View past chats on this topic: July 23, 2017, August 18, 2019, and August 31, 2022. Q1 Have you had dental and orthodontic care? What kinds of care/procedures/etc? #AutChat Q2 What difficulties have you run into with dental and orthodontic care (e.g., financial, sensory, interpersonal, other)? #AutChat Q3 What strategies or coping skills have you […]
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Writing autistic and neurodivergent characters as an autistic/neurodivergent writer
View past chats on this topic: September 22, 2015, July 16, 2017, August 4, 2019 and February 13, 2022. Questions: Q1: What are the hard parts about writing an autistic or similarly neurodivergent character (for you)? The easy parts? #AutChat Q2: When you write autistic or similarly neurodivergent characters, what do you worry about? #AutChat […]
Energy management
View past chats on this topic: July 9, 2017, May 5, 2019, and December 26, 2021. This #AutChat was on energy management. (Some people use the term “spoons” instead of energy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_theory) You might think of “energy management” as ensuring you have the physical/mental energy to do something when you need to do it. #AutChat […]
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
View transcript of past chats on this topic here: March 31, 2015; July 2, 2017; March 22, 2020, and August 21, 2022. Q1: Do you currently use augmentative or alternative communication? Full-time? Part-time? What type of system? #AutChat Q2: What barriers do you face in using AAC? Ableism? Technical limitations? Cost? Anxiety about not passing? […]
Parenting as an autistic or similarly neurodivergent parent
View transcripts of previous chats on this topic here: Mar 15, 2016, Aug 2, 2016, and Jun 25, 2017. Questions: Q1: Did your diagnosis (self or professional) come before or after you became a parent? #autchat Q2: If you have sensory issues, how are they affected by being a parent? #autchat Q3: How do you […]