Interviews Archives - StoryBlog inspire touch celebrate understand Wed, 01 Jul 2020 13:46:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://storyblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cropped-StoryBlog-1-4-32x32.jpg Interviews Archives - StoryBlog 32 32 150787812 The Autistic Web Developer – “I was humiliated and then dismissed from my new job because I’m autistic” https://storyblog.co.uk/the-autistic-web-developer-i-was-humiliated-and-then-dismissed-from-my-new-job-because-im-autistic/ https://storyblog.co.uk/the-autistic-web-developer-i-was-humiliated-and-then-dismissed-from-my-new-job-because-im-autistic/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:21:33 +0000 https://storyblog.co.uk/?p=791 [Author’s comment: Some names have been changed for privacy reasons] “He put his head in his hands and said: ’For f ***’s sake! Callum. This is bad. This is BAD!’ Then he sat up and really stared at me. It just went through me. I started to feel all sick and dizzy. He complained: ‘We’ve lost half a day’s work here, and now I have to sort it out!’. By now, all the other developers in the room also stared at me.” I’m talking to Callum, an autistic web developer who’s got quite a story to tell. He’s recalling the events leading to his public

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]]> https://storyblog.co.uk/the-autistic-web-developer-i-was-humiliated-and-then-dismissed-from-my-new-job-because-im-autistic/feed/ 2 791 Sophie’s Story: My ultimate dream of Olympic Gold https://storyblog.co.uk/sophies-story-my-ultimate-dream-of-olympic-gold/ https://storyblog.co.uk/sophies-story-my-ultimate-dream-of-olympic-gold/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2018 17:00:10 +0000 https://storyblog.co.uk/?p=678 “It was like: Don’t panic, Sophie. Push. Push.” “The girl in the next lane was head to head with me, and my legs and arms were like lead. My body felt as if it would cease up any second.” “All I could think was: Push. Push. Push!” I’m meeting with 17-year-old Team GB swimming talent Sophie Hobbah from Drighlington near Leeds to talk about her incredible journey so far and being finally on route to fulfil her ultimate dream: Olympic Gold. “I did win that race and a gold medal at the National Championships in Sheffield this summer. And I needed this. I had so

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