@engagedpractx@sciences.social avatar

engagedpractx

@[email protected]

PhD researcher in regulation and governance at ANU RegNet, studying how communities mobilise to reconfigure the regulation of licit and illicit drugs. I'm queer and trans (nonbinary, they/them pronouns) and a person with disability.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

oolivero45, to actuallyautistic
@oolivero45@page.lgbt avatar

@actuallyautistic Does anyone have any good book recommendations about autism in adults? I've got a coworker who wants to understand how they can work with me better, but I don't know any books to refer them to myself.

engagedpractx,
@engagedpractx@sciences.social avatar

@oolivero45 @actuallyautistic A lot of people really benefit from Unmasking Autism by Dr Devon Price, though it's definitely written for autie folks rather than about us.

AutisticAdam, to actuallyautistic
@AutisticAdam@autistics.life avatar

When talking to autistic people, especially in the workplace or at school, be absolutely clear and unambiguous about instructions.

Especially don't leave anything unsaid, or to be assumed. If you do that there's a good chance it won't be done, because you didn't ask us to.

@actuallyautistic #actuallyautistic

engagedpractx,
@engagedpractx@sciences.social avatar

@AutisticAdam @actuallyautistic

Hello from an autistic workplace trainer.

Are you familiar with Dewey's notion of conscious vs unconscious competence?

Often people don't specify something because they don't know that they know it.

It's hard to ask people to be more clear and specific about something they are not aware they are leaving out.

It's not just NTs. Autistic people do this too — I constantly have to negotiate how much I am narrating about a topic when I deliver training.

engagedpractx,
@engagedpractx@sciences.social avatar

@Susan60 @AutisticAdam @actuallyautistic The word 'accused' is really interesting in your toot — it points to the strong feelings that can emerge when we are trying to communicate and it's not going well.

I think it's useful to treat it as a dialogue that we are actively negotiating rather than a delivery of information at some level of detail or other.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • random
  • uselessserver093
  • Food
  • aaaaaaacccccccce
  • test
  • CafeMeta
  • testmag
  • MUD
  • RhythmGameZone
  • RSS
  • dabs
  • KamenRider
  • TheResearchGuardian
  • KbinCafe
  • Socialism
  • oklahoma
  • SuperSentai
  • feritale
  • All magazines
    •