{"id":11,"date":"2024-03-05T13:17:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T13:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/baadis\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-09-22T14:33:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:33:26","slug":"what-it-might-feel-like","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/baadis\/autism\/what-it-might-feel-like\/","title":{"rendered":"What being autistic might feel like"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Autism is a spectrum condition and affects people in different ways. Like all people, autistic people have their own strengths and challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Autistic people often share similar challenges across their life\u2014including education, employment and social relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Autistic people can also experience emotional problems such as anxiety or depression.<\/p>\n<h2>Autistic strengths<\/h2>\n<p>Embrace and celebrate the differences of the autistic mind.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Attention to detail<\/li>\n<li>Deep focus<\/li>\n<li>Honesty<\/li>\n<li>Expertise<\/li>\n<li>Resilience<\/li>\n<li>Commitment<\/li>\n<li>Memory<\/li>\n<li>Accepting difference<\/li>\n<li>Critical thinking<\/li>\n<li>Visual skills<\/li>\n<li>Unique thinking<\/li>\n<li>Observational skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And many more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your individual skills?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Autistic challenges<\/h2>\n<p>A diagnosis of autism is not enough to understand someone&#8217;s ability or needs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rigid thoughts<\/li>\n<li>Initiating and managing relationships<\/li>\n<li>Alexythymia<\/li>\n<li>Understanding others<\/li>\n<li>Time management<\/li>\n<li>Sensory processing difficulties<\/li>\n<li>Non-verbal communication<\/li>\n<li>Planning and organisation<\/li>\n<li>Feeling understood<\/li>\n<li>Repetitive behaviours<\/li>\n<li>Managing change<\/li>\n<li>Navigating social interactions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There may be others too&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which do you find difficult?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autism is a spectrum condition and affects people in different ways. Like all people, autistic people have their own strengths&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/baadis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/baadis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/baadis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/baadis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/baadis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/baadis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/baadis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/277"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/baadis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/baadis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}