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working alongside people in group work

KOsgood4

Currently mid-way through an assignment at Uni. Group work of 3 people (including myself) where we have a deadline for the 17th. Obviously with the Christmas break, we couldn't get any of the work done (its editing, I've been assigned editor for a re-cut) there was some issues before the Christmas period which was resolved, my part was done and the other 2 members have been assigned roles for 'Sound' & 'Graphics'. I ain't back to the 7th, but on the 3rd a member of the group msgs me to say there's an issue and it needs sorting out asap, which I say I'll get it sorted when I get back there on the 7th. He then goes on to say that i have 'very little care' for the project, that they can't keep on waiting for me to get it sorted, that he's gone ahead and done his own edit as a backup. I won't say too much about how the conversation wait, but in a way, this person makes it out that I'm the bad person who's going to cause bad grades for the assignment. I've always had issues in group work in the past, I have never been in a group with another person with Autism, so my past group members have always found it hard to understand me, accept me and make bad assumptions about me that I've done something wrong, when I try my very best to not make mistakes in my work. I've always worked better independently. Has anyone ever had similar experiences with group members? 

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  • well...I've had lots of problems with group work at university, but it's the other way around. I always try to put the group ahead of myself. I've done work while being away. Once someone even messaged me saying that there was something urgent (and I was at the airport going for an interview!), but I still took out my laptop and finished the extra work at the airport (even though I has done my part...I was asked to do an extra part because someone dropped out of the course last minute). I thought it was quite unfair being given such short notice and while I was away. But the thing is, the grades affect everybody, so I made a sacrifice. How come you can't do some of the work during Christmas period? Give away some leisure time for the team? It sounds like your group member is willing to give up his holiday, as he has gone ahead and done his own edit as a backup (he is clearly sacrificing his holiday to do group work). Sorry to be critical, but I've had lots of bad experiences the other way around having to wait for others. I guess it doesn't matter if you are in a group with another person with autism or not, because I tend to a perfectionist when it comes to school projects, and don't like delays. I think what Windscale has said makes a lot of sense, trying to work with the 'right' people for you, someone who has the same views about projects and holidays as you. Another way to sort this out may be to ask your teacher/professor if you can do the project as an individual assignment instead of as a group. I have successfully requested that from a few professors before, and it turned out great. It does mean that I will have to do extra work (I have to do the whole project myself, whereas people in groups only have to do a fraction), but it also means that I get to stick with my own timeline, and I often get better grades than those in a group.

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  • well...I've had lots of problems with group work at university, but it's the other way around. I always try to put the group ahead of myself. I've done work while being away. Once someone even messaged me saying that there was something urgent (and I was at the airport going for an interview!), but I still took out my laptop and finished the extra work at the airport (even though I has done my part...I was asked to do an extra part because someone dropped out of the course last minute). I thought it was quite unfair being given such short notice and while I was away. But the thing is, the grades affect everybody, so I made a sacrifice. How come you can't do some of the work during Christmas period? Give away some leisure time for the team? It sounds like your group member is willing to give up his holiday, as he has gone ahead and done his own edit as a backup (he is clearly sacrificing his holiday to do group work). Sorry to be critical, but I've had lots of bad experiences the other way around having to wait for others. I guess it doesn't matter if you are in a group with another person with autism or not, because I tend to a perfectionist when it comes to school projects, and don't like delays. I think what Windscale has said makes a lot of sense, trying to work with the 'right' people for you, someone who has the same views about projects and holidays as you. Another way to sort this out may be to ask your teacher/professor if you can do the project as an individual assignment instead of as a group. I have successfully requested that from a few professors before, and it turned out great. It does mean that I will have to do extra work (I have to do the whole project myself, whereas people in groups only have to do a fraction), but it also means that I get to stick with my own timeline, and I often get better grades than those in a group.

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