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I have autism and so have a very hard time communicating through email, text.
I just cannot interpret what anyone is saying or what they want, or how to respond, so can go around for hours and hours writing and re-writing things, hopelessly unable to make sense of the communication I've received.
Text based communication comes with none of the normal communication queues, and I need those, they aren't optional.
This never used to be a problem for me, but now the world is digitizing it's a HUGE problem for me.
I cant' access essential services, communicate with employers, order products, I can't get anything done.
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>>33308671 (OP)I won't read your blog on an advice board.
>>33308726Will you shut up? Not even op. It's exhausting seeing this I won't read shit
Besides a few typos, your original post was clear. Because of this, I think your writing is good enough. You could gain more confidence by spending some time thinking about the context of your communication method and your relation with the other person. For example, texts are often more brief than emails as they are a more immediate medium that evolved out of pagers and cell phones. Text conversations are often short and unless you are trying to start a longer conversation, you want to keep your message similar in length or shorter than the one they sent you. Text conversations can abruptly start and stop given the time of day, when people may be busy at work or school. Don't take it personally if a conversation falls apart over text. Many text messages are simply to arrange plans to call or meet up later for a full conversation, because it is inconvenient to type a lot on your phone and most find it less enjoyable. Many non-autistic people also don't like texting because of the lack of social cues. Meanwhile, emails come across as professional and formal, analogous to sending a letter. You need to set a subject line so that the purpose of your email can be understood before fully reading it, as some people receive a lot of email and need to quickly parse what's in their inbox and then prioritize opening certain emails. Emails begin with a greeting and end with a sign-off by convention and you will be received as rude without these. Emails are longer form and not as back-and-forth, so include a reasonable amount of information in your first email if you are making a request of someone. Think of what follow up questions they would ask you if they respond. In general, you will communicate with a lot of people online that you have never met, so you need to think about what they know about you and why they are talking to you.
If this bores you and you're too anxious to practice with real people, prompt an AI to practice texting/emailing with you and give you pointers.
>>33308671 (OP)"I don't quite understand your last text. What exactly would you like me to do?"