<story><title>Strengthening our workplace with neurodiverse talent</title><url>https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/inside-google-cloud/google-cloud-launches-a-career-program-for-people-with-autism</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ganSo</author><text>This semester I had the opportunity to work with a classmate with Asperger&amp;#x27;s syndrome.
It has been a very bad experience to say the least. In meetings he screams and berates us, gets very angry and easily frustrated when things are not done the way he wants to do them, even when the rest of the group has unanimously decided to do them a certain way. One time he started watching a video in the middle of the meeting and screamed at us to shut up every time we tried to talk because he couldn&amp;#x27;t listen to his video.&lt;p&gt;My university or department has had absolutely no contact with me or any member of my group to guide us on how to work with a neurodivergent classmate, on how to make the group and project work. It has been a very tiring experience. Can anybody give me any advice on how to try to better the situation? How to make the environment better for him and my group?</text></comment>
<story><title>Strengthening our workplace with neurodiverse talent</title><url>https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/inside-google-cloud/google-cloud-launches-a-career-program-for-people-with-autism</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>robotnikman</author><text>Glad to see them taking the initiative to make interviews more accommodating for people on the spectrum.&lt;p&gt;As someone on the spectrum myself, I always dreaded job interviews. I would try to get as much information on what the interview would entail as well as the atmosphere and other specifics so I could mentally prepare myself beforehand and give myself a better chance to show my best side. The example they provided of performing an interview in text through a google doc rather than over the phone really hits home for me, I feel like I am much better able to communicate my ideas through written mediums than verbally.&lt;p&gt;I feel overall there is a lot of untapped talent in the neurodiverse community that is passed over due to some of these barriers in effective communication, so I&amp;#x27;m always glad to see companies take initiatives like this.</text></comment>