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 form of communication alter what kinds of things you communicate, or how you communicate them? #AutChat

Q3: Have you had difficulty convincing others to respect your use of a particular form of communication?

Have you found that some approaches to convincing people work better than others? #AutChat

Q4: What do you wish other people knew about how different forms of communication can affect you as an autistic or similarly neurodivergent person? #AutChat

Questions for this chat written by @theoriesofminds and @endeverstar.