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Dear Autscape attendees and allies,

We at Autscape are very happy to announce that registration for #OnlineAutscape2026 “Evolving Autistic Space Online” is now open!

The event will run from 6th to 8th February. We will be using Zoom webinars for the presentations and a dedicated Discord server for our social space.

https://www.autscape.org/2026/online/

### Tickets ###

To book your ticket, please visit:

https://www.autscape.org/2026/online/registration

### Programme ###

We're very proud of our incredible line-up of presenters! Please have a look:

https://www.autscape.org/2026/online/presenters

We are particularly grateful to stand-up poet, spoken word artist, broadcaster and neurodivergent advocate Kate Fox (known from BBC Radio 4 and the Glastonbury Festival, among others), who graciously volunteered time in her busy schedule to give a creative writing workshop entitled “Radical self-acceptance through creative writing and reading”.

The main programme schedule is now ready as well:

https://www.autscape.org/2026/online/schedule

Not listed there are informal discussions and activities; these may be announced later, or even organised on the spot at the event.

### Spread the word! ###

If you have the time, please help us spread the word by boosting this post and forwarding it anyone you think might be interested. It can also be very effective to forward it to organisations and professionals who work with autistic people, so they can show it to their clients (and attend themselves if they wish, of course: Autscape is autistic space, but everyone is welcome).

We hope to see many of you there!

On behalf of the Online Autscape organising team and the Autscape board,

Martijn Dekker
Acting chair, The Autscape Organisation

#Autscape #ActuallyAutistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #autism #AutisticSpace #AutisticJoy #autistic #conference

Michelle Dodd has researched topics that are at the core of the evolution of autistic online spaces. Her PhD examines how autistic people feel social connection in online interactions, focusing on video calls as an increasingly important social space, and testing which factors help conversations feel connected, or effortful.

Michelle's first study analysed recordings of online conversations from the general population, with findings that fit with the double empathy problem.

Her second study builds on this using newly recorded conversations between autistic and non-autistic participants, exploring how different interaction styles and camouflaging shape the experience of connection.

Together, this work aims to better understand autistic connection within evolving online autistic spaces.

Michelle will talk about her work on Saturday, 7th Feb, 12-12:30 GMT, with the title Social Connections in Online Interactions.

Registration now open! https://www.autscape.org/2026/online/registration

Full programme: https://www.autscape.org/2026/online

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