this post was submitted on 12 Dec 2023
23 points (81.1% liked)
Autism
6844 readers
4 users here now
A community for respectful discussion and memes related to autism acceptance. All neurotypes are welcome.
We have created our own instance! Visit Autism Place the following community for more info.
Community:
Values
- Acceptance
- Openness
- Understanding
- Equality
- Reciprocity
- Mutuality
- Love
Rules
- No abusive, derogatory, or offensive post/comments e.g: racism, sexism, religious hatred, homophobia, gatekeeping, trolling.
- Posts must be related to autism, off-topic discussions happen in the matrix chat.
- Your posts must include a text body. It doesn't have to be long, it just needs to be descriptive.
- Do not request donations.
- Be respectful in discussions.
- Do not post misinformation.
- Mark NSFW content accordingly.
- Do not promote Autism Speaks.
- General Lemmy World rules.
Encouraged
- Open acceptance of all autism levels as a respectable neurotype.
- Funny memes.
- Respectful venting.
- Describe posts of pictures/memes using text in the body for our visually impaired users.
- Welcoming and accepting attitudes.
- Questions regarding autism.
- Questions on confusing situations.
- Seeking and sharing support.
- Engagement in our community's values.
- Expressing a difference of opinion without directly insulting another user.
- Please report questionable posts and let the mods deal with it. Chat Room
- We have a chat room! Want to engage in dialogue? Come join us at the community's Matrix Chat.
.
Helpful Resources
- Are you seeking education, support groups, and more? Take a look at our list of helpful resources.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I don't believe that this is true for every person and every business. I think I have a lot of trouble with the terms 'branding' and 'marketing' - this is something corporations do to make sure the red color of the logo and the font are always the same, and that the mascot matches the product range. Sure, you can do that, but there's enough professionals out there who cannot be arsed and are still in business.
For example, I work as a freelancer in an industry where branding efforts would just mean extra work. Agency clients find me over a portal, ask me 'Can you do x number of task y in such time?' and I'll just answer 'Yes' or 'No' with nothing but the utmost basics of 'Please', 'thank you', 'best regards' wrapped around. I send them the work when it's done, and an invoice, and they pay me. I don't even have an email signature. And I like it that way and wouldn't want to work anywhere where more effort is required.
Making sure you don't fail completely in your communication with clients is something every professional does, but that's not really 'branding' in my book, that's just acting professionally. The only difference I find is that as ND I have to be aware that 'acting professional' too much without having the freedom of making weird noises and wiggles brings me towards burnout quickly, and I have to organize my work life accordingly. And that's where her article can be quite useful I guess, to become aware that this can be a problem for NDs.