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Do you know any autistic/ND streamers who play and stream games? Can you share if you know?

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[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

I did for a few months/years, but I stopped a while ago. But you'd never have known I was neurodivergent except by watching me for a while, I wasn't advertising the fact. I assume it's the same with a bunch of other streamers, there are probably a bunch, but it'd be kinda difficult to figure out.

Apart from that, streaming I think doesn't particularly lend itself for autistic folk. We're just usually not as conventionally charismatic and entertaining. I never had more than 5-10 viewers, and I assume it's similar with others. You only get bigger if you have mainstream appeal, which I think is relatively unlikely for autistic streamers.

So yeah, I'm interested to see other responses to this thread, but I assume there'll be little.

[–] stingpie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

There's a streamer called vedal[some numbers here, I forgot] that might be autistic—I'm not sure if he is, but he's certainly shy and has difficulty expressing emotion. He made an AI vtuber thing called 'neuro-sama' it's only really interesting because it's an LLM in a real-time scenario.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't follow any personally, but there are many out there. Browse by Channels on Twitch and search for the autistic tag and you'll find a whole bunch of small streamers.

I used to watch Savannah Brown and she was great, but she hasn't streamed for like two years now. Don't think she's coming back.

[–] TheBluePillock@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Full disclosure, I'm not officially diagnosed yet, but hopefully will be within a few weeks.

I stream and, as you'd expect, most of the other streamers I follow and get along with are either openly neurodivergent or I notice the signs. The tags I've seen include Autism, ADHD, AuDHD, Neurodivergent, and task related keywords like Body Doubling. I would also say that the game matters. If you are looking for games you're already into, chances are they probably appeal to other neurodivergent folk as well. But if you're more interested in fun people and good communities regardless of game, the factory games like Factorio and Satisfactory are an obvious gold mine.

I'd rather not post my channel as I'm not trying to advertise and I keep it separate from my other online accounts, but I think the above should dig up plenty. If not, I might be able to give suggestions if I knew more about what you're looking for. It depends on how familiar I am with it. I don't really follow a lot of popular games or streamers.