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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Still a very young adult, but the prevalence of sarcasm and other indirect communication styles are a challenge. She’s in STEM so my help is that there are plenty of other people who just want to be very direct and clear.[/quote]

I could have written this about our college aged DD. Also real difficulty dealing with requests that she finds too vague like “[b]tell me about yourself[/b]”. She has a strong preference for scripting when it comes to new situations.
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I'm an autistic adult and in job interviews when I've gotten asked that I open with "Well, I was born in Harlem during a snowstorm ..." and then we both laugh at the cliche, before I launch into a prepped snippet of what would make me a good employee and a bit about the range of experience I have based off my resume. So it brings it back to concrete facts. [/quote]

I don’t get the reference to Harlem in a snowstorm.  Is that a quote from something?  Were you really born in Harlem on a snowstorm?  I would be really confused.  I’m not autistic.  The rest of it sounds good.  (I do think “tell me about yourself” is a terrible interview question.  I might ask something like “tell me how you got interested in this type of work.” Or “tell me about the work you did in your college internship.”)[/quote]

Yes, I was born in Harlem during a snowstorm- the joke is that I’m about to tell my entire life story starting with birth. [/quote]

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