Welcome to AutChat!

AutChat is a Blusky hashtag (formerly on Twitter) and weekly scheduled chat for autistic and similarly neurodivergent people.

Join us Sundays for conversations on topics that matter to our community, 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC / 9pm GMT. To find out when that is in other time zones, use a time zone converter.

See all our past topics. Follow us on Blusky or Twitter or Facebook for announcements.

Upcoming Topics

January:
January 4: Self-care. 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC / 9pm GMT
January 11: Co-conditions. 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC / 9pm GMT
January 18: Hyperlexia/Hypernumeracy. 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC / 9pm GMT
January 25: Forms of communication. 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC / 9pm GMT
February:
February 1: Echolalia. 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC / 9pm GMT
February 8: Sensory sensitivities. 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC / 9pm GMT
February 15: Small barriers to everyday accessibility. 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC / 9pm GMT
February 22: Having to hide how we function. 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC / 9pm GMT
March:
March 1: Self-acceptance. 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC / 9pm GMT
March 8: United States Daylight Savings Time Begins*
March 8: Friendship and expectations. 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 20:00 UTC / 8pm GMT
March 15: Love relationships and finding partners. 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 20:00 UTC / 8pm GMT
March 22: Animals and pets. 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 20:00 UTC / 8pm GMT
March 29: British Summer Time Begins
March 29: Routines. 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 20:00 UTC / 9pm BST
April:
April 5: Self-harm. 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 20:00 UTC / 9pm BST
April 12: Non-binary gender identities. 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 20:00 UTC / 9pm BST
April 19: Higher education. 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 20:00 UTC / 9pm BST

 

*AutChat stays at 4pm Eastern year-round, but some time zones change to/from Daylight Savings Time on different schedules than the USA. Please note the (temporarily!) different time breakdown starting March 8, and doublecheck https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html the next couple Sundays to be sure.