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

It’s not that autistic people don’t know how to join a conversation.

It’s that people stop listening the moment we do.

We become background noise in our own lives.

Until someone else repeats what we've said - louder, safer, non-autistic.

Then it's "brilliant".

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 58m

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

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the audhd experience workshop - starts this november

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

You just realised you’re autistic.

Everything suddenly makes sense - and nothing does.

My 5-week workshop is for newly identified autistic adults who want to understand their needs, unmask safely,
and start building a life that fits.

www.theautisticcoach.com/newly-diagno...

newly identified autistics workshop starting october 21

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 3d

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.

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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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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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

There aren't enough spaces for autistic trans folx

Come join us on November 18 as we dig into SELF-CARE.

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

Autistic humans speak.

We say what we mean.

Clearly.

And still - people don’t hear us.

Not because we’re quiet.

But because they only listen for a tone that sounds like them.

So we get quieter.

Not out of shyness.

Out of exhaustion.

Out of apathy.

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 5h

You’re not too much.

You’re not behind.

You’re not broken.

You’re autistic.

And I’ve built spaces where that’s not only accepted - it’s honored.

www.theautisticcoach.com/

The #ActuallyAutistic Coach | Autistic Life Coach | Autistic Peer Support Coach

The #ActuallyAutistic Coach is an autism life coach for autistic people with a focus on personal and career development. My mission is to empower my fellow autistic and neurodivergent people by working to uncover and mask, revealing our best selves. Being autistic myself provides me with a greater i

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 5h

Autistic burnout isn’t failure.

It’s exhaustion from surviving too long in a world that won’t bend.

If you’re in your 20s or 30s and want to talk about it with others who get it - I’m running a free discussion group.

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

free autistic discusion and affirmation circle - 20 and 30s somethings - october 20 5pm gmt

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 6h

We trauma dump.

We demand care.

We mistake shared identity for consent.

But that’s not community care.

That’s reenacting the harm.

Safety isn’t built through collapse.

It’s built through boundaries.

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 6h

Many autistic people were trained to be everyone’s emotional sponge.

The listener.

The fixer.

The one who holds everyone else together.

So when we finally find other autistic people - we sometimes repeat the pattern.

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

I’m hosting a free discussion group on autistic burnout for adults in their 20s and 30s

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

Come chat autistic burnout in a safe and supportive online discussion group on October 20

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The #ActuallyAutistic Coach

Schedule your appointment online The #ActuallyAutistic Coach

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

You just realised you’re autistic.

Everything suddenly makes sense - and nothing does.

My 5-week workshop is for newly identified autistic adults who want to understand their needs, unmask safely,
and start building a life that fits.

www.theautisticcoach.com/newly-diagno...

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

You weren’t lazy.

You were exhausted.

You weren’t unmotivated.

You were in burnout.

You weren’t “too sensitive".

You were under-supported.

Now you’re rebuilding.

At your own pace.

And that’s beautiful.

That's the autistic experience.

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

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 · 20h

Come chat autistic burnout in a safe and supportive online discussion group on October 20

theautisticcoach.as.me/autistic-30-...

The #ActuallyAutistic Coach

Schedule your appointment online The #ActuallyAutistic Coach

theautisticcoach.as.me

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

Performance is not connection.

Relationships only can exist in truth.

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

You don’t need to be less autistic.

You need support that understands how you actually work.

My 1:1 coaching isn’t about “fixing” you — it’s about learning to live as you are, sustainably.

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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 coachi...

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 21h

It’s one thing to learn you’re autistic.

It’s another to live it.

If you’ve known for years but never had space to process it, my 5-week autistic-led workshop is that space.

No fixing.

No performance.

Just returning to yourself.

The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 10d

Understanding that you're autistic later in life is both a blessing and pain.

Come join me and others in 5 weeks of self-discovery, grace, and community.

My new workshop begins in October.

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

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

You experience meltdowns and shutdowns all the time.

You may be in autistic burnout as you read this.

But do you know what *they are*? How to manage them with *grace*?

Come join me at my upcoming virtual live workshop!

www.theautisticcoach.com/autism-educa...

a photos of Paris and the word - MELTDOWNS. THEY ARE ARE A RESULT OF YOUR NEEDS NOT BEING MET.

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

What’s your autistic anthem?

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

There aren't enough spaces for autistic trans folx

Come join us on November 18 as we dig into SELF-CARE.

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

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

Most autistic people think they’re “getting worse”.

You’re not.

You’re burning out - from masking, overthinking, and trying to earn safety in a system that withholds it.

You can recover.

But only by learning how to stop negotiating with a world that keeps asking for your disappearance.

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

Being autistic often feels like standing in a room and slowly fading out.

You speak - and nothing lands.

People nod at others.

Never you.

They don’t hear you.

Literally.

It’s not misunderstanding.

It’s hierarchy.

They decided we weren’t important.

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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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