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| 1 | +# Communicating with Andrei Jiroh |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +This page contains documentation on how to communicate with people in the neurodiversity and the wider disability communities in mind and also on gender neutral communication. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +Suggestions and feedback to improve this content are welcome and encouraged. |
| 6 | +Note that these docs might be not applicable to your case if you’re considering writing your own |
| 7 | +personal user manual and I don’t speak for anyone else. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +## TL;DR |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +> Some of them were copied from <https://t.me/ajhalili2006_bio/4> in part for when sliding into DMs. |
| 12 | +
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| 13 | +1. [Don’t be a dick](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-author-speaks/201909/don-t-be-dick) (aka violent, discriminatory, disrespectful or even disturbing in any way).[^1] |
| 14 | +2. Respect my preferred pronouns and avoid PFL (person-first language) in most cases. |
| 15 | +3. Don’t ping me during downtime, sleep and day-offs. In case of emergencies, call me over my personal phone number that I provided or through provided contact methods. |
| 16 | +For sensitive manners (like reporting security related issues), use Keybase, Session or Matrix (make sure to enable EE2E when initiating an one-to-one chat with me). If you want to connect through Session, I’ll provide my public ID when needed. |
| 17 | +4. No crypto nonsense (even I use mirror.xyz and some other dapps), NSFW or CSAM, self promo hellscape, doxxing, death/swatting threats or calls to violence towards me or anybody. |
| 18 | +5. Future employers and recruiters: Please contact via email or LinkedIn only. |
| 19 | +6. I only respond over Facebook Messenger on my main profile if: |
| 20 | + * you know me IRL, including within the immediate family; |
| 21 | + * or, you are either my class adviser/subject teacher/boss or workspace/academic/school colleague, either in the past or current. |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +[^1]: Explainer from admins and mods at `hachyderm.io`: <https://community.hachyderm.io/docs/rule-explainer/#dont-be-a-dick> |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +## Pronouns and Language |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +My pronouns is `he/they` (technically `he/him/they/them` for long version), although `they/them` is much preferred even if I chose to be identified to my gender at birth. |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +In terms of discussing about things relating to neurodiversity and disability, I prefer identity first, especially when discussing about my disability and things like neurodiversity, |
| 30 | +since I mostly frame ableism and other issues related to these under both social and human rights models of disability. |
| 31 | +You might check the [note on disabled and disability](https://www.thesaurus.com/e/writing/person-first-vs-identity-first-language/#note-on-disabled-and-disability) at thesaurus.com, |
| 32 | +especially when discussing accessibility across the community. I don’t usually gatekeep language relating to disability, although I might do when discrimination and bullying happens or when clarification is needed. |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +## Availability |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +When considering doing a synchronous meeting (or even doing a personal call with me), |
| 37 | +consider both my schedule, workload and the timezone (currently in Philippine Standard Time/`UTC+8`). |
| 38 | +In most days, I’ll be unavailable for contact from 21:00 to 09:30 the next day, although [this could change](#office-hours). |
| 39 | +I’m also unavailable on weekends and official holidays (both local within the city of Marilao and the |
| 40 | +province of Bulacan and national), so expect additional delays on replies if it’s a long weekend. |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +## Communicating at work |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +Generally, I’m not a fan of sync meetings, especially if iot is scheduled outside of my office hours in PH Standard Time. |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +### Office Hours |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +!!! warning "Currently left TBD due to school" |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +| Day | Regular Hours in PHT | Holidays / Rest Days [^1] | |
| 51 | +| --- | --- | --- | |
| 52 | +| Weekdays | TBD | TBD | |
| 53 | +| Weekends | TBD | TBD | |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +### Recap Time Squad specifics |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +* Work-related stuff should be discussed in Recap Time Squad’s chatrooms (either public or staff-only, although anything confidential/internal should be stay in staff-only chat). |
| 58 | +* Ping me when only needed. Also, DO NOT ping @everyone. |
| 59 | +* I don't usually read email, but if you sent me some important emails |
| 60 | +(via my `@crew.recaptime.eu.org` or personal addresses), |
| 61 | +please proactively reach me out via other contact methods. |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +## Additional resources |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +TBD |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +[^1]: My regular rest days usually happen on Saturdays, although they might be adjusted because of holidays and other reasons. |
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