For autistic people, wage theft is the absolute norm. You're more likely to have your job expand far beyond its description, to voluntarily take on unpaid labor, to be persuaded by appeals to empathy for coworkers who'll be affected by you saying no, etc

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In Spanish slang, speaking with total confidence about a subject you know nothing about can be referred to as cuñadismo. It means “brother-in-law-ism” * read on for more of my favourite words and phrases, from various Spanishes, to mark Spanish Language Day…

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What kind of childhood makes a top scientist? Is it enough to have all the right traits (brilliance, grit, etc) or do you need the right family too? And why should we care? A 🧵 on our paper on the Nobel Laureates. A teaser: the income distribution of the laureates' fathers. 1/N

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Sometimes when I ask the question back (as seems to be protocol) they actually answer with a brief description of what they did. But other times they'll go with the "Fine" reply. This seems to suggest there are context clues that determine how you should answer, but I can't figure them out.

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Day 12,664 of living as an autistic person: I have accepted that when my coworkers ask me how I am I'm just supposed to say "Fine, and you?" instead of saying the truth, but I still can't tell if I should do the same when they ask me about my weekend.

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