Eden1919Senior Contributor
autism and support worker
so i am having some issues with one of my support workers and idk what to do or how to explain things better to her. she recently cut back her hours with me because she was uncomfortable apperantly because i was not talking to her enough and because i didnt give her enough to do now i have been very unwell for this whole year pretty much and so i havent been able to do much at all but i have been doing what i can as much as possible but she pretty much said being unwell was not an excuse and sometimes particualrly when i am not doing so well i struggle to talk sometimes i go mute even and this is something i have been dealing with my whole life and it happens with everyone not just her but none the less i try my best to talk as much as i can while she is here to the point of exhaustion after she leaves and that is not appreiciated at all i still need to do more aperantly. she made everything about her and how she was feeling and didnt ask how i was feeling about it despite the fact that she is being paid to support me and i just ugh like i try my best to be as normal as i can be when i am with her but nothing i do seems to be enough.
also she expects me to respond somehow differently to her small talk like she will say something like "it was hot today" to which i will reply "yes it was" and apperantly that is not good enough of a response apreantly i am supposed to say something else or more idk really it is confusing and she knows what conditions i have but doesnt seem to take that into account at all. idk what to do if anyone has any advice it would be welcome.
