Practical Tips for Disclosing Your Autism (free workshop)

Autism Chrysalis

Practical Tips for Disclosing Your Autism

A free workshop.

Practical Tips for Disclosing Your Autism

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025

12 PM PT – 3 PM ET – 8 PM BST

Can’t make the time?
The recording and transcript will be emailed to everyone who registers.

At various points in your later identification autism Journey, you’ll want or need to tell someone that you’re Autistic (or think you might be). But how?

There are so many possible reactions, and you’ve heard of (or experienced) negative ones, and want to avoid those. But how?

In this workshop, I’ll offer three keys for approaching this so it is more likely to go well, along with some things to avoid (as much as possible) potential negative reactions, and several sample scripts to get you started with what to say.

We’ll cover family/personal as well as work situations.

And how to deal with rejection sensitivity when you don’t get the response you were hoping for.

This workshop is geared toward people who have figured out (or suspect) they are Autistic or AuDHD in their adult years, and is inclusive. The presenter is likewise AuDHD.

Video Transcript

I’m hosting a free workshop on March 11th, on practical tips for disclosing you’re autistic (or that you think you might be).

I’m going to cover three key things that will reduce your anxiety or stress about disclosing, how to decide whether or not to disclose in your particular case, some tips for making the conversation go better and to mitigate potential negative effects, how to deal with rejection sensitivity when you don’t get the response you hope for, and some sample scripts to get you started, for both work and personal relationships.

This is what I wish I’d had, when I first figured out I’m autistic. I’m hoping it helps others who are earlier in the process. And that’s why I’m doing this. That’s why this really is free, it’s not a disguised sales pitch; I just want to get good info out there.

And it will be recorded, and there will be a complete transcript available afterwards. To register, go to

https://www.autismchrysalis.com/events/

(this webpage)

Hope to see you there.

Feedback from my previous free workshops

"The conversation was so honest and caring. I felt really validated and held the entire time."

"I don't think I can fully verbalise how helpful it is but I just wanted to say thank you. I really felt like it came at the right time for me. Even though I'm still sad that the world is so ableist I think its also helpful to consider the steps I can take myself to make things manageable for me."

"I particularly appreciated your emotional honesty; sharing how this journey went for you"

"Extremely reassuring, clear, compassionate, well reasoned. Thank you."

"I appreciated that Heather started off by acknowledging that ND people learn differently, welcoming us to participate in the way that best suits our needs."

"Useful resources but not overload level. Loved the format of what the issue is + example, then what to do about it + resources. Absolutely Goldilocks level of just-right amount of info and context! "

Is this free because it's a cleverly disguised sales pitch?

Nope. I hate that.

What I’ll be sharing with you here is a BS-free perspective from my own lived experience and strategies that I share with my clients, but I’m not going to be pitching my services. I’ll be sharing strategies that you can use on your own with just what is presented here.

You can see that in action in my previous free workshops.

After the workshop, I’ll be making the slides available for a small fee, of $5 USD. (The entire recording and transcript will remain free forever.)

What you will get: after registering, you’ll receive an intro email from me, and my newsletter every other Tuesday, on building an autism-friendly life. If you don’t want that, you can unsubscribe anytime.

Who this is for

Autistic, AuDHD, and other neurodivergent individuals.
Anyone who has figured out after childhood that they are Autistic (or suspect they are), and are wanting to talk about that with others, but aren’t sure what to say or how to have that conversation, or deal with what comes next.

Feedback from my previous free workshops

"Compassionate perspective and optimistic outlook without being completely unrealistic about the nature of the burnout problem."

"Overall the workshop was well-organized with a good flow. You communicated your ideas clearly while also willing to be honest/vulnerable. You provided an incredible wealth of insight and resources with actionable steps for improving quality of life."

"I really appreciated the acknowledgment that unmasking is not always safe for everyone all the time, as a multiply oppressed biracial queer and trans autistic."

"Lots of useful information delivered in a clear, simple, and compassionate way."

"It had a comfortable pace to follow along. Very informative, I learned a lot from it."

About accessibility

This is an inclusive, gender-affirming, trauma-sensitive,* and BS-free zone. ALL are welcome.
The workshop will be conducted via Zoom Meeting. You are welcome to participate with camera off or on, to listen quietly or communicate via chat or voice, to fidget, move, stimm, tic, or look away throughout.
Live automatic captions will be on. You may turn the chat/self-view off or on as you like.
For executive function help, reminders will be emailed at T -1day, -3hrs, -1hr, and an optional SMS at -15min only if phone number is entered on signup.
You may submit questions in advance to be answered during the workshop, in case you cannot attend live, and to guide the presenter in making the content.
You’re welcome to request other accommodations as needed.

*The presenter is trauma informed and trauma sensitive, but you are the best judge of what you can handle at the moment. Please take care of yourself.

Can't make the time?

No worries. The recording and full transcript will be emailed to everyone who registers.

Register here

For a screen reader-accessible registration page, click here.

Feedback from my previous free workshops

"I appreciated the honest conversation on the topic."

"Everything was so so relatable! And Heather's insights and suggestions are SO helpful!!"

"I love how you have lived experience as a neurodivergent person, as opposed to an allistic person with an autistic sibling or someone like that. It makes a major difference to me when the person in charge of such things has lived experience, and can make a workshop autism-friendly in that way."

"Your inclusive approach & calm presentation style. The link between anxiety and living as an ND in a world designed for NTs."

"Just the way you talk about things makes so much sense to me and I appreciate that so so much. I think other people have probably tried to tell me similar things, but I always have to try to translate what they are saying into something that makes sense and often end up too confused."

"Such thought had gone into it - ability to be so clear when this is so complex."