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32:40to water and snacks on the table as well.
32:52Rightio. Hiya. Welcome, everyone, to our Autistic Adults Support Group, or AA for short. Not
33:01to be confused, obviously, with Alcoholics Anonymous, who have the space on Wednesdays. Sorry.
33:11It's always a pleasure to see a new face among us. Perhaps I can ask you for an introduction?
33:18Just how you identify yourself. Are you diagnosed Autistic or self-diagnosed, maybe?
33:25None of the above. I'm here for someone else. Oh, no. Of course. Great. Family members and friends are always
33:31welcome here.
33:34Right. Maya, I think we were talking about your situation at work the other day. Do you want to continue
33:42with that?
33:43At work, I'm masking continually. I have to take myself off to hide in the toilet to avoid burning out
33:52or having a meltdown.
33:53One of the women I work with, sorry. One of the women I work with, she showed me some photos.
34:02She asked me if I liked her dog. And the only thing I could think of to say was,
34:07is better looking than your baby. At least your colleagues interact with you. Most of the time, in my workplace,
34:18people ignore me. Or they speak to me like I'm stupid.
34:20No, you have an open university degree in accounting and finance, Theo.
34:26Yeah, but I have a job in the post room. So maybe I am stupid.
34:31I often wonder if I should reveal my diagnosis or risk being overwhelmed in situations where others may not understand
34:39what I'm experiencing.
34:41But why is the onus always on us? To declare our condition.
34:47To make ourselves stand out as if there's something shameful about being neurologically atypical.
34:54Jose, do you want to say something?
35:00Erm, my son's on his fifth school in six years. Teachers can't handle him.
35:06Well, it's hard to imagine him ever having a job. Or colleagues. Let alone worrying about people being kind to
35:14him.
35:16Yeah.
35:23Oh!
35:26What?
35:29No.
35:32Come on.
35:40It's okay.
35:42There we go.
35:44Doesn't look much like homework.
35:47That's an end-up puzzle.
35:48Is that?
35:53So I have to join all the dots together in just four lines without your hand leaving the page.
35:59Hmm.
36:05Even babies can do it.
36:06I've only had one, Dad.
36:07Oh, my God, I've been out.
36:07It's...
36:09I feel like I've had two inside.
36:23I'm trying to find...
36:26I'm trying to find a way of making a way of making me make a way of making a way
36:29of making a way of making a way of making me.
36:32I'm trying to do it.
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