View previous chats on this topic: March 3, 2015, June 14, 2015, October 4, 2015, August 5, 2018, March 21, 2021, and July 9, 2023. Questions: Q1: Have you asked for and gotten accommodations before? What were they for? Were they helpful? #AutChat Q2: Are there accommodations you would like to ask for, if you […]

View previous chats on this topic: Jun 30, 2015, Apr 29, 2018 and July 26, 2020. Questions: Q1: What does “passing” mean to you? #AutChat Q2: When do you feel that you are perceived as being able to “pass” as neurotypical? When not? #AutChat Q3: What do you think influences whether or not you are […]

View past chats on this topic: March 17, 2015 and June 21, 2015. Questions: Q1: What does functioning well mean to you, for you? How well or poorly does it correspond to looking/acting more or less autistic? #autchat Q2: What situations do you function well in? What kinds of things do you do when you’re […]

View past chats on this topic: Apr 28, 2015 and Jun 7, 2015. This #autchat is trans/nonbinary/gender-nonconforming-focused, but we will also have some discussion related to gender in general. If you feel you have something to share, you’re welcome to! Please don’t invalidate others’ experiences with gender, though. #autchat This trans/nb #autchat is part of […]

View a past chat on this topic: May 19, 2015. In this #autchat we’re talking about what quality services are. This includes but isn’t limited to special ed & community based services. When #autchat says staff, this could be teachers, aides, direct support staff, theraputic staff supports- those providing you services That is not an […]

View past chats on this topic: Feb 17, 2015; May 24, 2015; May 7, 2017. Questions: Q1: If diagnosed autistic (or a similar neurodivergence) or self-diagnosed/community-recognized, how recently was that? #autchat Q2: How did your thinking about yourself change afterward? #autchat Q3: Where are you at now, in terms of how you think of yourself? […]

View past chats on this topic: April 22, 2015, April 16, 2017, and May 17, 2020, and January 8, 2023. Intersectionality is the concept that people can have multiple marginalized identities which interact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectionality 1/3 #AutChat People can have different experiences being Autistic if they also belong to other minorities 2/3 #AutChat This includes gender, […]

In our very first autchat, held on Feb 10, 2015, we asked people what topics they would like to talk about in future chats. View this chat here. Questions: Q1: Let’s start #autchat by introducing ourselves! Could include autism/activism interests, other special interests, intersectionality, other things you’d like to share Q2: What future topics or […]