Author: theoriesofminds
Age at realization/diagnosis
View past chats on this topic: December 8, 2019 and June 19, 2022. All autistic and similarly neurodivergent people have had experience with ableism. How that ableism is expressed can depend on who does or doesn’t know we’re autistic, as well as when and where. Others’ (and our own) knowledge can also affect what support […]
Autistic and similarly neurodivergent characters in fiction (followup chat)
View previous chats on this topic: December 15, 2019 and February 12, 2023. At a previous chat on autistic characters in fiction, we asked folks what topics they would like to cover in a follow-up chat. Here’s that chat! “Fiction” here covers books, short stories, TV, movies, etc. #AutChat Q1: Sometimes a story will portray a […]
Uneven skills and abilities
View a past chat on this topic: Nov 17, 2019 and June 12, 2022. Q1: Do you have any skills or abilities that are significantly better (or worse) than your other skills or abilities? Those include all kinds of skills/abilities – for example, using specialized software, planning complicated tasks, chopping vegetables safely. #AutChat Q2: Have […]
Sleep dysregulation and dreams
View past chats on this topic here: November 24, 2019 and June 26, 2022. You may also be interested in our more general sleep chat. We have had a chat about sleep in general before. Today we are going to talk more specifically about sleep dysregulation and unusual sleep experiences. #AutChat Q1: Do you experience […]