Tackle it Tuesday: Gauging the Workplace

October 23, 2024

Welcome to Tackle It Tuesday, a social media series where an autistic employee at AAoM (yours truly) writes workplace tips to better cope with the stresses of a working world not built for neurodiversity.

While creating the latest entry for AAoM’s social platforms, I realized that social media alone isn’t the ideal archive for all the past Tackle It Tuesday entries, as it shares space with all the other important work AAoM does. So, this blog companion was born!

This Tackle it Tuesday is on gauging the workplace! This is great if you want to know things to look for to see if a job is for you.

An image on a green background. In the center are two differently shaped brains. The left one is labeled: "old routine", the right one is labeled "new routine". The image reads: "Tackle it Tuesday: Gauging the Workplace The first days on the job are the hardest for anyone, but for an autistic person, it’s even more harrowing. Having something switch up your whole schedule the way a job does is like having your entire brain rewired. But there are ways to test if a job is right for you, and that’s how you can adjust. There are five things I, as the author, personally look for."

An image with a green background. At the bottom, there is a white curved line. On the line, there is a computer with "Familiar Tasks (Like Using a Computer)" written below, a man in a blue cap with "having a point person/support" written below, and a pencil and paper with "Instructions/Routines" written below. Tackle it Tuesday: What's Familiar What feels familiar about the job tasks or the environment?

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