I had this once with an employer. And afterwards they prepared a buffet in a local bowling alley.

I had panic as the invite arrived to the moment I met the organizers of the event. They looked at my nametag and took me on the side “You have autism? If it gets to loud, just walk out and come back if you feel better. And for the evening event, if it is to much tell us, we have other activities”.

And sure enough, it was not nearly as bad as I feared. I even got warned and send out on loud or close up activities. And for the evening event, I went up playing laser tag with the HR Teamlead while the rest was in the bowling alley.

I knew a guy who made his company team building event paintball, which I think is kinda cool if they were sensitive about it, except he was one of those “alpha male” types which inherently made it uncool.

I think my step dad had it sweet though, way back when, their team building was FPS lan parties during work hours. Totally permitted, stuff like Unreal Tournament and the like, but probably not mandatory though everyone participated including people on the spectrum (though unsure if they were formally diagnosed back then).

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