Hard to explain

I wonder though to what extent that is symptomatic of human isolation. NTs can get their reference points from others by social interchange. We cannot, or are much less effective at doing so.

I frequently got into trouble at work because being prone to being confused or disorientated I had to ask for advice or for things to be explained to me. This was identified as my not being up to the job, and that everyone else manages to follow what is going on, why not you?

I also tended to blank part of a task as if it wasn't there, which goes along with a tendancy to compartmentalise a lot. I'd complete a task to perfection, but with a gap that simply didn't occur to me that should apparently have been obvious.

The problem with needing periodic clarification is that eventually, with knock backs and refusals, I gave up asking and researched around things, and just muddled through, with the risk of things going wrong.

Yet I am aware that the NTs around me were making better connections. They had a social interface that allowed them to fill gaps in their understanding by testing and sounding out their fellows, so they didn't need to ask a question outright, and show themselves up. This sometimes involves setting each other up so someone else does the verification.

I'm taken with Digby Tantam's ideas about the "interbrain" (Can the World Afford Autistic Spectrum Disorder? Nonverbal Communication, Asperger Syndrome and the Interbrain" Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2009). It seems there is a collective response in NTs which helps people orientate themselves and gain all the information needed.

I wonder though to what extent that is symptomatic of human isolation. NTs can get their reference points from others by social interchange. We cannot, or are much less effective at doing so.

I frequently got into trouble at work because being prone to being confused or disorientated I had to ask for advice or for things to be explained to me. This was identified as my not being up to the job, and that everyone else manages to follow what is going on, why not you?

I also tended to blank part of a task as if it wasn't there, which goes along with a tendancy to compartmentalise a lot. I'd complete a task to perfection, but with a gap that simply didn't occur to me that should apparently have been obvious.

The problem with needing periodic clarification is that eventually, with knock backs and refusals, I gave up asking and researched around things, and just muddled through, with the risk of things going wrong.

Yet I am aware that the NTs around me were making better connections. They had a social interface that allowed them to fill gaps in their understanding by testing and sounding out their fellows, so they didn't need to ask a question outright, and show themselves up. This sometimes involves setting each other up so someone else does the verification.

I'm taken with Digby Tantam's ideas about the "interbrain" (Can the World Afford Autistic Spectrum Disorder? Nonverbal Communication, Asperger Syndrome and the Interbrain" Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2009). It seems there is a collective response in NTs which helps people orientate themselves and gain all the information needed.