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Neuro-typical people can be assholes, but they tend to understand that they are being an asshole when they act asshole-ish. I think a big problem in the dev co
by babs474 14y ago
Neuro-typical people can be assholes, but they tend to understand that they are being an asshole when they act asshole-ish.
I think a big problem in the dev community is a lot of asshole behavior out there from people who don't intend to, or even _understand_ that they are being an asshole.
Regardless of intent, this asshole behavior has consequences on neuro-typical and atypical people alike.
I think nerdy/geeky/dev/asberger/whatever people need to be more mindful of how they interact with people. Unfortunately the recent asberger pride movement doesn't help.
- DanBC 14y ago> Unfortunately the recent asberger pride movement doesn't help. The word is "Asperger's". 'Asperger pride' is an attempt to reduce the hateful ignorant bigotry that the neuro-atypical face every day. The kind of ignorance that leads to early death, reduced job opportunities, reduced educational opportunities etc.
- babs474 14y agoThanks for the correction, I got lazy there. I think the problem with 'Asperger pride' is it tends to focus on how neuro-typical people have wronged people on the spectrum. A lot of times the painful truth is that person with aspergers is at least partially culpable for the negative outcome of their social interactions. This becomes a major problem when you work in a place where almost everyone is on the autistic spectrum. There are no oppressive neuro-typical people, yet stubborn asshole behavior skyrockets because all the nerds are being dicks to each other.
- jiggy2011 14y agoI don't know your workmates, but if I had to hazard a guess I would suggest that this is probably more a function of being in a highly male dominated environment rather than your co-workers actually having autistic traits. If somebody is being a dick because they are hunting for a specific reaction from the other person that is not really Asperger behaviour.