conference was that one evening there would be a special dinner in the prestigious dining hall where all the delegates of the conference would meet and socialise. The Girl With The Curly Hair had been terrified about this part of the conference. Let’s watch the following scene to see what happened:
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