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Elizabeth Schneider talks about the issues she has faced as an autistic individual in the industry. She also talks about ways that we can help others in the industry. Filmed at qconsf.com.
Elizabeth Schneider works as a consultant at Microsoft. She is a self-taught software engineer with eight years of experience. She has worked with small local startups to large international corporations. She is an active member of the open source community. From work as a contributor to many projects to her work with the .NET Foundation, she is always ready to dig in.
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4. • This is my opinions and based on my experience.
DISCLAMER
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7. Autism
difficulties with social interaction and communication,
and by restricted and repetitive behavior.
Alexithymia
Inability to identify and describe emotions experienced
by one's self or others.
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/people-with-autism-can-read-emotions-feel-empathy1/
Social Communication Disorder
difficulties with the use of verbal and nonverbal language for social purposes. Primary difficulties are in social
interaction, social cognition, and pragmatics.
12. • PerspectiveTaking or putting yourself in someone
else’s shoes.
• Staying out of judgement and listening.
• Recognizing emotion in another person that you have
maybe felt before.
• Communicating that you can recognize that emotion.
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EmpathyvsSympathy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXSjc-pbXk4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw
13. • Make a point to ask others
• Feedback vs Advice
• Take all input as their point of view
• Leave what is not helping you
• Take the time to reflect
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Feedback
https://hbr.org/2019/09/why-asking-for-advice-is-more-effective-than-asking-for-feedback
14. a collection of feelings of inadequacy that persist despite
evident success.
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Impostersyndrome
https://xkcd.com/1954/
15. • Autism @ Work Employer Roundtable
• Microsoft Autism Hiring Program
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SupportintheIndustry
https://disabilityin.org/what-we-do/committees/autism-at-work-roundtable/
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/diversity/inside-microsoft/cross-disability/hiring.aspx#coreui-heading-sp7tqqo