James's Notebook

               a question that many people have asked me is how do I see the world, well the way that I see the world is a bit different than what people may expect. I see the world as it is and that means the world can be a very challenging environment to navigate but that does not mean that it is impossible to navigate it. what I mean is that the world has many different environments that I will have to go through within my life including but not limited to the workforce, the outside world and of course the many people that live in this great blue and green world that we live in. the next thing that I have noticed about the world is that people have a tendency to be very unpredictable and could sometimes be fearful of what is misunderstood but most of the time I have also noticed that there are those who are interested in shedding some light on what is misunderstood myself included. I have also noticed that things change relatively quickly ...

                     something that I value is straight forward communication, the reason is because as a person with autism I tend to take things very literally and I have a difficult time with identifying whether people are not direct or if they're being direct with what they are saying. Now the way that I have overcome this challenge is by understanding that some people will be forward with what they say and some people will not be forward with what they say this could be frustrating at times but sometimes the best way to identify whether or not a person is being upfront is by watching their words and seeing if their actions follow through as I have mentioned in an old post of mine titled  "understanding sarcasm". The next reason why I value straightforward communication is that sometimes when people are not being direct with what they say sometimes I take that as an insult, maybe this is related to the fact that I take...