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Feelings About Social Interactions

This 10 minute anonymous survey (25 questions) is conducted by the Autistic Collaboration Trust and is sponsored by S23M.
Many thanks for your participation!

Note: In all questions about your feelings in a specific scenario, as needed, you may select more than one feeling to accurately describe your lived experience.

For the last few years AutCollab.org has been active in investigating the cultural and psychological safety of workplaces from an intersectional perspective, including an explicit focus on neurodivergence. We are now taking a step further, with a research project on intersectional cultural and psychological safety across all aspects in people's lives. This related article provides further context. The results of this research will be published via AutCollab.org and will inform the education services we provide to healthcare professionals.
1.In what country do you live?
2.How much distress / pressure would you experience in the following scenarios?
(Required.)
none
some
high
extreme
Being asked to perform a task immediately
Being asked to perform a task within the next day
Being asked to attend an unscheduled social event today
Being asked to perform a task that the questioner knows is unpleasant for you
Being asked to perform a task that the questioner knows is highly draining for you
Being asked to perform a task just after you have had a shutdown or meltdown
Your needs are being ignored
Economic abuse
Verbal / emotional abuse
Physical abuse
3.What do you feel when being subjected to coercive pressure ...
(Required.)
joy
anticipation
trust
surprise
sadness
fear
anger
dis-trust
disgust
shame
N/A
within your family?
by your life partner?
amongst your friends?
at work?
4.What do you feel when expected to subject others to coercive pressure ...
(Required.)
joy
anticipation
trust
surprise
sadness
fear
anger
dis-trust
disgust
shame
N/A
within your family?
by your life partner?
amongst your friends?
at work?
5.What do you feel when being extended significant amounts of trust (co-ordinate a big project, being asked for advice on a major life decision, being entrusted with a major challenge that no one has an answer for) ...
(Required.)
joy
anticipation
trust
surprise
sadness
fear
anger
dis-trust
disgust
shame
N/A
within your family?
by your life partner?
amongst your friends?
at work?
6.What do you feel when being expected to extend significant amounts of trust ...
(Required.)
joy
anticipation
trust
surprise
sadness
fear
anger
dis-trust
disgust
shame
N/A
within your family?
by your life partner?
amongst your friends?
at work?
7.What do you feel when being asked for advice ...
(Required.)
joy
anticipation
trust
surprise
sadness
fear
anger
dis-trust
disgust
shame
N/A
within your family?
by your life partner?
amongst your friends?
at work?
8.What do you feel when being expected to seek advice before making decisions that affect others in major ways ...
(Required.)
joy
anticipation
trust
surprise
sadness
fear
anger
dis-trust
disgust
shame
N/A
within your family?
by your life partner?
amongst your friends?
at work?
9.What do you feel when being given advice after you request it ...
(Required.)
joy
anticipation
trust
surprise
sadness
fear
anger
dis-trust
disgust
shame
N/A
within your family?
from your life partner?
amongst your friends?
at work?
10.What do you feel when not being given advice after you request it ...
(Required.)
joy
anticipation
trust
surprise
sadness
fear
anger
dis-trust
disgust
shame
N/A
within your family?
from your life partner?
amongst your friends?
at work?
11.What do you feel when giving advice that was requested ...
(Required.)
joy
anticipation
trust
surprise
sadness
fear
anger
dis-trust
disgust
shame
N/A
within your family?
by your life partner?
amongst your friends?
at work?
12.What do you feel when not being able to give advice when requested ...
(Required.)
joy
anticipation
trust
surprise
sadness
fear
anger
dis-trust
disgust
shame
N/A
within your family?
by your life partner?
amongst your friends?
at work?
13.What do you feel when being given unsolicited advice ...
(Required.)
joy
anticipation
trust
surprise
sadness
fear
anger
dis-trust
disgust
shame
N/A
within your family?
by your life partner?
amongst your friends?
at work?
14.What do you feel when giving unsolicited advice ...
(Required.)
joy
anticipation
trust
surprise
sadness
fear
anger
dis-trust
disgust
shame
N/A
within your family?
to your life partner?
amongst your friends?
at work?
15.What do you feel when being asked questions in a way that feels like a demand for an immediate answer ...
(Required.)
joy
anticipation
trust
surprise
sadness
fear
anger
dis-trust
disgust
shame
N/A
within your family?
by your life partner?
amongst your friends?
at work?
16.What do you feel when being expected to answer within the framework of the questioner ... (when you may not think that way)
(Required.)
joy
anticipation
trust
surprise
sadness
fear
anger
dis-trust
disgust
shame
N/A
within your family?
by your life partner?
amongst your friends?
at work?
17.What do you feel when being hugged or touched, or asked permission for hugs or other touching ...
(Required.)
joy
anticipation
trust
surprise
sadness
fear
anger
dis-trust
disgust
shame
N/A
within your family?
by your life partner?
amongst your friends?
at work?
18.What do you feel when having a consistently trustworthy ally or peer-advocate ...
(Required.)
joy
anticipation
trust
surprise
sadness
fear
anger
dis-trust
disgust
shame
N/A
within your household?
in your life partner?
amongst your friends or extended family?
at work?
19.What do you feel when having an inconsistently trustworthy ally or peer-advocate ...
(Required.)
joy
anticipation
trust
surprise
sadness
fear
anger
dis-trust
disgust
shame
N/A
within your household?
in your life partner?
amongst your friends or extended family?
at work?
20.What do you feel when having no ally or peer-advocate ...
(Required.)
joy
anticipation
trust
surprise
sadness
fear
anger
dis-trust
disgust
shame
N/A
within your household?
in your life partner?
amongst your friends or extended family?
at work?
21.How often are you subjected to coercive pressure ...
(Required.)
never
sometimes
often
always
N/A
within your household?
by your life partner?
amongst your friends or extended family?
at work?
22.Social categories you identify with(Required.)
23.Do you have one or both of your parents or a caregiver in your household?(Required.)
24.Do you have one or more trustworthy friends, allies, or other peer-advocates outside your household?(Required.)
25.Have you had any traumatising experiences that no one should ever experience? Please outline.