View transcripts of past chats on this topic here: Jun 23, 2015, Apr 2, 2017, Jun 10, 2018, and Nov 15, 2020. Questions: Q1: How did you come to self-id/start self-discovery as autistic/similarly neurodiverse? #AutChat Q2: How long did it take? Periods of doubting? How did you come to feel (more) secure in self-id (if […]

View a transcript of this chat here. Q1: What social media platforms have you used? What have you used them for? #autchat Q2: Have you run into accessibility issues with any social media platforms? Which platforms/issues? #autchat Q3: If you’ve run into accessibility issues, have you found any ways to help compensate? #autchat Q4: Are […]

View transcripts of past chats on this topic here: July 5, 2015, March 19, 2017, June 14, 2020, and December 18, 2022. Questions: Q1: For those of you with eating difficulties, what particular problems have you faced? #AutChat Q2: Have you been shamed or otherwise not accepted by others for your eating difficulties? #AutChat Q3: […]

View past chats on this topic here: Feb 26, 2017, Aug 11, 2019, and July 3, 2022. Today’s #autchat is about stimming: Repeatedly doing things like rocking, hand-flapping, fidgeting. Not only autistic/similarly neurodivergent people stim, and not all autistic/similarly ND people stim, but it’s common. More about stimming (research by an autistic self-advocate): https://imfar.confex.com/imfar/2015/webprogram/Paper20115.html #AutChat […]