I just started my new job!

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Actually, this job is perfect for me.

I am the new administrative assistant at a grassroots advocacy group for people who are all over the autism spectrum.

They are going to give me a lot of training when it comes to dealing with clients, but I don't think the job itself is going to be anything I can't handle after the training is done.

The paychecks are going to be tiny to start with. Well, I can support myself on my SSDI alone - this job will add meaning to my life.

And that is what is going on in my world. It is amazing what a year of coaching with a therapist can do to make my Asperger's symptoms more manageable. A year ago, something like this would have been completely out of the question for me.

This is the most positive news I've heard all day (next to Hilary Clinton going to the Middle East to broker a peace talk, of course). Congratulations.

Congratulations! Hope you do really well!

Congrats! I am glad therapy is working for you. My daughter has being in therapy for the last 4 years. Hopefully someday she will be able to get and keep a job, just like you!f

Yeah, first I had to advocate for myself, since nobody else was going to do that for me. That's the way my family rolls. If somebody in it has a serious emotional problem, the family gangs up on him or her with the "just get over it" message. People in my family really have a nasty habit of making no real effort to take care of themselves as the result of many generations of that.

I sought out therapy on my own terms. Now I am reaping the benefits. Because of that, I can now be a part of a voice for others who need it. I can be the advocate that I never had when I was younger. This means a lot to me.

congrats
i never found theraphy useful...it backfires for me
and i never get excited in initial phases of a new job....after couple of months the real scenario evolves.

good for you congragulations

I am really digging this.

Whenever I have a question, my supervisors are more than happy to answer them. I don't feel like an idiot when I ask them how I should proceed when I am not completely sure. Frankly, they told me that I was coming up with questions that they never even considered before they hired me, so I guess I must be doing something right.

I guess my Asperger's perspective is being appreciated in an office full of NTs. I have only been working there three weeks, and I already feel like I am a part of the team. And I already have more confidence here than I have ever had at any previous job. This is really working out for me.

I am grateful that my medications are working these days (they got adjusted about four months ago), and I am grateful that I am starting to rack up some significant sobriety from my addictions, and I am thankful that I decided to put my recovery in a much higher priority than anything else in my life. A year ago, I would have never dreamed of this. I can't afford to get cocky now, I have to remember where I came from, and I have to remember that if I start slipping on my therapy, on taking care of my recovery, on working with the Asperger's coaching, all of this can go away pretty quickly if I am not vigilant.

Still, I'm celebrating. Tomorrow night will be Thai food and a night at the movies with good friends, a part of which will be covered with my first paycheck! YaY!

Can you tell us some more about your life?

Good news. Now be productive and make society better.