View transcripts of past chats on this topic here: Apr 12, 2018, Sep 2, 2018, and Mar 28, 2021. Questions: Q1: Do you have or want pets? Are non-pet animals important to you? Which animals? #AutChat Q2: If you have pets, how do you manage their care and interactions with your autistic or other neurodivergent […]

View transcript of past chats on this topic here: Apr 17, 2016, Apr 5, 2016, Aug 26, 2018, and March 14, 2021. Questions: This #AutChat focuses on awareness of (or ability to describe) our own emotional states, including impairments labelled as Alexithymia. #AutChat A 2004 study found 85% of autistic adults have some difficulty with […]

View past chats on this topic: May 29, 2016, Dec 2, 2018, and Jun 13, 2021. Questions: Q1: If you want/have a partner or partners, what is or was your experience looking for them? (share as much/as little as you like) #AutChat Q2: What advice have people given you? How has it been helpful or […]

Read past chats on this topic here: March 8, 2016, July 15, 2018, November 8, 2020, and April 23, 2023. (Early editions of this chat refer to “real-life support circles”. A participant pointed out that the internet is real life, too, so we changed it for later chats.) Questions: Q1: Do you currently have in-person […]

View past chats on this topic here: March 1, 2016, July 8, 2018, December 20, 2020, and April 16, 2023. Questions: Q1: What communities (IRL or online) are you a part of, or would like to be part of? #AutChat Q2: Are there ways your current community/communities help include you? These could be formal or informal. […]

View a transcript of a previous chat on this topic here. You may also be interested in our related chat on sensory sensitivities. Questions: Q1: Do you have any sensory oversensitivities or undersensitivities? To what? #autchat Q2: Do they happen in some situations more than others? #autchat Q3: What kinds of coping strategies have you […]

You can read transcripts of this chat here: Feb 9, 2016 and Feb 20, 2016. Questions: Q1: How did you discover #autchat? About how long ago (if you remember)? #autchat Q2: Has #autchat changed how you think about being autistic? If so, how? Q3: Here are the requests we’ve received for future topics. Which three […]

View past chats on this topic: March 24, 2015, May 21, 2015, December 16, 2018, and September 5, 2021. Questions: Q1: Do you have meltdowns as an adult? Can you see them coming/hold them in until in a safe place? Are there any typical triggers? #AutChat Q2: How do your adult meltdowns differ from those […]

Q1: How did you discover #autchat? About how long ago (if you remember)? #autchat Q2: Has #autchat changed how you think about being autistic? If so, how? Q3: Here are the requests we’ve received for future topics. Which three interest you the most? https://autchat.com/topic-requests/ #autchat Q4: What do you like about #autchat? What could be […]

View a past chat on this topic here. Questions: Q1: When did you start using the internet? How old were you? #autchat Q2: Do you feel like the internet has affected your personality or how you relate to the world? #autchat Q3: Did the internet play a role in your learning about autism or other […]