Rebecca's Blogs

I’ve had autism for my whole life and I’ve always seen the world in the same way. Facial expressions are something I generally don’t see, unless they’re exaggerated in cartoons

There’s a  lot of talk and occasional criticism about how much we’re intensely relying on our computer tablets and smartphones and the negative impact it's having on social skills. However, as someone with Autism my iPad is a very important device in regards to controlling my anxiety and enabling me to get more of my career work done.

Whenever something unexpected occurs which leaves me with no other choice than to change my timetable, I experience extreme anxiety and often have a meltdown as a result. In addition to having autism I also have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder which multiplies those challenges by two.

Rebecca Sharrock gives her own personal insight into how Anxiety and depression affect her and the differences between them.

Disabilities including ASD have been around along as humanity has existed, and many generalisations have been made about them as a whole. Yet the reality is that all disabilities are immensely different from one another. So much makes up a human organism, and there are a vast number of areas that can be affected, or that can compensate for skills in which we are deficient.