Ask a Manager: interview with an employee at a majority-autistic company

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[since this is an interview I will just put the link.]

https://www.askamanager.org/2021/03/interview-with-an-employee-at-a-majority-autistic-company.html

Ask Amy: My mom is inconsiderate and scary

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(That's my interpretation of the background of this letter, further down on the page.)

Dear Amy: My mom and I generally have a good relationship, but she does one thing that is really inconsiderate.

I am a light sleeper. I normally wake up around 9 a.m.

My mom is a very active person and insists on exercising every morning before she goes to work.

Because gyms have closed, she has resorted to running on our home treadmill in the mornings. However, since the room with the treadmill she runs on is right beneath my bedroom, her loud running wakes me up from my sleep.

I pointed out that she can run outside or run on the treadmill at other times of the day, but she insists on her current routine.

I asked my dad to talk to her, but he is afraid that she will explode.

I've tried to make compromises by asking her to run only after 8 a.m., but she will not budge, and often runs at 7 a.m.

In response, she screams at me, saying that I am "not the only person who lives in this house."

I am a college student. I need adequate rest to do well in school.

With her disrupting my sleep, I am often tired and unable to focus well on my studies. I feel that it is common decency for people to respect others' sleep.

How can I form an agreement with my mom without me sacrificing my sleep?

— Sleepless

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