Experience the workplace through the lens of a high-masking autistic professional. An educational simulation exploring sensory overload, social navigation, and burnout in corporate environments.

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An interactive educational simulation that puts players in the role of a high-masking autistic software engineer navigating workplace challenges. The experience explores sensory overload, social navigation, and burnout in corporate environments through a stat-based gameplay system tracking energy, masking effort, competence, and relationships. Players must balance maintaining professional appearances while managing the mental and emotional toll of masking autistic traits in neurotypical work settings.

Autism Simulator - Workplace Experience Simulation

This was counter productive to improving my outlook and managing myself. Whole experience was drowning in self pity.
Struggle with all the mentioned things, but focusing on myself to be a service to others makes me feel better. Instead of dwelling on my feelings, which often becomes a death spiral, I focus on how I can better serve my peers. That gratification sustains me through the day over constantly needing to pat myself on the back and overly focus on me, me, me, I feel better when I focus on the shared experience over just my own.

Not sure about the agenda on this one but it’s completely unrealistic an very victim mentality like.

I didn’t make it to the end of the day which is consistent with my real life experience except there I have to muddle though. :)

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thats not the correct auth dailyDev!

Everyone claims to have autism today…