On Monday 23rd March 2020, the U.K. went into a nationwide lockdown in response to the coronavirus outbreak. This meant that non-essential shops, some restaurants, cinemas, theatres, leisure facilities, hairdressers, beauty salons and places of worship were temporarily closed in order to slow down the spread of the virus. People were also advised to stay … Continue reading How I’ve Been Coping with the Lockdown as an Autistic Person
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What I Really Thought of Working for My Agency on a Part-Time Paid Scheme
Regular readers of my blog will know that I volunteer for a neurodivergent recruitment agency called Exceptional Individuals. While I started volunteering for them in January 2019, I worked for them on a part-time paid scheme for three days a week called ACE (Ace, Capable and Employed) from Groundwork London from June - November 2019. … Continue reading What I Really Thought of Working for My Agency on a Part-Time Paid Scheme
8 Lessons I’ve Learnt Since Working for a Neurodivergent Recruitment Agency
If you read my blog regularly, then you'll know that in January 2019, I started volunteering for a neurodivergent recruitment agency called Exceptional Individuals. This became a part time paid role for a probationary period for six months in June 2019 and it's my first part time paid job in three years (I worked as … Continue reading 8 Lessons I’ve Learnt Since Working for a Neurodivergent Recruitment Agency