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Do You Find It Useful To Write To Yourself?

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When I write to myself (normally about technical matters,) it helps me to understand and appreciate how differently my mind works, and how difficult it must be for someone "normal" to understand what I am trying to explain to them.......because I find it hard to use concise phrases and unobscured terms to express myself - even to myself?!

Personally, I do better at explaining myself verbally....but I certainly know that this is not common amongst autists?

How do you, most successfully, communicate complex things to other people.....and how can you know the answer to that question?

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  • Unknown said:
    How do you, most successfully, communicate complex things to other people

    I use mind mapping to lay out the subject I am trying to convey and lay out all the full scope of what it covers.

    From this I highlight the core elements I need to covey - the rest is now captured on paper should I need to refer to it in follow up conversations and somehow seeing it all on paper helps me believe I have it captured in my own mind.

    From the core elements I consider the audience technical ability and will write several drafts of the communication, each time reviewing it to see if I have caught all the key facts, in a logical order and written in a way that is easy to read.

    By the 4th or 5th iteration it is normally about as good as it is going to get - this is the one I send

  • in reply to Iain

    Your process seems a lot like mine, although sometimes the iterations extend into double figures.

    Do you prefer verbal presentation of technical matters, or written?

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    Unknown said:
    Do you prefer verbal presentation of technical matters, or written?

    Always written when conveying the request as it gives me the chance to check there are no ambiguities, omissions or errors.

    For checking that someone has understood the request it is verbal - making them confirm they have read and understood it often makes them put in that bit of extra effort as they know I will take them to task if they claim they didn't really understand it when I gave them the chance to ask for more info, tell me it wasn't clear or that they were not sure about it.

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  • in reply to Deleted User
    Unknown said:
    Do you prefer verbal presentation of technical matters, or written?

    Always written when conveying the request as it gives me the chance to check there are no ambiguities, omissions or errors.

    For checking that someone has understood the request it is verbal - making them confirm they have read and understood it often makes them put in that bit of extra effort as they know I will take them to task if they claim they didn't really understand it when I gave them the chance to ask for more info, tell me it wasn't clear or that they were not sure about it.

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