Communication tips with autism

 One communicates badly...

So naturally, we look the the search engine of choice and the top result looks promising:

https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/communication/tips

Why is the NAS's guidelines geared up for neurotypicals and (irony of ironies)  and not for the neurologically diverse?

It feels like your being talked about when you're in the room.*  Do they not want to help us or anything? 

* Like the proverbial elephant.

Parents
  • What I dislike about this list is it seems to be geared towards talking to autistic children, participants as it seems like they're trying to control the autistic person.  Like, how to give information or tell them instructions or stop them from doing something.  What about actually interacting with us and finding out what we want and actually getting to know us as people?

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  • What I dislike about this list is it seems to be geared towards talking to autistic children, participants as it seems like they're trying to control the autistic person.  Like, how to give information or tell them instructions or stop them from doing something.  What about actually interacting with us and finding out what we want and actually getting to know us as people?

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