This was our very first Virtual Coffee Chat with a presentation, and for early 2021, we decided to do one about autistic burnout.

For Autism Acceptance month, we decided to do a talk about Self-Advocacy. 

There's no presentation or slide deck for from this session.

For this Virtual Coffee Chat, we decided to do a presentation and discussion about how unclear communication by neurotypicals and communication channels mismatches. This presentation doesn't touch on The Double Empathy Problem, but more about actual conversations. 

The presentation details about perceptions about special interests (mostly from neurotypicals), with some definitions of what a hobby, interest and activities. There was a great discussion about this topic afterwards

This presentation introduces us to Dunbar Number or what we refer as the "Relationship Circle". Presentation shows how we can take some of those principles and map relationships we have at work based as "circles". This covers the six fundamental types of (Pillars) of relationships based on this model.

Other models were brought up during discussion but wasn't recorded or documented. 

We had a special guest, Parisa that talked about how she learned how to avoid burnout as a small business owner. She gave tips on insights and strategies that she's learned.

This very special coffee chat discussion was led by Rebecca Beam, Founder and CEO of Zavikon about disclosures in the workplace. She's a veteran of the technology sector and is an #ActuallyAutistic senior leader that's passionate about opening doors to all individuals with disabilities. There's no presentation for this special Virtual Coffee Chat

This presentation introduces everyone to what are sensory systems, sensory hypersensitivity in adults, sensory processing disorder, and much more based on desktop research that was followed by great discussion in how sensory issues affect our daily life at work. 

For Autism Acceptance month for this year, we decided not to do a presentation and have discussion about managing the most busiest month of the year.

For Mental Health Month, we wanted to give everyone an overview of the history behind Mental Health Month, and more about mental health in Autistic Adults. The last page provides references

In celebrating gay pride month, we did a presentation about the overlap between being LGBTQIA+ and being autistic with breakdown of the percentage of autistic individuals that identify as transgender. There was a great discussion afterward

We kicked off the Empathy theme with Empathy vs Double Empathy. Presentation goes into different types of Empathy, and about the Double Empathy Problem that was followed by a great discussion.