Enrichment · Wellbeing

Know how you
communicate best.

Some people think out loud; others need a minute to write it first. Some listen better without eye contact, some type more easily than they talk, and some use AAC or sign. For each setting in your week, note how you like to communicate, what helps and what is hard, then write a sentence or two you can share. The side panel shows your own pattern.

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Settings

The worked example is made up: class discussions, group projects and a weekend job at a front desk. Saved on this device only.

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What you get

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What you finish with
A record per setting: how you like to communicate there, how much energy it takes, what helps from eight options, what is hard, a statement for others and who to share it with. Counts what helps across settings; prints an About how I communicate card; flags a hard setting with nothing that helps, a draining setting with no break signal and no statement.
Who it is for
Middle school, high school and college students, including autistic, ADHD, multilingual and AAC-using students; parents and teachers helping a student explain what works.
Format
Browser tool with a saved record per setting. Prints an About how I communicate card, one setting, all of them or a blank sheet; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
Free. No account, no sign-in and nothing to install. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Wellbeing space in Caveat Enrichment.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Add the settings in your week.
  2. Mark how you communicate and how much energy each takes.
  3. Pick what helps, and write what is hard.
  4. Write one or two sentences for people there.
  5. Print the card for one person you trust.

Add a setting

Communication preferences

Many ways to communicate wellSpokenFace to face, phone,videoSome people need time tothink firstWritten and visualNotes, chat, email,drawingEasy to reread and checkSupportedAAC devices and apps,signA home languagealongside EnglishMany ways to communicate wellSpokenFace to face, phone, videoSome people need time to think firstWritten and visualNotes, chat, email, drawingEasy to reread and checkSupportedAAC devices and apps, signA home language alongside English
None of these is the better way. The point is knowing what works for you, and being able to say it.

Different, not wrong

Communication differences, including those common in autistic and ADHD people, are differences in style, not failures of effort. Conversations between people who communicate the same way often go smoothly; trouble tends to happen in the gap between styles, which is why telling people what works helps both sides.

Asking for what helps

Time to think, written instructions or permission to type can often be arranged informally. If you have an IEP or 504 plan, the same preferences can go into it; your school counselor or case manager can help.

Sources

  1. Milton, D. E. M. (2012). On the ontological status of autism: the double empathy problem. Disability & Society, 27(6), 883 to 887.
  2. Crompton, C. J., et al. (2020). Autistic peer-to-peer information transfer is highly effective. Autism, 24(7), 1704 to 1712.
  3. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Augmentative and alternative communication (asha.org).
  4. CAST (2024). Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 3.0: options for expression and communication.

The worked example is made up. This tool is for reflection; it is not an assessment or a diagnosis. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.