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autism in different cultures

electra

I've been having an email discussion with an NT friend on how to overcome the problems I'm having at work. Now retired, he held a very senior position in the finance sector and said the worst clash of communication styles he had to deal wih was between a Dutch man and a Chinese woman. The Dutch man was very direct and the Chinese woman preferred more nuanced communication, misunderstandings and conflicts abounded.

But this got me thinking: with regard to communication, do autistic people have an easier time in Holland where people are typically more direct than us or are they more blunt than their countrymen and so still have the same problems? Conversely do autistic Chinese people find more barriers to comunication in China where etiquette and politeness matter more?

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    I think it can be easier when abroad because any communication differences are more likely to be ascribed to being "foreign". I feel more comfortable in France and Italy than in the US, I suspect because of the language difference. In the US, the language is the same (mainly), which makes the cultural differences harder to navigate: it lulls you into a false sense of security that it's the same culturally/socially, when it isn't.

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    I think it can be easier when abroad because any communication differences are more likely to be ascribed to being "foreign". I feel more comfortable in France and Italy than in the US, I suspect because of the language difference. In the US, the language is the same (mainly), which makes the cultural differences harder to navigate: it lulls you into a false sense of security that it's the same culturally/socially, when it isn't.

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