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Jeffery Towery

@jefferytowery.bsky.social

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Author • Podcaster • Inventor Exploring neurodiversity, creativity, and conscious technology. Host of I’m Not Broken | Author of Rise of Atlantis & The Autistic Survival Manual 🌐 facebook.com/jefferytowerybooks 💛 Different isn’t broken.

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🕸️ *ARACHNE: Anatomy of a Surveillance State* is now available as an eBook on Barnes & Noble. Find it here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/arachne-je...

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Arachne: Anatomy of a Surveillance State

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

📚 *The Atlantis Codex* is now available as an eBook on Barnes & Noble! Read it on NOOK or grab your copy here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-atlant...

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

AI is becoming part assistant, part collaborator, part sounding board—and, for a growing number of people, part unofficial therapist. Useful? Absolutely. Slightly Freudian? Apparently so.

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

They returned to Earth looking for humanity. Atlantis was waiting to teach them how to ask. A first visual teaser for my new illustrated science-fiction novel, The Atlantis Codex. Coming soon. #SciFi #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity #TheAtlantisCodex

Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

My books Rise of Atlantis, Return to Camelot, The Autistic Survival Manual, and The Autistic Survival Manual for AI are now available at BarnesandNoble.com! #Books #Neurodiversity #ScienceFiction #BarnesAndNoble

Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Prefer Spotify? In BAM Part Three, I explain load—what happens when sensory, social, cognitive, emotional, and physical demands exceed available capacity. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/1S5h...

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The Bias–Amplitude Model: Understanding Load

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

What happens when demand exceeds a nervous system’s available capacity? In BAM Part Three, I explain load, overload, and why meltdown, shutdown, or breakdown are not moral failures. Watch: youtu.be/C-FTjZeWMFM

BAM Part Three: Load — When Demand Exceeds Capacity

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Episode two of my Bias–Amplitude Model™ series explores amplitude—the cognitive, emotional, sensory, and social capacity available at a given moment. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/69Re...

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The Bias–Amplitude Model: Understanding Amplitude

Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Missed the first episode in my Bias–Amplitude Model™ series? This one introduces bias—the direction a nervous system naturally tends to process information. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0TZH...

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The Bias–Amplitude Model: Understanding Bias

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I’m back after a short hiatus—with a new podcast format, animation experiments, and a new book in progress. Here’s a quick update on what I’m building next. #ImNotBroken #Podcast #WritingCommunity #YouTube youtube.com/shorts/kz9c7...

I’m Back! New Animation, a New Podcast Format, and a New Book

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Why can the same autistic trait feel manageable one day and overwhelming the next? This video introduces Amplitude—the intensity dimension of the Bias–Amplitude Model. Next up: Load. youtu.be/n5_9h_96d6A

Why Autistic Traits Change in Intensity: Understanding Amplitude in the BAM Model

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Autism isn’t a deficit—it may be one end of a broader spectrum of human neurotypes. In this video, I introduce the Bias dimension of the Bias–Amplitude Model and a co-evolutionary view of autistic and social cognition. youtu.be/Y31XAViym3s

Autism Isn’t a Deficit: Introducing the Bias–Amplitude Model

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I haven’t been idle—I’ve been building BAM: a new way to understand neurotypes as orientations, not levels of severity. Autism is not severity. It is orientation. Featured in Rise of Atlantis. I’m not broken, because different isn’t broken. #BAM #Autism

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Working on my blood pressure taught me something nobody talks about: My safe foods were part of the problem. Not laziness—adaptation. Predictable = safe when life is loud. But “safe” doesn’t always mean healthy. Just trying to be a little better each day. youtube.com/shorts/2Y9AL...

Safe Foods Might Be Hurting Your Health (No One Talks About This)

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Safe foods kept me regulated… but they were quietly raising my blood pressure. Hot dogs, lunch meat, Gatorade — easy, predictable, low effort. Great for my brain. Not so great for my body. Not fixing myself. Just upgrading inputs. Same safety. Better fuel. youtube.com/shorts/pXt19...

Safe Foods Helped My Brain… But Hurt My Blood Pressure

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Many autistic people are extremely sensitive to body language, tone, and emotional atmosphere. When the world is tense, that signal can raise our load fast. It’s okay to step back from people who constantly raise your stress. Protecting your nervous system is wisdom. youtube.com/shorts/9Sz74...

Why Autistic People Feel Everyone’s Stress (And Why It’s Okay to Step Back)

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Researchers formed the Independent Autism Coordinating Committee (I-ACC) as a counterweight to HHS’ reshaped federal panel. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

When the world gets loud, the nervous system looks for grounding. Deep pressure — like weighted blankets, tight hoodies, or leaning against a wall — activates proprioception and helps regulate the body. Different nervous systems regulate differently. youtube.com/shorts/jgPqO...

Why Pressure Calms the Nervous System | Proprioception Explained

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

The world feels loud right now. When everything escalates, regulate first. Step away from the screen. Breathe. Decompress. You can’t help anyone if your nervous system is on fire. Recovery isn’t weakness. It’s maintenance. I’m not brokenbecause different isn’t broken. youtube.com/shorts/9_cRA...

When the World Gets Loud, Regulate Yourself First

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

The flu knocked me flat for a few weeks. Rest isn’t weakness. It’s biology. We’re not machines. We’re apes with lungs and nervous systems that need recovery. Feeling much better. Easing back into writing and creating this week. youtube.com/shorts/4beUR...

I’m Feeling Better | The Flu Is No Joke

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Quick health update: I’m okay. Still recovering and taking things one day at a time, but I’m definitely on the upswing. I just have to take care of me for a minute so I can come back strong. Thank you all for the patience and support. It means more than you know. 💙

Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I wasn’t abducted by aliens or detained by government agents. 👽 I just caught the flu. Soup, blankets, dramatic coughing — the usual. Feeling human again and posting soon. Different isn’t broken. youtube.com/shorts/QKUlf...

Hey kids — quick check-in.

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

There’s a lot going on in the world, I want to talk about what it’s doing to us. Feeling exhausted or numb doesn’t mean you stopped caring. It means the world stopped giving people time to recover. Rest isn’t indifference. Different isn’t broken. youtube.com/shorts/uyv-q...

You Are Not Required to Carry the Whole World | Saturday Reflection

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Reading Rainbow Friday 🌈 Tonight I’m reading the dedication from The Autistic Survival Manual for AI—for autistic and neurodivergent people who’ve had to translate themselves to survive, and for those designing tech that listens instead of controls. youtube.com/shorts/uXsTG...

Reading Rainbow: The Dedication | The Autistic Survival Manual for AI

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Knights & Wizards 🛡️🧙‍♂️ Autistic minds often go quiet before they speak. Social minds often speak before they go quiet. Both are processing. Silence isn’t refusal. Speech isn’t aggression. Different paths. Same nervous system. youtube.com/shorts/i35qw...

Knights & Wizards: Why Silence and Speech Mean Different Things

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

AI isn’t “superhuman.” It’s faster, not smarter — and that’s the risk when it’s used for surveillance, eligibility decisions, risk scoring, and automated suspicion. Speed without judgment isn’t wisdom. If something feels off, you’re not broken —you’re noticing a mismatch. youtube.com/shorts/Xrlp6...

Broken News: AI Isn’t Smarter — It’s Faster (And That’s the Risk)

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Weighted ≠ restrained. Chosen pressure calms because it comes with agency, consent & predictability. Forced pressure alarms because your nervous system interprets it as danger. Same sensation, opposite meaning. Watch this → youtube.com/shorts/q7HQG...

Weighted ≠ Restrained | Why Chosen Pressure Calms and Forced Pressure Alarms

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Saturday reflection 🌱 A lot of autistic people are feeling cognitive dissonance right now—not anxiety, but the strain of living in a world where systems, narratives, and behavior don’t line up. That discomfort isn’t a flaw. It’s a signal. youtube.com/shorts/N3hHx...

Autistic Cognitive Dissonance in an Incoherent World | Saturday Reflection

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Reading Rainbow tonight 🌈 I didn’t set out to write a theory—I set out to understand why the world asks so many of us to be something other than human. What I saw wasn’t brokenness, but mismatch. Different isn’t broken. youtube.com/shorts/53DfD...

Reading Rainbow: Why I Didn’t Set Out to Write a Theory | The Rise of Atlantis

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Different expression, same cause. Autistic neurotypes hit meltdowns. Social neurotypes hit breakdowns. Same load. Same nervous system. Same ape. 🦍 It’s not weakness—it’s biology under pressure. Lower the load. Regulate. Rest. You’re not broken. youtube.com/shorts/No0Ez...

Meltdowns vs Breakdowns: Same Load, Same Ape

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Broken News: Today, the nervous systems of the world are saturated. It’s okay to log off.

Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Clothes aren’t neutral—they’re touch. 🧥 Compression can calm. Irritation can overload. If you avoided certain clothes as a kid, that wasn’t defiance—it was regulation. Sometimes the nervous system just needs a hood and a “brr.” youtube.com/shorts/LLG7d...

Clothes Are Touch | Why Fabric Matters for Autistic Regulation

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Digital overwhelm isn’t a personal failure. It’s load. If you’re exhausted, foggy, irritable, or on edge, your nervous system is responding exactly as designed under modern stress. You’re not broken. You’re under load. 🎙️ Episode 13: Digital Overwhelm youtu.be/254upsFWVa0

Episode 13 - Digital Overload: When the World Won’t Stop Talking | I’m Not Broken

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

With everything going on right now, a reminder: we are primates. Primates under sustained stress behave in predictable ways. Different neurotypes, same nervous system, same biology. You’re not broken — the load is heavy. youtube.com/shorts/qV9Xx...

Why Everything Feels Overwhelming (A Human Explanation)

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Autistic life isn’t just about surviving overload — it’s about returning from it gracefully. Tonight on Reading Rainbow Friday, I talk about recovery as an art form: quiet, deliberate, essential. 🌙 youtube.com/shorts/rE7S8... 🧠💙

Reading Rainbow Friday: The Art of Autistic Recovery

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

When stress rises, people don’t become irrational — they become more themselves. Some regulate through connection. Some through coherence. Different nervous systems. Same pressure. Same human need for safety. 🛡️⚔️ youtube.com/shorts/FMY8g...

Knights & Wizards: How Different Neurotypes Respond to Stress

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Tonight I’m skipping Broken News — because the news is what’s broken. Take a breath. Rest is regulation. Protect your nervous system. Different isn’t broken. 🌙 youtube.com/shorts/HbyXt...

Broken News Break

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Hands need jobs. Fidgeting isn’t distraction — it’s regulation. Busy hands send grounding signals that say: I’m here. I’m safe. I’m organized. Taking that away doesn’t create focus. It creates noise. Different isn’t broken. youtube.com/shorts/e48sg...

Hands Need Jobs — Why Fidgeting Is Regulation (Proprioception #6)

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Episode 12 of I’m Not Broken is live: Boundaries. Boundaries aren’t walls or rejection—they’re how a nervous system stays regulated and open. For autistic adults, they’re survival and self-respect. Watch here: youtu.be/8QBNmR8EtNk

Episode 12 — Boundaries | I’m Not Broken

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Grateful today. 💙 Thank you to everyone who’s supported my work and encouraged thoughtful, different ways of seeing. Print editions are coming together, and Rise of Atlantis is almost ready. Different isn’t broken. Let’s keep supporting each other. youtube.com/shorts/Jsk-0...

A Thank You — Print Books Are Coming

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Saturday Reflection: Autistic Timing Autistic development isn’t slower — it’s nonlinear. Inward first. Depth before identity. We don’t age out of our magic. We age into it. youtube.com/shorts/UxLqN...

Autistic Timing: We Don’t Age Out of Our Magic

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Reading Rainbow, Friday 📖 From The Autistic Survival Manual, Chapter 11: Environmental Harmony. Autistic suffering isn’t a personal flaw — it’s often environmental mismatch. The world wasn’t built for every nervous system. Different isn’t broken. youtube.com/shorts/G4o9O...

Reading Rainbow: Environmental Harmony | The Autistic Survival Manual

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Knights and Wizards at work — execution vs pattern thinking. When we expect everyone to be Knights, we mislabel the Wizards asking the hard questions. Healthy teams need both. Different isn’t broken. Watch: youtube.com/shorts/q4uOZ...

Knights & Wizards: Why Workplaces Break When Roles Are Ignored

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

🧩 Broken News: Mattel has released its first autistic Barbie, developed with autistic advocates. Sensory-aware design, real representation, no “fixing.” Visibility matters. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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Mattel launches its first autistic Barbie

Company says doll is the latest expansion of its commitment to representation and inclusion

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

The floor isn’t failure — it’s regulation. Lowering the body lowers the threat response and gives the nervous system a signal of stability and safety. For many autistic people, the floor is a reset, not collapse. youtube.com/shorts/xrQyO...

The Floor Is Not a Failure | Proprioception & Nervous System Regulation

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Season 2 starts here. Episode 11: Growth 🌱 • What comes after stability • Growing without burnout • Nervous system–safe change • Neurodivergent lived experience Watch here: youtu.be/TgwzSnI8P8U

Episode 11 Growth | Season Two Begins

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Interesting article that breaks a lot of false assumptions about autism... www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...

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What the World Got Wrong About Autistic People

For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits made them miserable. All wrong.

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Gratitude today for the people who keep showing up for the neurodiversity community — the advocates, listeners, and quiet supporters who choose patience, understanding, and humanity. 💛 youtube.com/shorts/--J1f...

Gratitude for Those Who Show Up | Neurodiversity Community

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Calm is the rebellion. Clarity is the resistance. When the world feels loud and overwhelming, stillness is how we keep our minds. Saturday reflection here: youtube.com/shorts/KWzEe...

Stillness Is Not Surrender | Saturday Reflection

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Jeffery Towery @jefferytowery.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Stillness isn’t inactivity — it’s nervous system repair. Tonight I read from The Autistic Survival Manual on why recovery matters for autistic folks. Different isn’t broken. 🌱📖 youtube.com/shorts/mmdZ7...

Stillness Is Repair | Reading from The Autistic Survival Manual

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