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Autism in the Workplace: Creating an Inclusive Environment

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental condition that affects individuals throughout their lives. While much attention is given to children with ASD, it is important to recognize that autism spectrum disorder in adults is also prevalent. Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder A neurological disease known as autism spectrum disorder is characterised by challenges with social interaction, communication, and restricted and repetitive behaviours. While the exact causes of ASD are not fully understood, early diagnosis and intervention can greatly improve the quality of life for individuals with autism. Autism Spectrum Disorder in Adults Contrary to popular belief, autism does not magically disappear once a child reaches adulthood. Many individuals continue to navigate life on the autism spectrum well into their professional careers. However, adults with ASD face unique challenges in the workplace, including difficulties with social interactions, sensory sensitivities, and adherence to routine. These challenges can make it challenging for individuals with ASD to secure and maintain employment. Diagnosis and Treatment Early diagnosis of ASD is crucial for providing appropriate support and interventions. Diagnostic criteria often focus on childhood behaviors, which may lead to late or missed diagnoses in adults. Nevertheless, it is never too late to seek an autism diagnosis, as it can provide valuable insights and access to resources and accommodations. Autism spectrum disorder treatment varies depending on individual needs. Therapies such as applied behavior analysis (ABA), speech therapy, and occupational therapy can help individuals with autism develop essential skills and cope with challenges they may face in the workplace. Additionally, counseling and support groups can provide emotional support and guidance for adults with ASD. Recognizing Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptoms Understanding the symptoms of autism is essential for fostering an inclusive work environment. Common signs of ASD in adults include difficulties with verbal and non-verbal communication, challenges with social interactions, repetitive behaviors or restricted interests, and sensory sensitivities. Employers and coworkers should be educated about these symptoms to promote understanding and empathy. Creating an Inclusive Workplace Environment Building an inclusive workplace environment requires a proactive approach that accommodates the unique needs of individuals with ASD. Here are some strategies to consider: 1. Sensory considerations: Provide a quiet area or designated space where individuals can retreat when sensory overload occurs. Adjusting lighting, minimizing background noise, and allowing flexibility in workspace design can also be beneficial. 2. Clear communication: Use clear and direct language when providing instructions or feedback. Avoid relying solely on non-verbal cues and provide written instructions when necessary. 3. Supportive management: Educate managers and supervisors about autism spectrum disorder and its potential impact on work performance. Encourage open dialogue and flexibility in work arrangements to accommodate individual needs. 4. Social skills training: Offer training programs or workshops that help individuals with ASD improve their social skills and navigate workplace interactions effectively. 5. Peer support and mentorship: Encourage the formation of support networks within the workplace, such as buddy systems or mentorship programs. These connections can provide invaluable guidance and social support for individuals with ASD. Road To Recovery Creating an inclusive workplace environment for individuals with autism spectrum disorder is essential for their professional growth and overall well-being. By understanding the unique challenges faced by adults with ASD and implementing appropriate accommodations, we can foster an environment where everyone can thrive If you're seeking a facility that can help you deal with depression and is supported by a knowledgeable and qualified staff, Athena Behavioural Health is the place for you. One of the top companies offering addiction- and mental-health-related treatment services in the nation is Athena. We have two different treatment centers in your area, one of which is dedicated solely to treating patients with mental health concerns and the other which is dedicated to assisting folks with drug addictions of any form. Athena is more than happy to provide assistance to its patients. Athena supports its patients with successful rehabilitation techniques, coping mechanisms, and ongoing care support. Athena is fully prepared to provide comprehensive therapeutic interventions, including counseling sessions, alternative therapy seminars, and medication management. For additional information about our treatment programmes and facilities, contact us via WhatsApp at 9289086193.

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Nesta, Interrupted: gendered perceptions of alcoholism in ACOSF

CW: addiction, sexual assault, gendered violence.

Creds: I’m a licensed counselor with a degree specialization in treating addiction. I have career experience with multiple modes of mental health, trauma, and substance use treatment in women-specific carceral, institutional, and healthcare settings. And I know anyone can come on the internet and say that, but I pinky promise.

The short version:

ACOSF stigmatizes alcoholism in line with cultural standards.

Western culture feels differently about female and male alcoholics due to systemic sexism, and thus treats them differently.

Women’s experience of alcoholism is often compounded by or even a result of systemic factors and intersectional identity.

Nesta’s treatment in ACOSF, while repugnant, is in many ways very accurate of attitudes today.

(I’ll be using “women/men” and “male/female” to denote cis afab and amab people. Little research exists on the experiences of queer, nonbinary and gender expansive considerations in addiction and recovery, which is a fuckin’ shame. Studies are also largely conducted with white participants due to enormous barriers to treatment for Black, Indigenous, and people of color, so this convo is inherently incomplete where it neglects those intersections.)

Okay, first things first: ACOSF is a book that stigmatizes alcoholism. I will not be taking questions.

The number one thing to understand is that in America, land of Miss Sarah, we are very bad at addiction treatment (tx). Why? Because our culture hates addicts has as stigma around addiction. And female alcoholics bear a very specific set of stigmas based in their identity.

In Susanna Kaysen’s memoir Girl, Interrupted , Kaysen’s character is institutionalized following a non-fatal suicide attempt. When evaluated, she’s diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, that bastion of diagnoses perfect for people (75% of whom are female-identified) who don’t fit into our polite definition of functioning. As the book unfolds, she reflects on how (white) women are often pathologized when they buck against systems of oppression that create the dysfunction in them in the first place. That is not to say other women in the institution are not genuinely in need of help, nor that mental illness in women is always from a systemic wound. But it’s crucial in the treatment of female addiction and mental health disorders to considered the systemic factors of gendered violence and patriarchy, and the attitudes we hold about women who struggle with drinking.

Think about female alcoholics in media. If she’s young, she’s a loose, reckless sl*t looking for trouble and deserving of the reality check when she finds it (Amy Schumer in Trainwreck, Lindsay Lohan in general). Or if the woman are older, they are discarded, or gross, or pathetic, or evil like anyone Faye Dunaway played or Eminem’s mom in 8 Mile (deep cut lol). Men are afforded a much larger spectrum of experiences and struggles - Ernest Hemingway, Leaving Las Vegas, Sideways, the dude from A Star is Born, Frank from Shameless (brilliant), frat boys, blue collar workers, introspective tortured artists, fucking IRON MAN. I could go on forever, but I hope that illustrates the depth and diversity of male-centric stories of alcoholism not often afforded to women.

One of the most empathetic and accurate portrayals of female alcoholism, in my opinion, is in the show Sharp Objects (the book, too, but actually witnessing it makes a difference). We see Amy Adams’ Camille swig vodka from an Evian bottle while fending off vicious, veiled attacks from her verbally and emotionally abusive mother and experiencing flashbacks of teenage sexual assault. We watch her struggle to find emotional safety in her conservative hometown, both wanting to fit in and get out in order to survive. We GET why she drinks and I have trouble blaming her for it even as she wreaks havoc on herself and others. We can see her clawing just to make it out alive, and alcohol is the tool she’s using to do it, for better or worse.

Which is where Nesta enters the chat. When we get our first glimpse of her alcohol use is ACOFAS, it’s portrayed as something everyone knows about but that she’s still mostly keeping it together - her dress is clean, her hair is neatly braided, she doesn’t need a chaperone to show up to a family event. The deterioration between ACOFAS and ACOSF is alarming, and we know that alcoholism is a progressive condition so that tends to happen. Was there a particular trigger? That’s hard to say. Solstice certainly didn’t help, especially with the pressures to perform and conform to the standards of the Inner Circle aka the people in power. I imagine seeing her sisters bouncey and reveling in the world that stole them and killed their father was probably.. tough, to say the least. The barge party seems to be a turning point as well, though this one is more confusing to me. But given the child abuse, extreme poverty, sexual assault, kidnapping, bodily violation, witnessing her father’s murder, almost dying, WAR - and that’s not even to mention essentially becoming a refugee - it would be amazing if she DIDN’T drink. She 100% has complex trauma, and is looking for ways to cope.

No one with full capacity dreams of becoming an addict when they grow up. Addiction, in my professional and personal experience, is largely a strategy for coping with a deeper wound. People don’t drink to feel bad. They drink to feel good, and to survive. Nesta herself is drinking to survive, but it’s having the unfortunate side effect of killing her at the same time. As she slides into active addiction, the thought of her own death may even be comforting, and alcohol in that way is her friend. (There's some interesting research right now framing addiction as an attachment disorder, but I don't know enough to speak on it much.)

So she obviously needs help. That’s not a debate. What is a debate is how the IC should best go about intervening. A variation on the Johnson method is used in ACOSF (the one from the show Intervention) and appears to be successful only because they threaten her if she doesn’t comply. This method has mixed data to support it, and while it’s very good at getting people into tx, there is a higher relapse rate for those who receive it (1). The “family” gathers and tells her the ways she’s hurt them and tell her the consequences if she doesn’t seek the help they’re offering. And again, so many of their reason are the effects on THEM, how she’s making THEM look, not her pain.

The IC’s ignorance and dismissal of her alcoholism in ACOSF is frankly mystifying. Why do they intervene on all the drinking and sexing, anyway? It seems like they’ve been fine enough with it up to this point. But now it's gone too far, not because of her illness but because she is embarrassing them. And I don’t know about you, but between Cassian apparently fucking half of Velaris and Mor’s heavily documented emotional drinking, that’s hard to square. It makes it feel much more likely that they don’t like the way she is coping, that she is not fitting into their picture of who she’s supposed to be. This picture is inherently gendered, because Prythian society and those who live in it have explicit and implicit expectations of gender roles, whether they’ll admit it or not. Cassian and Mor are playing their roles well; Nesta is not.

That leads me to believe it is NOT all about her, but the systemic and internal factors influencing their perception of her and the ways she’s struggling. It’s distasteful to them for her, a female, to be deteriorating this publicly, despite the fact that her very identity makes it harder for her to function in the patriarchy of Prythian. We hear almost exclusively about sexual violence against women, aside from 2 male characters. Past or present assault of women is a major plot point on multiple occasions (Mor, Gwyn, Nesta, Emerie, Rhysands mom and sister, the lady of autumn, Cassians mom, Azriels mom, I could go on). But something about the way Nesta is contending with that is unacceptable, and I believe it’s because she’s not trying to cover up her dysfunction. In prythian, we keep these things hidden- Mor’s assault is never processed in full, Azriel’s mom seems to be alone at Rosehall, priestesses are literally hidden inside a mountain for centuries. Women process trauma alone and in the dark, but Nesta is in the light and she is loud. She is refusing to hide her problems, and the IC don’t like that, whether they realize it or not.

So why don’t the IC understand this? Like I said earlier, as a culture we hate addicts, or what they stand for, in very much the same way I think we hate people experiencing homelessness. We convince ourselves it was a series of bad choices that led someone where they are, choices we would never make because we are smart, smarter than them. We believe are more in control than that. We can prevent bad things from happening to us because we are good, because we are better than whoever it’s happening to. But the reality is almost ALL of us are one hospital stay away from homelessness, just as all of us are one trauma away from addiction. And with female addicts, we have another layer of expecting women to only struggle nicely and quietly, or to go away. Intersectional factors are at play here, too: white women are much more likely to have alcoholism attributed to mental health and trauma factors, where people of color often suffer the same addiction being more associated with crime. You can imagine how that plays out differently.

So what is the effect of all this? Gendered expectations lead to not only external stigma around addiction and tx, but also to internalized stigma which can limit willingness to seek tx. (2) Many social forces encourage women to drink and discourage them from telling anyone. Factors such as poverty, family planning, access to education, racial discrimination, and location can make services harder to access. Internally, women are more likely to enter treatment with less confidence in their ability to succeed, but report more strengths and more potential to grow recovery strengths during and following tx. For men, the pattern is reversed (3). And women have more successful tx episodes overall when gendered considerations are a part of the design and implementation of services (4). For Nesta, the effect is that she’s forced into treatment and copes by having hate sex with her ex and changing herself to conform to her family’s expectations while the House and the Valkyrie’s actually take care of her. I do not see how Sarah drew the line from there to recovery, I truly don’t. If anything, she recovers in spite of the ICs intervention, not because of it.

In summary, Nesta Archeron deserved better. Nesta deserved the same compassion the book gives to men who are struggling, and it’s a reflection of not just the book’s culture but the author’s culture that she doesn’t get it. Female alcoholics are worthy of treatment that integrates their identities, as those identities are often essential factors contributing to their addiction. What's shown in ACOSF is a reality many women live, and they shouldn't have to.

Barry Loneck, James A. Garrett & Steven M Banks (1996) The Johnson Intervention and Relapse During Outpatient Treatment, The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 22:3, 363-375, DOI: 10.3109/00952999609001665

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[warblogs17282]

I wonder what mental health services/support and rehab are like in Helluva Boss.

Like we know there's rehab, as seen with Barbie Wire in s2 e5 and Verosika in s1 e3, for alcohol and drugs. But that doesn't really tell us much about mental health services, or show that the rehab is even effective, considering both of them got back into their addictions after they got out of rehab.

So it wouldn't really be a stretch to assume mental health services are quite bad, even more so for a diagnosis. As we both know, Blitz and Stolas are very clearly suffer from mental disorder(s) and/or are neurodivergent. It makes a lot of sense why those two didn't get diagnosed, it would be a problem, mainly it could quite possibly screw up the respective abuse both fathers gave to their children.

Also, considering Blitz did go to a therapist before but never was able to take it seriously really does not paint mental health services in a good light as well, sure Blitz has deep rooted trauma and has developed strong negative habits to try and ignore the deep rooted problems he has, just like Stolas, both of them slipped through the mental health system, got ignored for various reasons, if there's even one to begin with.

Now, Stolas does have those anti-depressants he takes, but without follow up to them with a professional, it really doesn't mean a whole lot, like they're just trying the bare minimum so that Stolas can survive, instead of adding that bare minimum with something else, to create an actual solution that leads to actual healing. Of course the deep rooted abuse of the Goetia, Paimon and Stella in particiular wouldn't allow that actual healing because it would wake Stolas up to the truth, breaking the abuse they had tried so hard to keep up for years upon years. Making Stolas slip through the system as a result.

Finally, we have the alcoholism Stolas has a bad case of, twice in s2 e1, with the second time in that episode Stolas getting blackout drunk to numb the pain, and another case in apology tour, where Stolas gets incredibly drunk, having an entire bottle in his hands at one point, and stealing someone else's drink, leading to that one-night stand which let's be real there's a good chance Stolas is gonna regret that one when he wakes up. It makes sense why he didn't go to rehab for this, while I read somewhere that Stolas finds the alcoholism embarassing, the deep rooted abuse prevents him from seeking help, plus no one else really knows how bad the alcoholism is for Stolas, so no one else can actually say to Stolas 'hey you should probably seek help for this', so he just stays in this cycle of being dependant on alcohol to numb the pain away.

Most likely than ever, the only way Stolas actually is able to get into scope how bad it's gotten and actually get help, it's gonna start by telling/accidentally slipping it to someone, who might actually wake Stolas up to that specific problem in his life, which may also lead into Stolas starting to come to terms with some of the others problems in his life as well he needs to work on.

[neuroticboyfriend]

shoutout to recovering abusers, especially those who are abuse/trauma survivors themselves. you and i both know that, unfortunately, once we do something, we can't take it back. i know it hurts to know that, but recognizing it for what it is... that's what allows you to do the only thing left to do - be better. it's not easy, nor pleasant, and likely, a very isolating experience.

so i want you to know, there's at least one person out there who's rooting for you, who's proud of the person you're becoming. you are not doomed to do horrible things forever. you are not beyond leading a happier, healthier life. growth is an option. healthy relationships are an option. they have to be, for all our sakes.

if you want to stop hurting others, and stop hurting yourself, your choice is right here. i believe in you. you can do it. you have to. break the chain.

[parasiticstars]

potentially a hot whump writing take but the bad caretaker label is stupid. like...., okay because theyre not a perfect all-in-one therapist/PT/doctor/self sacrificial Mary Sue ass angel who Never Does Wrong Ever, that means they get to be lumped in with genuinely shitty/backstabbing/mercurial ""caretakers""? (I hate the word carewhumper stfu) it's unrealistic and impossible to preform those standards. give caretakers room to be human too.

anyways shout out to caretaker characters who arent perfect, who are trying their best but lost, dont know medicine or the fucking DSM5 or how to undo years worth of trauma responses for things they dont know about, are hypo empathetic or otherwise have difficulty connecting with who they need to take care of, who run out of patience; caretakers who resent the duties forced on them or even the subject of said duties, who are burnt out, who wish the situation never happened, who are aware of their inadequacy but know this is the hand that fate dealt them and they have no choice in it.

[artofkhaos404]

In life, I believe we are all just addicts struggling with our drug of choice.

For some, it may be actual drugs. Meth, cocaine, heroine, marijuana... whatever suits them. For others it is alcohol or cigarettes or other tobacco products.

It may be pornography. Or self harm.

I have wrestled with my drug of choice for about four years. Indulging daily or weekly. I'm accustomed to counting wins by the day.

...

Tomorrow, I'm going out with some friends to celebrate two months clean. Eventually I may relapse back into my old habits, but that's not the point. The point is proving to myself that I am able. Recovery is possible.

I WILL NOT BE A SLAVE TO MY DRUG.

And I'll encourage you to adopt the same mantra. These addictions and this society that fuels them? It can't hold us. We are free.

[mifunebooty]

Mental rehab and working on my mental health mood board parte uno

[spokelseskladden]

wow who would've thought having the rightwing parties in power in this god's forsaken municipality would be a bad thing...who could've possibly seen this coming....... there's just no way anyone could've known that they would fuck every single one of us in every way imaginable..........

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[figureofdismay]

I keep seeing that post claiming that they've only ever seen people in fandom complaining about the writing and characterization of women characters, never men characters, when the time I spent in m/m slash shipping circles -- and also many m/f shipping fandom circles -- was almost entirely made up of watching people complaining about the bad/sloppy/"ooc"/cowardly etc characterization of male characters. Like, that may be their experience but it's extremely not universal lol

What's more, a lot of the time I think people view "complaining about the writing of women characters" in a way backwards to the initial intent these days. For a long time on here in like 2014 to 2019 fandom, complaining about the writing of women characters was the main way people tried to show that they supported women and picking apart every portrayal was socially rewarded because it was the pathway people felt was available to them to seek better female representation in media. Of course this backfired with a combination of lots of fandom folks getting totally burnt out, and lots of fandom folks ended up scared to make women characters do anything or suffer anything because they had seen the furor of the backlash many times, and which obviously has a chilling effect on fandom overall.

I really don't think any of this started because 'fandom hates women' but as an expression of fandom wanting to see 'better' women characters that weren't cookie cutter tropes, and complaining and attacking each other over fan works and opinions was the only way they could feel like they were 'doing something' because complaining about the writing of popular franchise women characters on Twitter or the Mary Sue did very little. And of course 'good representation' is a horrifically flawed premise because no one character can make every woman feel seen (or every queer person, or, you get the picture). And now people are so used to self policing in fandom and trying to guess what will get them decried as Problematic that people avoid a lot of interesting and marginalized characters out of genuine fear of the social consequences of getting it "wrong." Those consequences fandom repeatedly demonstrates for them as impossible to predict but potentially very real and lasting on community connections.

Unfortunately this has an identical effect on fandom as "people hate women and minority characters" and it's as straightforward to navigate. "Help them branch out to minority characters they might identify with on other grounds" won't help with this. Neither will yelling at them that they hate women and minorities and should feel ashamed. What would help is 'stop participating in dogpiles and call-outs' and 'support fan works about Weird characters and nuanced takes' and 'don't assume that the person saying some female character has flaws hates that character and jump to attack' and 'if someone says something with unconscious bias about some character don't assume they hate women and jump to attack' and 'if someone ships that woman character with someone you find Problematic don't assume they hate women and jump to attack.' basically, fandom is a hobby for fun and enrichment, and if people feel like paying attention to many marginalized characters is something stressful that will get them shamed and heckled, they won't Learn To Be Better, they'll just avoid you and the character and characters like them in future.

[lukeslife]

Rehabilitation day 1 of my journey join me

[whitegownsandflowercrowns]

In order:

mental health awareness/acceptance

have

disorders (usually a Cluster B personality disorder, but feel free to fill in the blank however you want)

I don’t know how effective this was (I’m not great at editing photos, sorry) but I hope I got the point across!