View past chats on this topic here: January 14, 2018, October 25, 2020, and February 5, 2023. — Autistic and similarly neurodivergent people have very high rates of unemployment and underemployment. Today’s chat is on managing emotions about employment and underemployment. — If the chat gets too stressful, feel free to mute the hashtag or […]

View past chats on this topic: October 2, 2016; February 25, 2018, September 20, 2020, and February 26, 2023. Q1: How do you describe your gender identity and/or expression? Share whatever you’re comfortable with. #AutChat Q2: How do you conceptualize the relationship between your autistic/neurodivergent identity & your gender identity? Do they connect/interact? #AutChat The next […]

View transcripts of past chats on this topic here: Apr 19, 2016, May 1, 2016, Feb 11, 2018, August 30, 2020, and May 7, 2023. Today’s #AutChat topic is prosopagnosia, which is difficulty recognizing faces. It’s a problem for many (not all) autistic people. Prosopagnosia can happen in other conditions too, such as Williams Syndrome, […]

View past chats on this topic: May 8, 2016, September 13, 2020, and March 5, 2023. This #AutChat is on effective strategies for educating people about autism and similar neurodivergences. Examples of different strategies: Sharing personal stories; talking about research; pointing people to webpages. #AutChat We can’t always change people’s misunderstandings. Sometimes we can, though. […]

View transcripts of past chats on this topic: November 13, 2016, January 21, 2018, September 6, 2020, January 29, 2023. Autistic and similarly neurodivergent people have very high rates of unemployment and underemployment. Some of these questions apply to people who are employed, some apply to people who seeking work, some to people who aren’t. #AutChat — […]

Read past chats on this topic: March 3, 2020 and July 24, 2022. This #AutChat is about media and entertainment. You can answer about any media or entertainment; it doesn’t have to be neurodivergence-specific. Q1: What are your favorite books or authors? Movies/TV shows? What do you like about them? #AutChat Q2: What bands/albums do […]