A conversation involving multiple people or participating in groups can be extremely difficult for people on the autistic spectrum. There are lots of reasons why, including a magnification in the triad of impairments, i.e. the more people there are, the more people the person with ASD is going to struggle to listen to, talk to and ‘read.’
Whereas in one to one conversations, you can participate by asking lots of questions and answering the other person’s questions, this ‘interview’ style of conversing doesn’t tend to work in groups. In groups, it is more like you are just expected to already know about what is being talked about and contribute.
Also, groups tend to have ‘group rules’ which may be obvious to neurotypicals, but not to us.
Here are some of my tips for people on the spectrum, for conversing in groups.
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