Module 1 checkpoint

Which sentence follows this course's default language norms?

• We hired a person with autism to lead the data team.
• We hired an autistic data lead: she's been amazing despite her challenges.
• We hired an autistic data lead. She's running the QA pipeline.
• We hired someone special needs to lead the data team.

The Double Empathy Problem argues that miscommunication between autistic and non-autistic people is:

• Caused by autistic people lacking social skills.
• Mutual — a culture clash, not a deficit in one party.
• Always resolved by coaching the autistic person to behave neurotypically.
• Not a real phenomenon, just stereotype.

An autistic colleague tells you they prefer person-first language ('person with autism'). What do you do?

• Politely explain that identity-first is the consensus and ask them to reconsider.
• Switch to person-first for that individual, no further conversation needed.
• Keep using identity-first because it's the org default.
• Use both interchangeably to avoid offending anyone.

Which is an example of anti-deficit framing in a performance review?

• Maria struggles with collaboration despite her autism.
• Maria is so inspiring — she did her job all year.
• Maria caught three critical errors in the data audit that would have failed external review. Her QA discipline is the team's strongest asset.
• Maria needs a lot of accommodations to perform.