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Patrice

@autisticpresence.bsky.social
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I'm an Autistic Internal Family Systems (IFS)-informed practitioner. My practice focuses on autistic women and members of the Irish diaspora. www.patriceriley.com

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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 17h
#Autism and the #Menstrual Cycle Free Discussion Group this Saturday, October 17! Sign up here: www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre... Connect, learn, and be in community. We are reading from Wild Power by Alexandra Pope and Sjane Hugo Wurlitzer. All who menstruate or have menstruated are welcome!
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The #Autistic Women Free Discussion Group will meet Saturday, October 10, 2026. We’ll be reading and discussing an excerpt about socializing as an autistic adult from The Autistic Guide to Communicating and Connecting by Niamh Garvey. Join us! www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre...
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
#Autistics often have parts that uses strategies of masking or pleasing to try to cope with reality. This essay describes the IFS - informed process of helping parts, and the wisdom that emerges once they're given care they never got. www.patriceriley.com/blog/turning...
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Turning to the One Who Had No One: An IFS - informed approach to help systems that mask and please — Autistic IFS Practitioner for Women | Patrice Riley | Autistic Peer Support Coach for Women | Coach...
Many who are autistic, or who grew up in the Irish diaspora, have parts that have used strategies of masking or pleasing to try to cope with the more difficult aspects of our realities. They started w...
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
#Autism and the Menstrual Cycle Free Discussion Group this Saturday! Sign up here: www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre... It’s a great chance to connect, learn, and be in community.
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The #Autistic Women Free Discussion Group will meet Saturday, April 11, 2026. We’ll be reading and discussing an excerpt from The Autistic Guide to Communicating and Connecting by Niamh Garvey. Join us! www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre...
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
#Autism and the Menstrual Cycle Free Discussion Group this Saturday! Sign up here: www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre... It’s a great chance to connect, learn, and be in community. We are discussing what it's like to experience "inner spring," the follicular phase just after menstruation
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Autistic Presence | Peer Support Coaching for Autistic Women | Connect and Thrive — Autistic IFS Practitioner for Women | Patrice Riley | Autistic Peer Support Coach for Women | Coaching for Irish Dia...
Explore supportive coaching for autistic women focusing on community, healing from trauma, and embracing authenticity with Patrice Riley.
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Autistic Stuff for Autistic People @autisticstuffpod.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
📣 New Podcast! "Autism and Menstruation" on @Spreaker #actuallyautistic #audhd #autism #autistic #autisticpresence #coaching #creativelyautistic #discoverclarity #intentionallyautistic #latediagnosed #lateidentified #livedexperience #menstruation #peersupport #period #pmdd
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Autism and Menstruation
Cheryl and Patrice discuss the menstrual cycle in general and PMDD in particular. Work with us by scheduling at the links below: Autistic Peer Support Coaching Collective: https://www.autisticcoaches.com Aradia: [coming soon] Cheryl: https://www.discoverclarity.ca   Matthew: https://www.theautisticcoach.com  Patrice: https://www.patriceriley.com Rebecca: https://www.failbettercoaching.com  Follow us on social media: Podcast: https://bsky.app/profile/autisticstuffpod.bsky.social  Aradia: [coming soon] Cheryl: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xusgwlxppuqftnldu47e3f4a  Matthew: https://bsky.app/profile/theautisticcoach.bsky.social Patrice: https://bsky.app/profile/autisticpresence.bsky.social Rebecca: https://www.instagram.com/failbettercoach  Theme music: https://bluedotsessions.bandcamp.com/track/vinyl-couch  A https://www.foxandravenmedia.com production Check out other FARM podcasts Podcast It, Donut! https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/podcast-it-donut--6833072   Used2Sew: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/used2sew--6285838  Wheel of Time Spoilers: https://www.spreaker.com/show/wot-spoilers-podcast  
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
#Autism and the Menstrual Cycle Free Discussion Group this Saturday! Sign up here: www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre... It’s a great chance to connect, learn, and be in community. We are discussing what it's like to experience "inner winter," the time that we are actively menstruating.
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
@theautisticcoach.bsky.social is a phenomenal and generous resource for #autistic people
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Do you need support from your loved ones but don't know how to get them to listen? Do they want to support you but don't have the tools? My workshop for the families and allies of autistic adults is a 5-week space that will guide them in allyship. www.theautisticcoach.com/allies-autis...
autistic allies workshop - 5 weeks - theautisticcoach.com
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
This month's newsletter is up with links to Free Discussion Groups for #autistic women, more information about Internal Family Systems - informed facilitation with me, and more resources! www.patriceriley.com/campaigns/vi...
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Creating Space
I’ve been meditating lately on the different contexts in which the idea of “space” shows up in my life.
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
The #Autistic Women Free Discussion Group will meet this Saturday, January 10, 2026. There are still a few spots left! We’ll be reading and discussing chapter 2 from The Autistic Guide to Communicating and Connecting by Niamh Garvey. Join us! www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre...
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
#Autism and the Menstrual Cycle Free Discussion Group this Saturday! Sign up here: www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre... It’s a great chance to connect, learn, and be in community. We will discuss what it's like to experience "inner winter," the time that we are actively menstruating.
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
The #Autistic Women Free Discussion Group will meet tomorrow, Saturday, December 6, 2025. There are still a few spots left! We’ll be reading and discussing chapter 2 from The Autistic Guide to Communicating and Connecting by Niamh Garvey. Join us! www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre...
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
#Autism and the Menstrual Cycle Free Discussion Group this Saturday! Sign up here: www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre... It’s a great chance to connect, learn, and be in community. We discuss the sensory issues and demands around having a cycle, as well as pressures to consistently produce.
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
The #Autistic Women Free Discussion Group will meet this Saturday, November 8. We’ll be reading and discussing an essay from Wired Our Own Way, an anthology of Irish autistic voices, called Autistic at Seventy. Join us! www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre...
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Our new podcast episode on special interests has dropped @bestfirstchair.bsky.social @autisticpresence.bsky.social @autisticjoy.bsky.social @autisticstuffpod.bsky.social spotify.link/bR8NNFLuOXb
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"Special" Interests
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
#Autism and the Menstrual Cycle Free Discussion Group this Saturday! Sign up here: www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre... It’s a great chance to connect, learn, and be in community. We discuss the sensory issues and demands around having a cycle, as well as pressures to consistently produce.
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
My free, monthly #Autism and the Menstrual Cycle Free Discussion Group meets this Saturday 10/18: www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre... Please join us in this warm community that shares the experiences of autism and menstruation. Learn from others, and experience being seen, known, and valued.
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Autistic Presence | Peer Support Coaching for Autistic Women | Connect and Thrive — Autistic IFS Practitioner for Women | Patrice Riley | Autistic Peer Support Coach for Women | Coaching for Irish Dia...
Explore supportive coaching for autistic women focusing on community, healing from trauma, and embracing authenticity with Patrice Riley.
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Aradiapedia (they/she) @bestfirstchair.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
In which we talk about sensory relief
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Feeling distress or helplessness about the increasing polarities in the wider world? Read on for how I worked with my own internalized oppressors; doing so allowed me to resolve inner conflict and create room for ease in relationship with self and other. www.patriceriley.com/blog/transfo...
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Transforming the Inner Oppressor with IFS — Autistic IFS Practitioner for Women | Patrice Riley | Autistic Peer Support Coach for Women | Coaching for Irish Diaspora Members Healing from Complex Trau...
Using IFS to work with internalized ableism, sexism, and colonialism helps resolve inner conflict and create more room for ease in relationship with self and other. When we turn inside and bring cur...
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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Pause your doomscrolling and listen to this story.
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Aradiapedia (they/she) @bestfirstchair.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
New episode day! Autistic Stuff for Autistic People is talking about meltdowns, what they feel like and how they are different from tantrums. @autisticstuffpod.bsky.social @theautisticcoach.bsky.social @autisticjoy.bsky.social @autisticpresence.bsky.social www.spreaker.com/episode/melt...
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Meltdowns - Autistic Stuff for Autistic People
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
This month’s essay is an exploration of getting to know my fawning part, and how doing so is a way for all of us to extract ourselves from the compliant populace necessary for fascism to take hold. #autism #IFS www.patriceriley.com/blog/befrien...
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Befriending the Fawn: Using IFS to Get to Know Compliant Parts — Autistic IFS Practitioner for Women | Patrice Riley | Autistic Peer Support Coach for Women | Coaching for Irish Diaspora Members Heal...
Fascism requires a compliant population to take hold. This month’s blog is about using an Internal Family Systems (IFS) approach to get to know my fawning, or compliant, part, and develop a relationsh...
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Lucia Romano, MBA @luciaromano.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Holy shit. This legit gave me chills. Texas State Rep. Ann Johnson clapped back at GOP members amid Wednesday's redistricting vote. WHITE WOMEN, this is the model. We have more power than others. We are the last to be silenced. We have a responsibility to SPEAK so others are HEARD.
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Aradiapedia (they/she) @bestfirstchair.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
New episode from my other podcast about being autistic! www.spreaker.com/episode/reje... @theautisticcoach.bsky.social @autisticpresence.bsky.social @autisticjoy.bsky.social @autisticstuffpod.bsky.social
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Rejection Sensitivity or Real Rejection? - Autistic Stuff for Autistic People
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
In our newest episode we explore RSD @autisticstuffpod.bsky.social @bestfirstchair.bsky.social @autisticjoy.bsky.social @autisticpresence.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2j6H...
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Rejection Sensitivity or Real Rejection?
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I wrote about the internal complexity we contend with in the face of tragedies like the genocide in Palestine. Hear the perspective of my parts, how I earn their trust, and then allow their concerns & wisdom to inform how I take action to help. #IFS www.patriceriley.com/blog/parts-a...
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Parts and Palestine: Listening Within For the Way Forward — Autistic IFS Practitioner for Women | Patrice Riley | Autistic Peer Support Coach for Women | Coaching for Irish Diaspora Members Healing fr...
This month’s blog post is about the internal complexity I and others contend with in the face of external tragedies like the genocide in Palestine. From an Internal Family Systems (IFS) - informed len...
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
my friend and colleague @autisticpresence.bsky.social has written a beautiful piece on what's coming up for so many of us in this current moment. www.patriceriley.com/blog/parts-a...
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Parts and palestine — Autistic IFS Practitioner for Women | Patrice Riley | Autistic Peer Support Coach for Women | Coaching for Irish Diaspora Members Healing from Complex Trauma Due to Generational...
The people of Gaza are starving due to obstruction of aid by the Israeli government. I am heartbroken and want to help. Alongside my heartbreak, many other parts inside me hold other, divergen...
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Are you looking for a neuro-affirming autistic peer-support coach? The Autistic Peer Support Coaching Collective has coaches all over the world and offers dozens of free support groups online every month. www.autisticcoaches.com
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The Autistic Peer Support Coaching Collective | Autistic Peer-Support Coaching | Autistic Peer-Support Coaches
The Autistic Peer Support Coaching Collective is the first autistic-led peer-support coaching organization in the world. We are #ActuallyAutistic professional peer-support coaches working with our fel...
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Nicole Filippone, Autistic Advocate & Author @nicolefilippone.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Did you know...? Autistic burnout is pervasive, long-term (3+ months) exhaustion, loss of function, and reduced tolerance to stimulus. It's described as being the result of chronic life stress and a mismatch of expectations and abilities without adequate supports. #iykyk
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Louise Ting @neuro-observant.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Why the “all autistic people lack empathy” narrative is wrong… Autistic people actually experience empathy in a wide range of ways E.g. a study in 2023 found: - many experience hyper-empathy - some experience low empathy - some experience empathy but find it difficult to understand or express
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
My monthly #Autism and the Menstrual Cycle Free Discussion Group meets this Saturday 06/21 on Zoom. Sign up: www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre... If you share the experiences of autism and menstruation: please join us in an opportunity to learn from each other, and to be seen, known, and valued.
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Here’s my new blog post about using #IFS to get to know a legacy burden and heal from #autistic burnout: www.patriceriley.com/blog/who-is-...
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Who is speaking? — Autistic IFS Practitioner for Women | Patrice Riley | Autistic Peer Support Coach for Women | Coaching for Irish Diaspora Members Healing from Complex Trauma Due to Generational Al...
After I left my accounting job in late 2023 to heal from autistic burnout, the first few months of recovery weren’t pretty. A “productive” day was one where I’d get around to changing out of my sw...
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
I’ll be sending out my monthly newsletter tomorrow, with resources, offerings, and a new blog post about healing from #autistic burnout and intergenerational trauma. If you’d like to receive it, you can sign up on my website: www.patriceriley.com
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Autistic IFS Practitioner for Women | Patrice Riley | Autistic Peer Support Coach for Women | Coaching for Irish Diaspora Members Healing from Complex Trauma Due to Generational Alcoholism Catholic Ch...
Patrice Riley is a neurodivergent-affirming, trauma responsive Internal Family Systems (IFS) - informed practitioner. She coaches autistic women and Irish diaspora members who are healing ancestral wo...
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
My #Autistic Women Free Discussion Group will meet next Saturday, June 7. We’ll be reading and discussing an essay from Wired Our Own Way, an anthology of Irish autistic voices, called I Don’t Have A Defective Version of What You Have. Join us! www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre...
A moon illuminated with the words: “Autistic Women / A Free Discussion Group / Saturday, June 7, 2025, 10:00-11:30am PST, 1:00-2:30pm EST, 6:00-7:30pm BST
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Many late discovered, highly masked #autistics know there’s a particular type of rage that comes with having an invisible disability that wasn’t diagnosed until later in life. (/1)
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
For #autistic people looking into workplace accommodations, Ask Jan is a helpful resource: askjan.org/disabilities...
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Sometimes, despite all the planning, all the self-awareness, life happens. Plans change. All the spoons get used. & there’s nothing left for what you WANT to do. When this happens, I find a helpful practice is to name whose here. Welcome to the one who's pissed at missing out on fun plans (/1)
purple and white flower in a field.
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
My monthly #Autism and the Menstrual Cycle Free Discussion Group meets this Saturday 05/17 on Zoom. Sign up: www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre... Join those who share the experiences of autism and menstruation in an opportunity to learn from each other, and to be seen, known, and valued.
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Heather Cook 🦓🖖Autistic Coach @autismchrysalis.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Want to unmask (sometimes), but scared of losing your job or the people you depend on? Learn how to deal with anxiety so you can actually do that...without defaulting to people pleasing, or writing that off as a fantasy that's only available to other people. Start next week. buff.ly/cwlyHHe
A pile of balanced rocks in the mist.
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
If you’re walking around the world with an invisible disability (which is the lived experience for many late discovered and highly masked #autistic people), sometimes the kindest thing you can do for yourself is to simply pause and acknowledge that “This is really hard."
palm trees blowing in the breeze at a beach at sunset.
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
My Autistic Women Free Discussion Group meets this Saturday May 12 @ 10am PST on Zoom and there are a few spots left if you’d like to join. This week we’ll be continuing our conversation about how to handle sensory overload. To learn more and sign up: www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre...
Moon showing text that says that the Autistic Women Free Discussion Group takes place on Saturday May 10, 2025 at 10am PST, 1pm EST, 6pm BST.
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Watching five seasons of All Creatures Great and Small on PBS over the last month or so was such a balm to my soul, and I am not exaggerating when I say that the gentleness and wholesomeness of this show was the counterbalance that allowed me to stay informed and engaged with the news.
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Patrice @autisticpresence.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Really appreciating this line from @govpritzker.illinois.gov's speech in New Hampshire this week: “#Autistic kids and adults who are loving contributors to our society don’t deserve to be stigmatized by a weird nepo baby who once stashed a dead bear in the backseat of his car.”
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992. Was there a breast cancer epidemic?! NO. Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976. PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something. This is also about autism.
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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Seriously working our trauma recovery means not leaving our social media feed up to the algorithm. Purposefully curate your feed to include voices & perspectives that stabilize & educate you-- & exclude voices that needlessly trigger & distract you from your recovery goals.
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Soul Inquiries @soulinquiries.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
💚 The # 1 way to build Safety & capacity In our nervous system (A *prerequisite* for integrating exiles) Is to set and maintain Healthy boundaries 💚 #skyifs #healthyboundaries #boundaries
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ALT: a green and yellow leaf with the words " healthy boundaries lead to healthy mindsets "
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I am autistic. I pay taxes, I have a job. I dated. I get the desire to push this narrative autistic people DO accomplish these to rebut Kennedy. But there was a time when I DID NOT have a job. And non-speaking autistic people or thise with intellectual disabilities don't. They have worth as well.
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Octism Queen @snowqueenofhoth.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
SOME AUTISTIC PEOPLE WILL NEVER PAY TAXES OR WRITE POEMS AND THAT’S OKAY. WE ARE ALLOWED TO EXIST WITHOUT CAVEATS OR JUSTIFICATIONS. MANY AUTISTIC PEOPLE ARE VERY CAPABLE AND TALENTED INDIVIDUALS, AND MANY STRUGGLE JUST TO SURVIVE. BOTH ARE AUTISTIC AND BOTH DESERVE DIGNITY AND HAPPINESS.
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