Tyler Talks
In this free weekly newsletter, international best selling author and speaker on the topic of Autism, Tyler McNamer, shares many personal and effective strategies to make autism more workable.
The Transition Gap: Moving From One Thing to the Next
Hello AutismWorks Community,
Transitions can be deceptively hard.
Not because the next activity is “too difficult,” but because the switch itself can feel like stepping over a gap—one moment you’re in one world, and the next moment you’re expected to be in another. Different expectations. Differe...
Mar 03, 2026
After the Moment: Recovering From Social Mistakes
Hello AutismWorks Community,
There’s a part of social life people don’t talk about enough: what happens after.
After the conversation.After the event.After you get home and your brain starts replaying everything like a movie you didn’t ask to watch.
Second guessing can be brutal—especially when t...
Feb 24, 2026
Belonging Without Performing
Hello AutismWorks Community,
After talking about art—expression without permission—I want to move into something closely related: belonging without performing.
Because for a lot of autistic people, social spaces can come with an invisible pressure:Act normal. Act friendly. Act interested. Act con...
Feb 17, 2026
Art Doesn’t Need Permission
Hello AutismWorks Community,
Writing can be a way to put the inner world into words.Art can be the same thing—without needing a single sentence.
Sometimes feelings don’t come out clean in conversation. Sometimes they don’t even come out clean on paper. But give me a pen, a page, a camera, a melod...
Feb 10, 2026
Write It Out: Turning Thoughts Into Words
Hello AutismWorks Community,
I want to share something personal today: writing has a way of making the inside of my world easier to carry.
Sometimes talking feels too fast. Sometimes the right words don’t show up in time. Sometimes I know exactly what I feel, but I can’t explain it out loud witho...
Feb 03, 2026
Letting People In: Staying Safe While Staying Open
Hello AutismWorks Community,
Being independent can feel like protection. When you’re used to doing things on your own, you learn a rhythm that makes sense: predictable, quiet, controlled. New people can disrupt that rhythm fast—because people are unpredictable. They bring different energy, differ...
Jan 20, 2026
The Observer Advantage: Using “Recon” to Navigate Social Spaces
Hello AutismWorks Community,
Social situations can feel like stepping into a room where everyone else got the rulebook… and you didn’t. That’s why observation can be a superpower.
A lot of autistic people naturally watch first. Some people mistake that for shyness, boredom, or disinterest—but I s...
Jan 13, 2026
New Year, New People: Trying Social Again (Your Way)
Hello AutismWorks Community,
If yesterday’s message was a letter to the version of you that’s trying, then today is for the next step—the one that can feel both exciting and intimidating:
new experiences… with other people involved.
People are hard. That’s not negativity—that’s honesty. People ar...
Jan 06, 2026
A New Year Letter to the Version of You That’s Trying
Hello AutismWorks Community,
It’s a new year.
And if you’re anything like me, you might feel two things at once: a spark of hope… and a quiet pressure sitting underneath it. The world loves the idea of “brand new.” Brand new habits. Brand new confidence. Brand new life.
But I want to speak to som...
Jan 03, 2026
Criticism That Helps—Turning Social Missteps into Growth
Hello AutismWorks Community,
Social mistakes happen—especially when intentions are good but signals are missed. I’ve made choices that seemed fine to me in the moment and only later learned they made others uncomfortable. The turning point is clear, kind feedback. How would anyone know unless som...
Dec 23, 2025
Make Time Visible: Simple Systems That Stick
Hello AutismWorks Community,
Time doesn’t always arrive in my head as a steady line—it can feel like now and not now. That gap makes planning slippery and transitions jarring. I’ve learned that time blindness isn’t laziness; it’s an invisible mismatch between clocks and brains. When I make time v...
Dec 10, 2025
Emotional Regulation Week—Day 7: Build Your Resilience Kit
Hello AutismWorks Community,
We’ve mapped triggers, spotted early signs, used 90-second tools, planned exits, recovered well, and re-entered gently. Today we package it all into a Resilience Kit—a small, repeatable setup you can use anywhere to steady the dial fast.
What a Resilience Kit Is (and...
Nov 15, 2025
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