5 ways fully-remote work empowers me as an autistic employee

Norm Julian
3 min readJan 28, 2024

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Put simply, the option to remain fully remote puts me on an equal playing field with others.

Everyone hates a commute, but when I insist on working from home as an autistic adult, it’s a lot more than a preference. Here are some ways that working remotely has enabled me to be the best employee I can be, five years into making the switch.

It accommodates sensory sensitivities

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Norm Julian

Programmer by trade, Texpat, lover of multicolored things and sunflower seed butter