Some of the biggest skills that an autistic person can have been patience, understanding and grace. It can be hard to accept and understand that things just need time to form acceptance and be ritualistic in nature before they fall into place. It can also mean that you must be patient with yourself and give yourself the grace for at least putting in the effort of working with yourself to do things.

Adapting to many new things over the past month is no small feet for many autistic individuals, yet there seems to be even more changes as time grows and learns to be. It can be hard to accept changes that are challenging or may have come with a bad past, yet they have been much better than they were then.

In the process of making changes to the routine of the autistic person, it is important to have patience, understanding and grace when combating a change in a routine or experiencing something new. It can be hard to understand that things are going to take time and they are not always going to be perfect when going through adhering to new things that have been challenging for many years.

Yes, there is going to be reminiscence of past feelings of frustration, irrationality, and anger about things that one wishes could have been done, but the past is the past and there is nothing that can be done to change what happened. There must be a willingness to move forward and let go of all the things that happened in the past to inflict such pain and agony on one another and the mental health of myself in the process.

While some changes can be made and be good for someone, there at times can be hesitation or frustration about having to do something that may require effort or may not be exciting to endure at first. There must be a point where you must accept that doing something that has required a change is going to make it better in the long run. By having consistency and patience when undertaking changes to a routine, the pattern becomes more habitual in nature and consistency continues to build.

Challenges can exist, at that point it is important to be able to express your need in a proper and efficient method so that your concerns are heard. Being hastily or angry about things that are frustrating in nature can be challenging emotionally, but being explosive in nature will only further impede the situation thus causing your concerns to be less heard and validated.

There are going to be times when things changes are not going to be smooth in nature. There are going to be bumps in the road and mistakes are going to happen. However, it is essential to not stay in that way of thinking consistently, rather it is essential to get back on track to where you need to be so that there can be more consistency in the ability to see if something really works or is the culprit of what is being the issue at head. Most of all, it is important to have understanding, patience and grace when undergoing the challenging moments as well as the everyday struggles that can be further considered when seeing if something is really a problem or the fact that you are not doing what you need to do in life.

Life can be frustrating and challenging and there are times when I want to give up but that is just my mind talking and I need to have the patience, understanding and respect for what I have gone through along with giving myself grace that we can pick ourselves up and start over.