#AutChat Mod

Feel free to suggest ideas for #AutChat topics (or offer to help write questions)! For scheduled topics, see autchat.com

Every topic we've ever run: autchat.com/all-topics/ We're happy to rerun past chats we haven't revisited in a while, especially now that we’re on a new platform!

Reminder: We don’t currently create transcripts of #AutChat.

We’ll update these intro/outro posts if that changes in the future.

Next Sunday’s #AutChat is on sensory sensitivities. February 8, 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC / 9pm BST on BlueSky. autchat.com/sensory-sens...

If you know anyone who might be interested and is autistic or similarly neurodivergent, we encourage you to invite them.

The scheduled #AutChat is wrapping up. It's fine to keep chatting, join in late, or use the tag at other times!

Q5: Do you have any other echophenomena—for example, echoing others’ actions, their facial expressions, your own thoughts? #AutChat

Q4: Does your echolalia have particular triggers? If so, what? #AutChat

Q3: What does echolalia do for you? Does it serve particular purposes, or just happen?

Is it different when it’s immediate versus delayed echolalia (if you do both)? #AutChat

Q2 Are there any words or phrases you commonly repeat (or that you particularly like)? #AutChat

Q1 Do you have experience with echolalia, either immediate or delayed? Share as much or as little as you like. #AutChat

Echolalia does many things: It can help with social interactions, or self-regulation, or be a form of stimming, for example.

Here is a blog post that talks more about echolalia: ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/t... #AutChat

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 conditions. #AutChat

Q0: Introduce yourself! Say anything you like about yourself or your interest in #AutChat or in today's topic, echolalia.

Quick reference for this week's #AutChat questions (please wait till they're posted to answer):
autchat.com/echolalia/

Questions are prefaced Q0, Q1, Q2, etc. When you reply, preface posts with A0, A1, etc & include "#AutChat" so others see them!

Feel free to skip questions for any reason, or respond to them later.

Please capitalize the tag as #AutChat to make it more accessible to screenreaders.

For #AutChat announcements and weekly questions, follow this account. DM us to request reminder tweets.

How to participate in #AutChat (written for Twitter, but some of the same principles apply for BlueSky): autchat.com/twitter-chat...

We used to post Wakelet transcripts of our weekly Twitter chats to autchat.com. We also linked to them on the #AutChat tag and on Facebook.

However, at this point in our transition to BlueSky, we don’t know how to integrate Wakelet/similar. For the time being, we do not make transcripts.

#AutChat is a tag for autistic people & "autistic cousins" (people with similar experiences due to hydrocephalus, cerebral palsy, ADHD, etc).

We welcome autistic/similar people whether formally diagnosed, self-diagnosed, or questioning/wondering if they are autistic/similar.

Welcome to #AutChat, a weekly BlueSky chat for autistic & similar people at Sundays 1pm Pacific/4pm Eastern/21:00 UTC / 9pm GMT! autchat.com/faq/

#AutChat hosts chats on topics related to our experiences as neurodivergent people. See our past topics here: autchat.com/all-topics/

Echolalia – autchat View a past chat on this topic here. 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,...

#AutChat for #ActuallyAutistic and similar is on BlueSky in 1 hour, 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC / 9pm GMT. Topic: echolalia.

If you want to read the questions ahead of time:
autchat.com/echolalia/

Echolalia – autchat View a past chat on this topic here. 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,...

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AutChat on BlueSky in 1 hr, Sun 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC /9pm GMT. Topic: echolalia. autchat.com/echolalia/

Feel free to suggest ideas for #AutChat topics (or offer to help write questions)! For scheduled topics, see autchat.com

Every topic we've ever run: autchat.com/all-topics/ We're happy to rerun past chats we haven't revisited in a while, especially now that we’re on a new platform!

Reminder: We don’t currently create transcripts of #AutChat.

We’ll update these intro/outro posts if that changes in the future.

Next Sunday’s #AutChat is on echolalia. February 1, 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC / 9pm BST on BlueSky. autchat.com/echolalia/

If you know anyone who might be interested and is autistic or similarly neurodivergent, we encourage you to invite them.

The scheduled #AutChat is wrapping up. It's fine to keep chatting, join in late, or use the tag at other times!

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

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

Q2: How does form of communication alter what kinds of things you communicate, or how you communicate them? #AutChat

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

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.)

Q0: Introduce yourself! Say anything you like about yourself or your interest in #AutChat or in today's topic, forms of communication.

Quick reference for this week's #AutChat questions (please wait till they're posted to answer):
autchat.com/forms-of-com...

Questions are prefaced Q0, Q1, Q2, etc. When you reply, preface posts with A0, A1, etc & include "#AutChat" so others see them!

Feel free to skip questions for any reason, or respond to them later.

Please capitalize the tag as #AutChat to make it more accessible to screenreaders.