View a past chat on this topic here. Today’s #AutChat is for autistic and similarly neurodivergent people who also have sight or hearing disabilities. Q1: What kind of sight and/or hearing disability do you have? Have you ever met someone with a similar sight/hearing disability and similar neurodivergence(s)? #AutChat Q2: Did your sight or hearing […]

View past chats on this topic here: September 9, 2018 and June 6, 2021. Q1: What forms of communications do you use (for example: face-to-face conversation, phone calls, video chat, text chat, email, speech, AAC [augmentative/alternative communication methods], etc.) Are some of these easier or more accessible to you than others? #AutChat Q2: How does […]

View past chats on this topic here: June 24, 2018, January 31, 2021, and May 21, 2023. Today’s #AutChat is about your relationship to your family (or families) of origin. This refers to family members you grew up with, such as parents or other caretakers, siblings, or other people who lived with you or were involved […]

You can view a past chat on this topic here: March 7, 2021. This #AutChat is on self-harm. Please be aware the tag may have difficult or triggering things on it; remember you can mute the hashtag or step away for self-care. — You may want to let your usual followers know you’ll be discussing […]

View past chats on this topic here: June 3, 2018, November 22, 2020, and April 9, 2023. “Presuming competence” means starting with the assumption that all disabled people are capable of understanding, communicating, learning, etc. #AutChat The phrase “presume competence” is particularly often used in discussions about nonspeaking autistic children’s communication and education, though it […]

View past chats on this topic here: May 27, 2018, and October 2, 2022. Heat intolerance is unusual difficulty dealing with heat or warm weather. It can accompany conditions like sensory processing disorder, POTS, fibromyalgia, MS, and others. It can sometimes be caused by medications. #AutChat Q1: Do you have difficulties with heat intolerance? What […]

View past chats on this topic here: May 20, 2018 and January 17, 2021. This chat is about coping in employment that isn’t autism-friendly. If you are not currently employed, but have been in the past, feel free to answer about that. #AutChat Q1: Do you put on a persona in your working life versus […]

See past chats on this topic here: May 16, 2018, December 13, 2020, and June 4, 2023. Q1 Have you ever flirted with someone? If/when you flirt, how do you do it? For example, ask questions, try to impress others with knowledge, talk about passions or interests (yours, theirs, or mutual ones), make jokes, make […]

View past chats on this topic here: April 5, 2018 and July 18, 2021. Echolalia is repeating spoken words that someone else has said. It might be immediate (right after they’ve said it) or delayed. Everybody uses echolalia sometimes, but is more common in autistic people as well as in people with some other neurological […]

View a past chat on this topic here. This #autchat is on language preferences for describing ourselves with respect to disability (for example, “person with a disability” versus “disabled person”). Preferences can be contentious and personal. — Preferences vary. Example: for autism, in a 2015 UK survey, when asked to choose ONE term to describe […]