View past chats on this topic here: January 14, 2018, October 25, 2020, and February 5, 2023.
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Autistic and similarly neurodivergent people have very high rates of unemployment and underemployment.

Today’s chat is on managing emotions about employment and underemployment.

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If the chat gets too stressful, feel free to mute the hashtag or step away for self-care as needed.

Q1: Do you have experience being unemployed or underemployed (or with someone else in your family being unemployed or underemployed)?

Share as much or as little information as you’re comfortable with. #AutChat

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Q2: What have your experiences with your or others’ unemployment or underemployment been like emotionally? (Stressful, scary, guilt-inducing, a relief, something else, all of the above…) #AutChat

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Q3: What has helped you manage your emotions about unemployment/underemployment? What hasn’t helped? #AutChat

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Q4: What would help (or would have helped) you manage emotions about unemployment/underemployment that you don’t have access to? #AutChat

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Questions for this chat were written by @theoriesofminds.