Chalice Math, LMHC
@chalicemath.bsky.social
🧚🏼♂️ Neuroqueer therapist | LMHC
🌿 Highly sensitive, Autistic, ADHD, Agender, Migraine disease
📍 Remote therapy | RI + MA
🌿 Highly sensitive, Autistic, ADHD, Agender, Migraine disease
📍 Remote therapy | RI + MA
Queer spaces in my teens and 20s weren’t always welcoming to trans people. By my late 20s, that started changing. Now a decade later, amid national backlash, many LGB folks are our strongest allies — but some still want to push us back to the margins.
February 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Queer spaces in my teens and 20s weren’t always welcoming to trans people. By my late 20s, that started changing. Now a decade later, amid national backlash, many LGB folks are our strongest allies — but some still want to push us back to the margins.
I’m in, are you in?
My wife and I finished all our shopping today. If you can, avoid making any purchases tomorrow. If you must spend, choose small businesses. This will send a powerful message to Trump and his friends. Thanks to the person who shared this with me—I’m all in. #EconomicBlackout #PeoplesUnionUSA
February 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I’m in, are you in?
People with ADHD don’t struggle with motivation because they’re lazy—it’s because the usual reward systems don’t click the same way. ‘Just push through’ advice lands about as well as a motivational poster in a waiting room. It’s not a character flaw. It’s how ADHD works.
February 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
People with ADHD don’t struggle with motivation because they’re lazy—it’s because the usual reward systems don’t click the same way. ‘Just push through’ advice lands about as well as a motivational poster in a waiting room. It’s not a character flaw. It’s how ADHD works.
Transitions can be hard for many autistic people—not because we’re unwilling to change, but because shifting from one state to another takes energy. Our brains need time to process, switch gears, and recalibrate. Predictability, preparation, and transition time can make all the difference.
February 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Transitions can be hard for many autistic people—not because we’re unwilling to change, but because shifting from one state to another takes energy. Our brains need time to process, switch gears, and recalibrate. Predictability, preparation, and transition time can make all the difference.
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Some days be like that.
February 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Some days be like that.
For many autistic people, routine isn’t about inflexibility—it’s about creating predictability in an unpredictable world. Knowing what to expect helps regulate the nervous system, making daily life feel calmer and more manageable. Routine isn’t a restriction; it’s a support.
February 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
For many autistic people, routine isn’t about inflexibility—it’s about creating predictability in an unpredictable world. Knowing what to expect helps regulate the nervous system, making daily life feel calmer and more manageable. Routine isn’t a restriction; it’s a support.
The link between gender and neurodivergence is striking. Autistic people are 6x more likely to be trans or nonbinary. ADHD is also more common among gender-diverse people. Maybe it’s not that neurodivergent people ‘reject norms’—but that we were never wired for them to begin with.
February 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The link between gender and neurodivergence is striking. Autistic people are 6x more likely to be trans or nonbinary. ADHD is also more common among gender-diverse people. Maybe it’s not that neurodivergent people ‘reject norms’—but that we were never wired for them to begin with.
Maybe your autistic friend is truly having a blast, you just can’t tell from their face. It is totally ok to ask if they’re enjoying themselves. Many autists don’t emote in the same ways. If you don’t ask, you’ll never know.
February 22, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Maybe your autistic friend is truly having a blast, you just can’t tell from their face. It is totally ok to ask if they’re enjoying themselves. Many autists don’t emote in the same ways. If you don’t ask, you’ll never know.
Sometimes ppl assume that telling me someone’s autistic tells me a lot about them, but the only thing I can assume is some kind of social deviation from NT norms. Everything else is a list of common traits they may or may not have—I know some will apply, but I have no way of knowing which.
February 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Sometimes ppl assume that telling me someone’s autistic tells me a lot about them, but the only thing I can assume is some kind of social deviation from NT norms. Everything else is a list of common traits they may or may not have—I know some will apply, but I have no way of knowing which.
Autistics are often seen as naive. But many of us are deeply perceptive—we just expect honesty because we communicate that way. It’s not that we don’t know deception exists; it’s that we don’t always anticipate or catch it in real-time.
February 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Autistics are often seen as naive. But many of us are deeply perceptive—we just expect honesty because we communicate that way. It’s not that we don’t know deception exists; it’s that we don’t always anticipate or catch it in real-time.
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1. Despite Republican attacks in recent years, America is queerer than ever before.
LGBTQ+ identification has risen to 9.3% in the last Gallup Poll, a huge jump from 7.6% last year.
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LGBTQ+ identification has risen to 9.3% in the last Gallup Poll, a huge jump from 7.6% last year.
I cover the latest numbers in my story.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Despite Republican Attacks, Americans Are Queerer Than Ever In Latest Poll
According to a Gallup Poll released on Thursday, more Americans identify as LGBTQ+ than ever before, despite heavy attacks from right-wing politicians.
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February 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Morning - Rise up & resist! Today, let's focus on what we can control. Remembering that our purpose fuels our resilience & resistance.
They want us to be fearful; worrying about the future. Bc in fear, we're not living in the moment. We're unable to help now when we're spiraling.
#tgif
They want us to be fearful; worrying about the future. Bc in fear, we're not living in the moment. We're unable to help now when we're spiraling.
#tgif
February 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Morning - Rise up & resist! Today, let's focus on what we can control. Remembering that our purpose fuels our resilience & resistance.
They want us to be fearful; worrying about the future. Bc in fear, we're not living in the moment. We're unable to help now when we're spiraling.
#tgif
They want us to be fearful; worrying about the future. Bc in fear, we're not living in the moment. We're unable to help now when we're spiraling.
#tgif
Medical gender transition isn’t one path, one set of steps, or one experience. It’s a set of choices—deeply personal, sometimes messy, and never as linear as people think.
February 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Medical gender transition isn’t one path, one set of steps, or one experience. It’s a set of choices—deeply personal, sometimes messy, and never as linear as people think.
What a great visual map for anyone new to neurodiversity terms ☀️
February 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
What a great visual map for anyone new to neurodiversity terms ☀️
When high-masking autistic people start to struggle, our autistic traits may become more visible. It’s not that we’re suddenly “acting different”—we’re just less able to hide our differences.
February 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
When high-masking autistic people start to struggle, our autistic traits may become more visible. It’s not that we’re suddenly “acting different”—we’re just less able to hide our differences.
About 7.6% of U.S. adults are LGBTQ+, with 0.5–1.6% identifying as trans. Around 6–7% have ADHD, and 2.2% are autistic. But many LGBTQ+ folks, ADHDers, and autistic adults aren’t counted—whether closeted, undiagnosed, misdiagnosed, or staying off the radar.
February 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
About 7.6% of U.S. adults are LGBTQ+, with 0.5–1.6% identifying as trans. Around 6–7% have ADHD, and 2.2% are autistic. But many LGBTQ+ folks, ADHDers, and autistic adults aren’t counted—whether closeted, undiagnosed, misdiagnosed, or staying off the radar.
Highly recommend Devon Price’s Substack for deep, insightful essays on gender and autism. Their writing always leaves me with new perspectives and reflections.
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February 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Highly recommend Devon Price’s Substack for deep, insightful essays on gender and autism. Their writing always leaves me with new perspectives and reflections.
open.substack.com/pub/drdevonp...
open.substack.com/pub/drdevonp...
The term “meltdown” comes from nuclear reactors—an overload so extreme the core fails. Autistic meltdowns work the same way: not a tantrum, not a choice, just a nervous system pushed past its limit.
February 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The term “meltdown” comes from nuclear reactors—an overload so extreme the core fails. Autistic meltdowns work the same way: not a tantrum, not a choice, just a nervous system pushed past its limit.
If gender norms disappeared tomorrow, some people would stay exactly the same. Others would shift, expand, let go. Either way, I think the world would feel a little lighter.
February 18, 2025 at 5:09 AM
If gender norms disappeared tomorrow, some people would stay exactly the same. Others would shift, expand, let go. Either way, I think the world would feel a little lighter.
Many assume that autistics think only in black and white, but in my experience, autistic thought can be some of the most nuanced and thorough I’ve ever seen.
February 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Many assume that autistics think only in black and white, but in my experience, autistic thought can be some of the most nuanced and thorough I’ve ever seen.
My phone really needs a volume setting between “barely audible” and “completely silent.”
February 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
My phone really needs a volume setting between “barely audible” and “completely silent.”
Being trans in public is a constant equation: how much do I share, how much do I withhold, and what’s the cost?
February 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Being trans in public is a constant equation: how much do I share, how much do I withhold, and what’s the cost?
The term “high masking” is interesting. There’s high, low— what about medium? It also doesn’t clarify how much is conscious concealment vs. automatic compensation, or where the line even is. What do you think someone means when they say they’re high masking?
February 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The term “high masking” is interesting. There’s high, low— what about medium? It also doesn’t clarify how much is conscious concealment vs. automatic compensation, or where the line even is. What do you think someone means when they say they’re high masking?
This hits hard. Hyper-individualism often isolates us when what we truly need is connection. We are all in this together. #Community #Humanity
Please stop believing we don’t owe each other anything. We owe each other so much! We owe each other love, equity, understanding, community, compassion, and much more. Don’t let this toxic hyper individualism cut you off from humanity. We’re all connected. We all need each other.
February 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This hits hard. Hyper-individualism often isolates us when what we truly need is connection. We are all in this together. #Community #Humanity