Navigating Conflict

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Today I had an experience with a group of colleagues that gave me additional perspective on this one person.

I came to a meeting because I thought they wanted to hear my ideas.  Instead they talked over me, told me what they had already decided, and were overall just very disrespectful. 

It really was shocking to me that they showed who they are in this moment.  It also showed me a pattern that seems present in some of the people here.

One person said something about autistic people that didn't sit right.  I had already corrected their language in many ways and didn't say anything in response to that because I was processing how little they had listened to me over the past several weeks.

After the meeting I spoke with some trusted colleagues about how that meeting made me feel.  One who was present in the meeting said it felt off to her too.  So I decided to send a message to the team with a resource I made on language shifts needed when talking about autistic people.

I'm processing and disappointed in the mindsets I see here.  It will help me set boundaries with these folks.