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KoBxElucidator

How do you not get treated like a child in the workplace?

Communication

One thing I have noticed is that colleagues and supervisors (whether consciously or subconsciously) always seem to "infantize" their language around me. I don't even need to tell them I am on the spectrum, and they still do it. For anyone else that experiences this, what do you think it is and is there any way to prevent it when you get into a new workplace?

Posted Sep 21, 2026, 6:19 PM UTC

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