Fesshole 🧻My son is 11,autistic, and obsessed with Minecraft. I manage a team of 4 Database Engineers. At some point I started to talk to them like how the parenting courses told me to communicate with my son and the team morale and overall performance has shot up so much we got an award
Jon Moore
StarkRG@jonm Very broadly (so not examples at all), communicate conscientiously and unambiguously (try to use words that don't have double meanings unless you're trying to be playful), realise that misunderstandings will _still_ happen and plan accordingly (if it's important, double check before they spend a whole day doing the wrong thing). Keep criticisms to a minimum and general while piling on praise for specific accomplishments (not just participation-trophy praise).
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ND DevAutistic man here.
Unambiguous communication is really appreciated. No one's a mind-reader, but #ActuallyAutistic people are worse at it than others. It's not just a matter of avoiding ambiguous words, either: please include all the information in your head that might be relevant. My wife Helen doesn't do this — every time she opens her mouth to speak, she leaves out one central piece of information — and it drives me scatty sometimes.
@nddev @jonm I don't think we are worse at it than others, I think we're just different at it. We see nuance where others might not. Our processing speed is slower, but tends to be more detailed and possibly more accurate. Unfortunately, society apparently decided that only one type of thinking and existing should allowed and, if you can't do it that way as fast as other people, then you're a bad person who doesn't deserve employment.