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@neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social
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Neuroqueering psychotherapist and AuDHer. Here for the revolution and the art. www.neuroaffirminglmhc.com

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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I'm still trying to figure out how this platform works, but I'm thinking I can use it as a way to dialogue with folks about blog posts I've written for my website. Here's the first: www.neuroaffirminglmhc.com/blog/my-auti... Let's see if this works.
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aslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 08/12/2025
The CDC has shown us that under this WH administration that they are not trustworthy Not for vaccines HRT prevalence of mental health issues & literally anything else Look to the American Psychological Association The American Academy of Pediatrics & more due diligence is more important than ever
journalistsresource.org
A list of non-government database alternatives and archives
We have curated a list of non-government websites with health databases. We'll continue to update this list.
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
My current Rep. has missed 6% of the votes this year, voted to censure other Reps that are fighting for human rights, and voted to “honor” Charlie Kirk. We’re long overdue for a change.
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
The federal government has spent millions of dollars for disaster response companies to build prison camps for immigrants in FL while it’s pinching pennies on actual disaster response in TX. What’s wrong with this picture? open.substack.com/pub/jasongar...
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The tab for Florida's immigrant prison in the Everglades is $250 million — and counting
Florida in Five: Five stories to read from the past week in Florida politics.
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Earlier today, the kiddo and I joined @massamp1312.bsky.social in writing birthday cards to incarcerated people. Later, we watched Prince Shakur’s (@thedugoutpod.bsky.social) amazing “Mutual Aid: How to Survive When the State Fails Us.” #mutualaid #directaction #microactivism
Composite of 2 photos: 1st frame is the front of a birthday card that says “Happy Birthday! Wishing You Well” over a background of colorful shapes and squiggles. 2nd frame is the inside of the card with a doodle of balloons and confetti and the message: “¡Feliz Compleaños! My name is Nicole and I’m writing as part of the Abolitionist Mail Project. I’m wishing you a year full of peace and continued learning and growth. Nicole.” Colored pens cover the name of the person the card is written to.
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
What country are we in?!? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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Update from John Ismay
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Per the NPS: “We take the protection of our National parks seriously and will not tolerate behavior that undermines their integrity.” I think that’s exactly why the flag was put up. www.climbing.com/news/trans-p...
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7 Climbers Rigged a Trans Pride Flag Over El Cap. Here’s What They Want You To Know.
On May 20, seven trans climbers and allies few a trans pride flag from Heart Ledges on El Cap. Here's what the lead organizer has to say.
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
I can’t do big protests anymore, but I can write postcards until the cows come home (or the Dems are back in office). This batch of old Hudson River lighthouses went to voters in NY. #autisticadvocacy
A group of black and white postcards, with one turned over. The back reads “Dear Maureen, Your Republican Congressman was the deciding vote to kick millions of Americans off of Medicaid and food assistance to pay for tax cuts for the super rich. Call Congressman Lawler and tell him you are outraged over these cuts: (202) 225-6506 Thank you, Nicole, a volunteer”
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
The same reasoning can be applied to autism.
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Wish there was something you could *do*? I’m sending out postcards to Ohio voters through Activate America. You can too! @activateamerica.bsky.social activateamerica.vote/postcards
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harviemac.bsky.social @harviemac.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
We need states to intervene, protecting Americans' medical data and stopping RFK Jr.'s dangerous stigmatization of autistic and disabled people. Add your name to the petition! sign.moveon.org/petitions/pr...
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Protect the Rights and Privacy of Autistic Americans!
We need states to intervene, protecting Americans' medical data and stopping RFK Jr.'s dangerous stigmatization of autistic and disabled people. Add your name to the petition!
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
open.substack.com/pub/thepeopl...
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A List of Virtual, Accessible, & At-Home Ways to Dissent
The first edition of ADA accessible, virtual, and at-home dissenting actions
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Charlie's Journey @charlies-journey.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Wow. “I am flawed. I am, in part, broken. Not by my autism, but by my insistence on fighting it and by the stresses it places on me. My being different from most people around me—and the years of living a life not meant for me—have taken their toll.” - Laura James, Odd Girl Out #ActuallyAutistic ♾️
Photo of passage in Laura James’ book, Odd Girl Out. Text reads:

     I think of kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with powdered precious metals. The craft and the philosophy treat breakages and repairs as part of the history of any piece rather than as something to hide.
     I am flawed. I am, in part, broken. Not by my autism, but by my insistence on fighting it and by the stresses it places on me. My being different from most people around me-and the years of living a life not meant for me-have taken their toll.
     I look up pictures of kintsugi bowls. I see the gold cracks glistening and realize that without them many of the pieces filling the screen on my laptop would be dull and ordinary. If they had been invisibly mended, they would always be slightly inferior, a lesser version of what they once were.
     Now, with their imperfections celebrated, they are somehow more. They are damaged, and that damage makes them beautiful.Photo of a white and blue ceramic bowl that has been broken and put back together with visible gold lines where the cracks were.
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Isaac Wins Elections @isaacmurtha.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The question behind this article is moot— Kennedy isn’t trying to find the real causes of autism, he’s funneling taxpayer money into proving his debunked quack theories. He has no intention of doing actual science. He’s not willing to be wrong. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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Why RFK Jr.’s search for autism’s cause is so divisive
Groups advocating for people with the condition are split on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort to understand why so many more are being diagnosed with it.
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Zak Williams @zakwilliamswzw.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
This should frighten everyone. They are amassing this data for more than just an autism study, that noone is going to be able to opt in/ opt out of. This is about grabbing data for tech bros. www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-... RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans
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RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans
The autism study is planning to link confidential data "with broad coverage in the U.S. population" in one place for the first time.
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
This thread brilliantly explains why growing numbers of previously undiagnosed adults (esp. AFAB) are realizing they’re ADHD/Autistic. (Spoiler alert: it’s not because it’s “trendy.”)
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The SAVE Act (passed the in House) will require Americans to show proof of citizenship to register to vote. It will affect people who can’t afford a passport/copy of their birth certificate or have to move frequently- those who are most vulnerable to the whims of the candidates they can’t vote for.
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
The Lakin Riley Act is being passed to protect people from the supposed threat of undocumented immigrants after 1 woman was (tragically) killed. Tens of thousands of people are killed by gun violence each year but trying to limit access to guns is somehow considered sacrilege. Make that make sense.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
1/ The number of protests planned for tomorrow is enormous. Given what Trump has done to the economy, and everyone's collective ability to pay for household expenses/retirement I'd expect them to be huge. Find out more at handsoff2025.com
Map showing handsoff2025.com protest locations for 4/5/2025
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Who are the five writers that made you? Dr. Nick Walker Sonny Jane Wise Dr. Devon Price Eric Garcia Jenara Nerenberg
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
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What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 22/03/2025
Medicare for All isn't radical. What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right. Every other major country figured out years ago how to provide health care to all at a much lower cost. Please don't tell me we can't do the same.
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The Tweedy Mutant @thetweedy.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Gatekeeping accommodations is so weird. Most accommodations are a bother unless you need them, so if someone says "wow [x accommodation] would really improve my life", they need it. Meanwhile, if an accommodation could in fact benefit everyone, not just disabled people, then everyone should have it.
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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here

CDC plans to study autism, vaccines
Move comes despite strong evidence finding no link between them.
By LENA H. SUN and LAUREN WEBER • The Washington Post
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
The portal for reporting “discrimination” in schools is enddei.ed.gov. I was happy to report the White House’s discrimination against immigrant kids, queer and trans kids, kids of color, kids living in poverty, kids with cancer… I wonder how many submissions it would take to crash the site. #resist
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Department of Education FormLock
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
My 19yo’s TL;DR about Kennedy’s recent Op Ed about the measles outbreak: “The immune system has to pull itself up by the bootstraps.”
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allison / collage, zines, mail art @allisonanne.com · 02/03/2025
here's a nice resource that goes into detail about various substack alternatives: creativerly.com/the-best-sub...
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The best Substack alternatives
It is time to ditch Substack. Here are the best Substack alternatives if you do not want to support a Nazi network.
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
In other news, I made these cute little ripped paper collages of poppies for an upcoming craft fair to give me a little break from watching our country get auctioned off to the highest bidders. What are you doing to keep yourself going?
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The Republican-led Congress is in lockstep w/the oval office. Behind the cloud of the shock&awe of exec orders, this is what they’re up to. They’ve had decades & billions of hate-fueled dollars to prepare and we’d better keep up. Follow @bbkogan for what to do. www.counseling.org/publications...
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House Passes Budget Resolution That Threatens to Reduce Medicaid
Earlier this week in a 217-215 vote, the House of Representatives passed a budget resolution that marks the beginning of efforts to reshape the Medicaid program.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt 🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
What’s your sign?
Someone in a crowd of people holding up a sign behind their back reading “Resistance is fertile.”
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Sonny J Wise @sonnyjane.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Aurora Levins Morales in her book, Kindling said "there is no neutral body from which our bodies deviate" and I would like to apply this to our minds. There is no neutral mind from which we deviate.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
KNOW YOUR
RIGHTS
IN CASE OF ICE:
CONOCE TUS DERECHOS
EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR.
ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge.
Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door.
NO ABRAS TU PUERTA.
ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.ASK THEM
TO LEAVE.
If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission.
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PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN.
Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.REMAIN SILENT.
You have the right to remain silent.
If the agents ask you questions, tell them,
"I wish to remain silent."
PERMANECE EN SILENCIO.
Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio.
Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles:
"Deseo permanecer en silencio".
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✨Glimmerati @glimmerati.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
File under: PHONE SCRIPTS Posting in the middle of the night so I don’t forget about it. They tally how many calls have been about what. Pretty flippin cool to see what people care about. 202-224-3121 is the main rep/senate switchboard fyi
5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 01/02/2025
I think countries around the world should levy tariffs specifically on Tesla in response to US tariffs, as well as banning Twitter as a national security threat driving a wedge between our co-dictators may be the most effective thing they can do
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
A little thing I wrote: www.neuroaffirminglmhc.com/blog/a-brave...
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Advocacy in the age of Trump — Nicole Baker, Neuroaffirming LMHC
What they’re trying to do to us and what we can do.
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José Ibáñez 🇵🇸 @jose-podunk.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
The other day I found this pic on the internet. Cant remember the author (sorry about that)
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aslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 01/02/2025
The ASAN’s Call To Action, how to tell your legislators to protect Medicaid! “In this action alert, we will give you information to make meeting with your legislators easier. This action alert will help you meet with your legislator’s office even if you have never done that before.”
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Tell Your Legislators: Protect Medicaid! - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Words to Know  Constituents– someone who lives in the place that their Representative represents. Constituents are the ones who vote for their Representative. District office– a legislator’s office in...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/01/2025
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
These aren’t just spiteful and reckless decisions he’s making that the next administration will have to waste their whole first year in office to undo, they have real consequences. What more is it going to take for people to admit he’s a danger to our country? apnews.com/article/coas...
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Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety advisory committee
President Donald Trump has moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security by firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up while...
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Remember this? At what point does it get to George Santos level of BS enough for just one Republican Congress person with an ounce of dignity to admit that they made a mistake and do something about this horror show? www.c-span.org/clip/campaig...
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Donald Trump Disavows Project 2025
"I'm not an extremist at all," says Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. He disavows Project 2025, saying the authors of the text are part of the far-right.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/01/2025
remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 29/01/2025
I have never seen anyone flip as quickly as Robert F. Kennedy did on the question of whether a woman has the right to control her own body.
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
@ranmc1215.bsky.social hello my friend! (It’s Nicole from the Depot)
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Kova𓍊☽𓋼 @twoshortswords.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Let's do an✨ART SHARE ✨ My first one this year! 🌿Artist, drop your art! 🌿Introduce yourself! 🌿Retweet and share (optional), support others ❌No N/F/Ts, No AI, keep it SFW. #artshare #art
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
@shannonmcooley.bsky.social hello my love. ❤️
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Nicole @neuroaffirminglmhc.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
The information from this research has been life changing for me. I hope it continues.
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