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Advice for a sysadmin who just found out they have autism?

Hi everyone,

I was just diagnosed with high-functioning autism, without accompanying language or intellectual impairment. This was frankly a shock to me. Anyway, my question is do any sysadmins here who have autism have advice on how they manage it in the workplace?

I have been told that my voice is too loud and I miss social cues along with not making enough eye contact, so I'll be working on those things.

I always thought I was a good communicator because once I took a psychometric test for a company I was applying for, and my linguistic skills were rated at the 99th percentile. However, I fear that may not be translating to my communications abilities.

What things have you been told that you need to work on because of the autism, or what bad things have you noticed from autistic co-workers? Any other advice?

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