View transcripts of past chats on this topic: Jul 5, 2016, May 4, 2015, Sep 20, 2015, Oct 28, 2018, and Dec 11, 2022. Questions: Q1: Do you have difficulties with clothing (sensory, social, executive functioning, other)? #AutChat Q2: How does gender affect your experiences with clothing? #AutChat Q3: What are your strategies for dealing […]

View transcripts of past chats on this topic: Feb 24, 2015, May 31, 2015, June 21, 2016, Jul 3, 2016, and Jan 27, 2019. Questions: Q1: How have your self-perceptions changed since you received a diagnosis and/or recognized you are autistic or similarly neurodivergent? #AutChat Q2: Under what circumstances have you experienced shame (if at […]

View past chats on this topic: October 6, 2015, January 6, 2019 and July 25, 2021. Questions: Q1: Do you have difficulties managing time? If so, what kind of difficulties? #AutChat Q2: What strategies do you use to manage your time? #AutChat Q3: How do you manage social issues related to time management (for example, being […]

View past chats on this topic: June 14, 2016, June 2, 2019, and October 31, 2021. Questions: This chat is about advocacy and activism, neurodiversity-related or otherwise. #AutChat Q1: Those words cover a lot of different things. What do advocacy and activism mean to you? #AutChat Q2: Are you involved in advocacy or activism? If […]

This chat was originally held on May 31, 2016, and revisited on Jun 12, 2016. You can view a transcript of the first chat here. Today’s #autchat is about autism and different cultures. Thanks to @soft_delete for today’s questions! Q1 Do u think cultural background impacts how different autistics are perceived by others? #autchat Q2 […]

View transcripts from past chats on this topic here: May 24, 2016 and Jun 5, 2015. Today’s #autchat is about autistic/similarly neurodivergent role models. These can be real-life or fictional people. Questions: Q1: Who are your autistic (or similarly neurodivergent) role models? (if a real person, you can list their relationship to you instead of […]

View past chats on this topic: May 29, 2016, May 17, 2016, March 31, 2019, and October 3, 2021. Some autistic and other neurodivergent people use systemizing to help understand complicated things, including social situations. Systemizing can be described as detecting patterns and looking for underlying rules, to help understand things better. #AutChat Questions: Q1: […]

This #autchat is about autistic/similarly neurodivergent role models. These can be real-life or fictional people. Q1: Who are your autistic (or similar) role models? (if a real person, you can list their relationship to you instead of their name) #autchat Q2: How did you find or learn about your role models? #autchat Q3: What makes […]

View previous chats on this topic: May 10, 2016, May 22, 2016, Oct 14, 2018 and July 11, 2021. This #AutChat is on small barriers to everyday accessibility, like flickering lights in shop windows, etc. For this chat, “small barriers” mean ones that can be easily fixed, such as replacing a fluorescent bulb with an incandescent […]

View transcripts of past chats on this topic here: May 3, 2016, May 15, 2016, Jul 29, 2018, and Apr 25, 2021. Today’s #AutChat is on physical pain, including chronic pain. Some autistic and similar people have difficulty noticing pain, or have pain in response to different things, etc. #AutChat And some autistic and similar […]