The Canary Code

CHAPTER FIVE STARTING OFF RIGHT

Onboarding, Training, Accommodations, and Compensation

Highly specialized work calls for highly specialized minds. For these programs to work, we need to understand that accommodations are not special favors.

—Temple Grandin

HUMAN HAPPENINGS

SLEEPLESS AT THE INTERSECTION

If I were just autistic or just broke, I would have been fine. But I was both, so I was starting my new job sleep deprived.

I was finishing my dissertation and had just moved across the US for a full-time academic job. With the unexpected luxury of three offers in three states, I made sure to pick a fully walkable town as my new home.

I wish ...