I can relate, and have struggled with (albeit silently and most often unnoticed by others) for most of my life, professional or otherwise, and the constant masking and cognitive extra work to sift through all these NT patterns is a big factor in my current health issues.
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RT @newsycombinator
Interpersonal Traits of Aspies Placed in Context (2014) https://gist.github.com/stared/00ce50e95f9bcecc8965feb04650c19d
https://twitter.com/newsycombinator/status/1464550155869376513
Oh and that‘s already discounting all the purely visual ones that I can‘t deal with because of my blindness.
But yeah, the more I learn about myself, the more I understand why I never was able to play the career advancement game, not being „good leadership material“, not good at lobbying for myself that would create significant enough impact high enough on the command chain, etc.
After I posted this thread yesterday, I was asked if there were any guides available for neurotypical people how to best communicate with #ActuallyAutistic people. Bonus if this involves the special intricacies of career building and other capitalist culture company settings.
Since English is not my native language, I am putting this question out here in hopes that those of you #ActuallyAutistic followers whose native language is English can help out with useful links. Thank you!
@marcozehe This is the UK national Autistic society
@marcozehe No problem, you're welcome. I am going to get in touch and try and invite them here.
@zleap Thank you, Paul! This sounds like a good resource for the UK, and many things can probably be generalized enough. Also, I didn‘t see any red flags like the promotion of ABA or the lot. I‘ll definitely put it on the list.