I read a few times, here and there, that neurotypicals have instinct that they use to talk to people, to connect with them and to manage social situations in general. That did sound a lot like we’re, autistics, are hopeless in those area. I accepted it like that when I read it. It even made sense to me. And possibly that is actually true.

Yet, in other places I can read about the importance of experience in managing people and influencing them. I remember how a head accountant from one of my work places told me that when she just started a job she thought she could be bossing people around, and then she found out they don’t want to listen to her and are getting upset. I doubt she was autistic, and yet she didn’t know how to handle new situation at work.

I just had a look at a book about becoming a radio presenter – it’s too general for me, more like an essay really, but it mentions that best radio presenters study other presenters and try to learn from them. What about their instinct then? I thought copying people is what autistics do, not neurotypicals.

And what about the fact that the book advises to be authentic on a different page. How can the same person be authentic and copying other people at the same time?

I am confused. The sentence about neurotypical people’s instinct certainly wasn’t very helpful. It seems to imply that they don’t make mistakes.

I’m trying to work out if I could be a good radio presenter, but it seems like my diagnosis makes me think that I won’t manage, that I possibly shouldn’t even try. I don’t have the same instict that neurotypicals have and they still fail sometimes, so let alone me.