Posted by Penelope Trunk: "Eighty percent of adults with Asperger Syndrome do not have full-time work. This not because they can't do the work. It's that they can't manage to be socially acceptable while they get the work done. '
Countless studies show people would rather have pleasant and personable co-workers than a co-worker who is always right. I try to keep this in mind each day, and consequently, I spend a lot of time planning my interactions.
But sometimes my plans fail. To give you an idea of what I'm talking about, I'm going to walk you through my most recent parent-teacher conference. Which was a disaster. And while it was a meeting in a second-grade classroom, it could have been a meeting with anyone, anywhere.
1. I can't tell the difference between social niceties and reality...
2. I get sidetracked by insisting on telling people what they don't know...
3. I interrupt constantly and don't realize it...
4. My mind is too scattered to focus on being nice...
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Source: Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist, 29 October 2009
