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Actually Autistic terms

• Allism
• Autistic burnout
• Echolalia
• Executive dysfunction
• Hyperfocus
• Info-dumping
• Meltdown
• Monotropism
• Neurodivergence
• Neurodiversity
• Neurotypical
• Stimming
• Masking
• Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
• Self diagnosis and medical diagnosis
• Sensory overload
• Shutdown
• Special interest

Sociology

• Group dynamics
• Peer group
• Power
• Saving face
• Social status

Psychology

• Alexithymia
• Anxiety
• Empathy
• Imposter syndrome
• Synesthesia
• Theory of mind

Sources of misunderstandings between autistic and non-autistic people

• Body language
• Common sense
• Defence mechanisms
• Double empathy problem
• Eye contact
• Facial expressions
• Getting coffee
• Literal interpretation
• Multi-channel communication
• Multiple diagnoses
• Responding to "How are you?"
• Social cues
• Tone of voice

Navigating office & work dynamics

• HR interviews
• Job interviews
• Meetings
• Networking
• Office gossip
• Team building / work socials
• Water cooler

Dating & relationships

• Autistic love languages
• Dating apps / online dating

Culture specific differences

• Ask culture vs guess culture
• High context and low context cultures
• Peach and Coconut Cultures

Autism research

• Deficit model
• Ethics of autism research
• Gender bias
• History of autism

How to help

• Capacity

Learning difficulties

• Dyslexia
• Dyspraxia
• Dyscalculia
• Dysgraphia

Categories

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