Autism 101  Aug 22, 2023

Some autistic people find making phone calls extremely stressful and unpleasant and will avoid them at all costs.

Please don’t try and force your communication preferences on others.

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Shreya Kundu

Show threadMKFAug 22, 2023
@autism101 @actuallyautistic my autistic nephew is one of the exceptions--he loves to chat on the phone. As an autistic who does not like the phone, I ask him to text or send me email instead. We both do better when we are in person with each other
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

@MichaleKFreeman @autism101 @actuallyautistic

there are those autistic folk who don't mind or even enjoy using the telephone and are also fascinated by how it works, some become telecoms engineers (I am one of them 😉 ) - maybe your nephew might become one as well..

I don't mind using email or Signal instead if someone else prefers it, (or SMS but it is less popular for me because I can't easily type it on the laptop)

Aug 22, 2023 at 12:42pmWeb
Show thread🔥Cassandra🔥Aug 22, 2023

@vfrmedia

Oooh, like those transparent telephones when I was a teenager, so you could see all the wires and stuff. Those were cool.

Show threadundead enby of the apocalypseAug 23, 2023
@Cassandra @vfrmedia we need more transparent tech I want to see all the insides of all the machines
Show threadundead enby of the apocalypseAug 23, 2023
@vfrmedia @Cassandra (I hate phone calls tho)
Show thread🔥Cassandra🔥Aug 23, 2023

@enby_of_the_apocalypse

😆 Yes. I want to see how it works, but would rather not actually use it.

Show threadUrsidinoj/The BjornsdottirsAug 22, 2023
@vfrmedia @MichaleKFreeman @autism101 @actuallyautistic I both enjoy and despise the telephone
Show threadLisPiAug 22, 2023
@vfrmedia @MichaleKFreeman @autism101 @actuallyautistic I do find their functioning quite interesting, though I prefer using them with an acoustic coupler