View past chats on this topic here: May 27, 2018, and October 2, 2022. Heat intolerance is unusual difficulty dealing with heat or warm weather. It can accompany conditions like sensory processing disorder, POTS, fibromyalgia, MS, and others. It can sometimes be caused by medications. #AutChat Q1: Do you have difficulties with heat intolerance? What […]

View past chats on this topic here: May 20, 2018 and January 17, 2021. This chat is about coping in employment that isn’t autism-friendly. If you are not currently employed, but have been in the past, feel free to answer about that. #AutChat Q1: Do you put on a persona in your working life versus […]

See past chats on this topic here: May 16, 2018, December 13, 2020, and June 4, 2023. Q1 Have you ever flirted with someone? If/when you flirt, how do you do it? For example, ask questions, try to impress others with knowledge, talk about passions or interests (yours, theirs, or mutual ones), make jokes, make […]

View past chats on this topic here: April 5, 2018 and July 18, 2021. Echolalia is repeating spoken words that someone else has said. It might be immediate (right after they’ve said it) or delayed. Everybody uses echolalia sometimes, but is more common in autistic people as well as in people with some other neurological […]