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If you have had success with this please let me know. I have been assigned to the dairy section of a grocery store and am having problems multi-tasking. I have learned that the Asperger brain has to learn the specific details of a job first before he gets the general idea of how to successfully complete a job. Basically you have to piece the details into a general principle.

Here is what I have figured out so far. Whenever your manager gives you a list of things to do you have to prioritize which is more important than the other. Usually it is good to start with the cosmetic stuff first then on to the physically heavy labor task next, then the tedious task. When they give you a time frame to do something in it is subjective what that means is if they say no more than 30-45 minutes the task could take longer.


AHA and here is the first step in learning how to multitask. While are you doing a job, you want to have the tasks FLOW into eachother. For example, while you are performing one task, figure out ways to integrate one into the other. If you have a section of juice and a section of eggs next to eachother, take a look at the eggs and see which eggs are low and need to be replaced and which do not. When you chop up the tasks, meaning perform each in a specific amount of time, that actually eats up more time than you realize.

This is all that I have for now. If you have anything to add please feel free.

Unfortunately, when I try to multi-task my brain stalls out.

For me at least, multitasking is not the same problem as getting interrupted.I can have more than on thing going at once, sort of like having 3 pots on the stove and something in the oven. But if I turn around and find that somebody has sneaked a fourth pot onto the stove, confusion sets in. I can multitask with some success when it is planned activity. But it's a pretty small monkey wrench that knocks me off my rhythm.

My best advice is you just need to prioritize.

Multi-tasking is really a load of BS. It's more like shuffling multiple tasks and doing a bit of each in rotation. Ultimately, I don't think you are getting more things done in less time unless it's something like, "While going to get the mail, you pick up coffee for the office on the same trip."

Find out what needs to be completed first/in what order. That's the best way to handle things. Make a checklist, and follow it. If someone asks you to do something that takes top priority, get it done and use the list to get back to what you were at when interrupted.

In time, you'll get so used to the typical routine that you'll not need the list to know what needs to be done and in what order.

I know some people view multitasking as BS. Be that as it may you still have to do it. Now what I have learned so far is that the N.T. mind is an intuitive thinking mind. The A.S. brain does not have the ability to intuitively think. In order to be successful at any job in the retail section yo have to have somebody there that understands Autism at some level. Then they will show how to do the specifics of the job first. From the specifics you will get a generalized idea of how to do the job. You have to piece the details into a general principle.