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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they)

@theautisticcoach.bsky.social

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I build neuroaffirming communities by empowering my fellow autistic humans with advocacy & self-care tools for navigating an NT world based on productivism AuDHD ♾️ 🌀 דזשענדער־טרייף #POTS #Dyspraxia ♿️ theautisticcoach.com Also @autisticrabbi.bsky.social

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 2d

You’ve spent decades adapting.

Performing.

Surviving.

Now you finally know why - do you do with that truth?

www.theautisticcoach.com/late-diagnos...

late identified autistics workshop - starting ocotber 22

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 1d

You don’t need to be less autistic.

You need support that understands how you actually work.

My 1:1 peer-support coaching offers autistic-led guidance to help you unmask, and rebuild life around your actual needs.

www.theautisticcoach.com/autistic-pee...

Autistic Peer-Support Coaching | Autism Coaching for Professionals — The Autistic Coach

1:1 online coaching for autistic adults seeking neuro-affirming support, regulation, and balance. Sessions available worldwide and covered by Access to Work in the UK. Personalised autistic-led coaching to explore regulation, burnout, and authenticity.

www.theautisticcoach.com

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 20h

Autistic joy is radical.

Because it’s not about success or normalcy.

It’s about existing without shame.

It’s about your bodymind feeling safe enough to be loud, quiet, or still.

Embrace it 💙

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 7h

Shavua tov

Let’s learn together

The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 25d

Neuroqueer Talmud is back!

Come claim back your tradition as we learn about ableism, power dynamics, and oppression via a Jewish lens.

We will learn together over 5 weeks - all levels of learning welcome!

www.theautisticrabbi.com/autistic-tor...

neuroqueer talmud in green letters - ableism, power, and oppression in rabbinic literature - more info @autistic_rabbi - online - november 16 23 30 december 7 14

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 8h

Realising you’re autistic can change everything

Your past suddenly makes sense - but your future feels uncertain

My group for newly identified autistics is a 5-week space to understand your needs & start building a life that actually fits

www.theautisticcoach.com/new-autistic...

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 9h

Queer and autistic?

Looking for a safe digital space to connect with others?

Join us on december 2 as we dig into autistic masking & unmasking

www.theautisticcoach.com/autism-discu...

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 11h

You don’t need another productivity hack.

You need language for why everything feels like too much and not enough at once.

My AuDHD Workshop is a 5-week journey to explore and embrace your contradictions

www.theautisticcoach.com/audhd-group-...

the audhd experience workshop - starts this november

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 19h

Executive dysfunction is a term used to stigmatise and pathologise autistic dysregulation

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 12h

You spent decades adapting.

Performing. Surviving.

Now you finally know you’re autistic - but what do you do with that truth?

A 5-week space to unmask, rebuild, and begin living on your own terms.

www.theautisticcoach.com/late-identif...

late identified autistics workshop starting october 22

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 13h

Join me IN-PERSON in London in January for my seminar on autistic meltdowns, shutdowns, and burnout.

We will not just learn *what* they are, but how to *experience them with grace*

Followed by autistic friendly social time.

www.theautisticcoach.com/the-autistic...

Autistic Self-Advocacy & Care Seminar in London

Join the Autistic Coach for the Autistic Liberation Tour 2026—live events across Europe and the UK exploring autistic burnout, masking, shutdowns, inertia, boundaries, and more. Each stop includes a 2.5-hour seminar and optional small-group Deep Dive Circle. Accessible, honest, and grounded in commu

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 14h

Me too :)

The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 14h

What kind of bagel?

The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 14h

What kind of bagel?

The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 14h

Autistic decision-making isn’t just mental.

It’s sensory.

It’s relational.

It’s embodied.

Every option is a whole landscape we feel in our bodies - and sometimes, that’s too much to walk through alone.

We need support.

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 2d

You’ve spent decades adapting.

Performing.

Surviving.

Now you finally know why - do you do with that truth?

www.theautisticcoach.com/late-diagnos...

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 15h

Autism as a label didn’t emerge in a vacuum.

It was classified inside a system obsessed with purity - where “normal” meant white, Aryan, productive, obedient.

Eugenics wasn’t a hiccup of history - it’s the raison d’etre.

Autistic people have always been at the center of white supremacy’s ire.

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Jaime Hoerricks, PhD @jaimehoerricks.bsky.social · 18h

When autistic people define our own strengths, the record goes quiet. Not because we are voiceless, but because the research tradition still listens only for lack.

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Listening for the Absent Record: Autistic Strengths and the Silence of the Archive

Not a Lack of Strength, a Lack of Listening—Autism Research’s Hidden Deficit

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Jam Cession @jzooniverse.bsky.social · 17h

Saturday. October 11, 2025.
I wake up.
I go to Jean and ask: “Do we have any Tylenol? I’m not feeling as autistic today. Need to re-up”

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Pablo 🎧 @pabloista.bsky.social · 17h

Autism stereotypes are everywhere, online, in politics, even in activism.
If you’re kind, empathetic, progressive "that’s so autistic.”
If you’re cruel, selfish, or just don’t fit the narrative, suddenly, “you can’t be autistic.”
That’s not understanding. That’s branding. 1/4

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Eel-AIEEEE @elindur.at.app.wafrn.net · 16h

Still love that there's a reductress style publication aimed toward autistic people, I love these goofy articles and now for once there's an article that isn't a direct shot at my autistic ass 😂

The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 17h

Noot explained: “I’m a great friend to Paige. I’m very supportive of her work. I repost and reply to everything she says – much more than her supposed friends in real life.”

Autistic boomer man unaware he’s new female friend’s reply guy

An autistic man in his 60s who recently began communicating a well-known woman in her early 20s online is reportedly referring to her as his “good friend, Paige.” Robert Noot, 63, who followed…

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Allyship @allyship.bsky.social · 16h

She goes from “I really don't care, do u?” to phone calls with Putin. While her parents care for her son on the Spectrum, her husband is responsible for hundreds of thousands suffering.

Too bad they don't start with their Autistic son, because that may actually lead them on a path to empathy.

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Hugh Jass @raphaelcruz69420.bsky.social · 16h

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social @kenklippenstein.bsky.social www.fox26houston.com/news/missing... A missing autistic teen in Houston was found... in ICE custody. Family is reportedly still trying to get him back

Houston: Missing teen with autism reportedly in ICE custody

The family of a Houston teen who went missing tells FOX 26 that he had been in ICE custody for days.

www.fox26houston.com

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 1d

looking for a safe and supportive queer autistic space?

i'm hosting a free q&a and discussion on october 14

www.theautisticcoach.com/autism-discu...

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 17h

What’s your preferred same food?

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 18h

An inability to perform certain life tasks due to dysregulation from needs not being met

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 18h

Autistic truth makes people uncomfortable because it’s not performative.

We name what’s broken without decorating it.

It’s not rudeness.

It’s clarity.

And clarity is sacred.

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