I’m autistic. This problem shows up for me all over the place, to the point that I typically don’t recommend reading anymore except when strictly necessary. However, it is showing up now because I’m working with people on a project (and generally everyone I have worked with at school so far) who will not read, particularly documentation for tools and programs, data sheets, and application notes. How do I get people “up to speed” if they refuse to read the things I send them?
Some concepts are simply too complex or too lengthy for me to explain correctly in a real conversation. It’s really the fact that nobody seems to want to read in any field of endeavor suggests that it’s something wrong with me and how I perceive things.
(and generally everyone I have worked with at school so far)
The context is a group project you have to do for school?
The reason I am checking is that these often turn into one person desperately trying to get the others to do something and ending up doing it all themselves. You’re not really talking about “people” so much as “students who half-arse it until a few hours before the deadline”.
What is it you’re trying to get them to do? Why do they need to read the stuff you’re sending them?
particularly documentation for tools and programs, data sheets, and application notes.
No one reads this stuff unless they absolutely have to. What is the purpose of asking them to read it?
