Rosie Weldon > Quotes

“I spent many years being a square peg and trying to bash myself into a round hole.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“What she didn’t realise was smug smiles and shitty comments from people like her, was what fueled me to prove them wrong.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“I stood up as determination rushed through me. I would fight like hell for my life.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“I had done that, and I had to deal with the consequences.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“The academics of exams didn’t worry me, the change in routine however, terrified me.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“Some people, for no logical reason, I just feel comfortable with.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“I tried to memorise their actions so I could mimic them when my time came to face the barrier.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“It was so simple for him to do what I couldn’t. I was a useless part of the team and I just wanted to go home.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“She spoke with confidence and purpose. She was everything I wanted to become.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“We had ordered the same thing we always did. Both of us were autistic and we loved nothing more than falling into a comfortable routine.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“the level of awkwardness in my refusal to go downstairs. Well, Ashley should have text me before she showed up!”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“Just watch and make notes on their presentation. Apparently, the world makes exceptions for you.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“I couldn’t remember what it had looked like, that day with my helper.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“Part of me wanted to be told not to be ridiculous, of course I wasn’t autistic. Part of me wanted to be told that I was autistic and be given an explanation”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“It was all good staying in that one room and not eating, but what would happen in two weeks’ time when I was on my period?”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“I didn’t much care for him, he had forced me to talk in lessons, determined I would not succeed unless I participated in class discussions. Like success in life was determined by who could put their hand up in class.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“I thought back to the night I researched autism. Only 16% of autistic adults are in full-time work. I guessed I wasn’t meant to be one of the 16%.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“It was taking everything I had to get through each day, chores were constantly pushed to the weekend.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“I rely heavily on the emails that are sent around after it, and hope people will flag if I am supposed to do anything.”
― Rosie Weldon, Dear Managers: How to support autistic employees

“I was forcing something to go against its natural grain. It was uncomfortable, uneasy.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“Putting a hundred or so students into a confined space wasn’t exactly my idea of a good time.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“everyone here needs help sometimes.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“If people actually said what they meant, then it wouldn’t be a problem, would it?”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“I wasn’t sure it was a good thing. It felt more like the world was laughing at me. Telling me, ‘look what you could achieve, if only you weren’t so broken.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“My shoulders jolted as I suddenly started crying, the days pressure crashing through me.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“What happens if I’m not good enough for anyone to want me?”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“It was 8:30 a.m. on a Monday morning and I was already exhausted. Well, here went another week.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“So, I wasn’t just autistic… I was super obviously autistic. Wait. I was autistic. Autistic. Autism.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“Interrogating the parts of my life I didn’t tend to advertise to people.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace

“I mumbled that I struggled with eye contact.”
― Rosie Weldon, My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace