The autistic experience as speaking a second language – my Apolitical post from 30 March 2021: https://helenjeffries.wordpress.com/home/i-want-to-communicate-and-be-understood-but-its-a-struggle/
“I want to communicate and be understood, but it’s a struggle”
Published by Helen Jeffries
Helen Jeffries is currently a Deputy Director working on healthcare for Ukrainian refugees in the Department of Health and Social Care. Prior to that she was a DD in the Cabinet Office Covid Task Force, which she joined on loan from DHSC where she had been working on Covid response and the Covid Contact Tracing App. Helen was diagnosed autistic five years ago. “I thought then that being autistic was a total barrier to career progression as I couldn’t see any openly autistic senior civil servants. Recent national crises have given me progression opportunities so now I’m attempting to be the open autistic role model I lacked myself. I do that by being an active campaigner in the public sector for more understanding of autism and acceptance of autistic colleagues.” View more posts
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