Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 24-Nov-2023 01:27:21 JST

@hosford42 @pippa @Adam_Cadmon1
A thought in case it’s helpful:

In my experience, autistic folks (less so other types of ND) wildly overestimate the extent to which NT people magically understand each other’s social behaviors, and the extent to which they don’t make the same mistakes. More often (again, in my observation), what helps most is not foreknowledge but a quick recovery: leaving room for and observing reaction, willingness to adjust course or drop a topic without perseverating. And…