Questions: Q1: What was your relationship to reading/writing during childhood? elementary school? beyond? (professionally, hobby-wise? #autchat Q2: are you hyperlexic? are you dyslexic or dyscalculic? do these affect or intersect to affect your relationship to reading/writing? #autchat Q3: When you’re reading/writing, do things like spelling, punctuation, grammar, fonts affect your experience? If so, how? #autchat […]

View past chats on this topic here: November 9, 2015, March 29, 2020. , and August 7, 2022. Q1: If you have been formally diagnosed, when was it and what age? If not formally diagnosed, are you considering it? #AutChat Q2: If you actively sought a formal diagnosis, or are seeking one, what was/is the […]

View this chat here. Questions: Q1: How did you discover #autchat? Q2: Has #autchat changed how you think about being autistic? If so, how? Q3: What do you like about #autchat? What do you think could be improved? (weekly chats, documentation, etc) Q4: What sorts of topics would you like to see #autchat cover in […]

Idioms are figurative phrases. Some examples here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiom#Examples Questions: Q1: What are some of the idioms you find confusing? Q2: What are some of the idioms you find confusing? Q3: How do you respond to idioms you don’t understand? Q4: Do you use any idioms yourself? Questions for this chat were written by @snewjo.  

View past chats on this topic: September 8, 2015, November 8, 2015, July 21, 2019, and November 28, 2021. Questions: Q1: What age were you first aware of depression symptoms? #AutChat Q2: Do you think autism or a similar neurodivergence has affected your experience with depression or with seeking treatment for it? #AutChat Q3: What […]

View past chats on this topic: Aug 25, 2015, Nov 1, 2015, Jan 20, 2019, and Aug 8, 2021. You may also be interested in our related chat on sensory over- and under-sensitivities. Q1: What sorts of ways have you found that your senses react that are different than the general public? #AutChat Q2: Do […]

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 […]