Feeling distress or helplessness about the increasing polarities in the wider world? Read on for how I worked with my own internalized oppressors; doing so allowed me to resolve inner conflict and create room for ease in relationship with self and other. www.patriceriley.com/blog/transfo...

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New episode day! Autistic Stuff for Autistic People is talking about meltdowns, what they feel like and how they are different from tantrums. @autisticstuffpod.bsky.social @theautisticcoach.bsky.social @autisticjoy.bsky.social @autisticpresence.bsky.social www.spreaker.com/episode/melt...

This month’s essay is an exploration of getting to know my fawning part, and how doing so is a way for all of us to extract ourselves from the compliant populace necessary for fascism to take hold. #autism #IFS www.patriceriley.com/blog/befrien...

Holy shit. This legit gave me chills. Texas State Rep. Ann Johnson clapped back at GOP members amid Wednesday's redistricting vote. WHITE WOMEN, this is the model. We have more power than others. We are the last to be silenced. We have a responsibility to SPEAK so others are HEARD.

New episode from my other podcast about being autistic! www.spreaker.com/episode/reje... @theautisticcoach.bsky.social @autisticpresence.bsky.social @autisticjoy.bsky.social @autisticstuffpod.bsky.social

In our newest episode we explore RSD @autisticstuffpod.bsky.social @bestfirstchair.bsky.social @autisticjoy.bsky.social @autisticpresence.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2j6H...

I wrote about the internal complexity we contend with in the face of tragedies like the genocide in Palestine. Hear the perspective of my parts, how I earn their trust, and then allow their concerns & wisdom to inform how I take action to help. #IFS www.patriceriley.com/blog/parts-a...

my friend and colleague @autisticpresence.bsky.social has written a beautiful piece on what's coming up for so many of us in this current moment. www.patriceriley.com/blog/parts-a...

Are you looking for a neuro-affirming autistic peer-support coach? The Autistic Peer Support Coaching Collective has coaches all over the world and offers dozens of free support groups online every month. www.autisticcoaches.com

Did you know...? Autistic burnout is pervasive, long-term (3+ months) exhaustion, loss of function, and reduced tolerance to stimulus. It's described as being the result of chronic life stress and a mismatch of expectations and abilities without adequate supports. #iykyk

Why the “all autistic people lack empathy” narrative is wrong… Autistic people actually experience empathy in a wide range of ways E.g. a study in 2023 found: - many experience hyper-empathy - some experience low empathy - some experience empathy but find it difficult to understand or express

My monthly #Autism and the Menstrual Cycle Free Discussion Group meets this Saturday 06/21 on Zoom. Sign up: www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre... If you share the experiences of autism and menstruation: please join us in an opportunity to learn from each other, and to be seen, known, and valued.

Here’s my new blog post about using #IFS to get to know a legacy burden and heal from #autistic burnout: www.patriceriley.com/blog/who-is-...

I’ll be sending out my monthly newsletter tomorrow, with resources, offerings, and a new blog post about healing from #autistic burnout and intergenerational trauma. If you’d like to receive it, you can sign up on my website: www.patriceriley.com

My #Autistic Women Free Discussion Group will meet next Saturday, June 7. We’ll be reading and discussing an essay from Wired Our Own Way, an anthology of Irish autistic voices, called I Don’t Have A Defective Version of What You Have. Join us! www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre...

Many late discovered, highly masked #autistics know there’s a particular type of rage that comes with having an invisible disability that wasn’t diagnosed until later in life. (/1)

For #autistic people looking into workplace accommodations, Ask Jan is a helpful resource: askjan.org/disabilities...

Sometimes, despite all the planning, all the self-awareness, life happens. Plans change. All the spoons get used. & there’s nothing left for what you WANT to do. When this happens, I find a helpful practice is to name whose here. Welcome to the one who's pissed at missing out on fun plans (/1)

My monthly #Autism and the Menstrual Cycle Free Discussion Group meets this Saturday 05/17 on Zoom. Sign up: www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre... Join those who share the experiences of autism and menstruation in an opportunity to learn from each other, and to be seen, known, and valued.

Want to unmask (sometimes), but scared of losing your job or the people you depend on? Learn how to deal with anxiety so you can actually do that...without defaulting to people pleasing, or writing that off as a fantasy that's only available to other people. Start next week. buff.ly/cwlyHHe

If you’re walking around the world with an invisible disability (which is the lived experience for many late discovered and highly masked #autistic people), sometimes the kindest thing you can do for yourself is to simply pause and acknowledge that “This is really hard."

My Autistic Women Free Discussion Group meets this Saturday May 12 @ 10am PST on Zoom and there are a few spots left if you’d like to join. This week we’ll be continuing our conversation about how to handle sensory overload. To learn more and sign up: www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre...

Watching five seasons of All Creatures Great and Small on PBS over the last month or so was such a balm to my soul, and I am not exaggerating when I say that the gentleness and wholesomeness of this show was the counterbalance that allowed me to stay informed and engaged with the news.

Really appreciating this line from @govpritzker.illinois.gov's speech in New Hampshire this week: “#Autistic kids and adults who are loving contributors to our society don’t deserve to be stigmatized by a weird nepo baby who once stashed a dead bear in the backseat of his car.”

Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992. Was there a breast cancer epidemic?! NO. Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976. PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something. This is also about autism.

Seriously working our trauma recovery means not leaving our social media feed up to the algorithm. Purposefully curate your feed to include voices & perspectives that stabilize & educate you-- & exclude voices that needlessly trigger & distract you from your recovery goals.

💚 The # 1 way to build Safety & capacity In our nervous system (A *prerequisite* for integrating exiles) Is to set and maintain Healthy boundaries 💚 #skyifs #healthyboundaries #boundaries

I am autistic. I pay taxes, I have a job. I dated. I get the desire to push this narrative autistic people DO accomplish these to rebut Kennedy. But there was a time when I DID NOT have a job. And non-speaking autistic people or thise with intellectual disabilities don't. They have worth as well.

SOME AUTISTIC PEOPLE WILL NEVER PAY TAXES OR WRITE POEMS AND THAT’S OKAY. WE ARE ALLOWED TO EXIST WITHOUT CAVEATS OR JUSTIFICATIONS. MANY AUTISTIC PEOPLE ARE VERY CAPABLE AND TALENTED INDIVIDUALS, AND MANY STRUGGLE JUST TO SURVIVE. BOTH ARE AUTISTIC AND BOTH DESERVE DIGNITY AND HAPPINESS.

My #Autism and the Menstrual Free Discussion Group meets this Sat 4/19. It’s open to all who menstruate or have menstruated. You can sign up here: www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre... Read on for more description! (/1)

If you find you need more help these days, that makes A LOT of sense. All this uncertainty is hard for anyone to manage, and for #autistic ppl who naturally do better with consistency and routine, times like these can feel downright brutal to navigate. But you don’t have to do this alone. (1/)

I host an #Autistic Women Free Discussion Group monthly. We next meet on Saturday, April 12 @ 10am PST. 90 minutes, on Zoom, camera on or off is okay! Group size is 15 max; it’s a nice experience. To sign up: www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre...

It’s Autism “Awareness” Day again. A day built on pity, pathology, and performative blue lights. A day that centers parents, not autistic humans. A day where we’re either inspiration or tragedy - never real humans.

Agreed, and the more we amplify what Booker is doing, the more we make it matter, in public perception and as an example to other elected officials. On the other hand, the more we disparage and tear it down, the more we make it not matter. It's not all up to him.

Being autistic can mean we’re used to being told that who we are and how we do things is not okay But WE can be the ones to give our parts the care we didn’t receive Some questions to ask our parts who feel dismissed: (/1)

Are you an autistic woman or non-binary person living in a marginalized body - queer, fat, BIPOC, visibly disabled? You deserve a space to exhale. Join @autisticjoy.bsky.social for Flourishing while Marginalized - a 5-week workshop for deep connection, reflection, and growth.

As #autistic people, our depth of processing often means that what happens in the world affects us profoundly on an emotional level I have found that it’s helpful to spend some time each day to be with the parts of me who have intense reactions to the news (/1)

Many of us who are #autistic - feeling othered, different, in the minority – might have exiled parts inside ourselves who feel rejected. We might have developed various parts who’ve tried to protect us against ever feeling rejected again (/1)

The Radical Model of Disability is the way forward and says that our bodyminds aren’t broken. We’re disabled by capitalism, ableism, and the systems that treat care as shameful and independence as moral. Disability isn’t the problem - the world that refuses to hold us is.

Happening this weekend! Hosted by the fantastic @autisticpresence.bsky.social www.patriceriley.com/autistic-pre...

Grateful to share about my #autistic perimenopause journey thus far on Sam Galloway's Substack today samgallowayaudhd.substack.com/p/the-auti-p...

As an #autistic person, one thing that's been helpful for me when I feel resistance to a next step, is to ask the part who feels resistance what its concerns are and then to validate those concerns. (1/)

Being Self-led does not mean not having an opinion, being neutral in conflicts, not setting boundaries. #IFS #SkyIFS

A free space for autistic women led by autistic women patriceriley.com @autisticpresence.bsky.social

If you’re new to understanding autism or wanting to learn more, this is the space for your

Being an #autistic woman with a menstrual cycle means that my needs and abilities tend to fluctuate at different phases of my cycle (1/3)

I'm really enjoying season 3 of Somebody Somewhere on HBO. As a sensitive #autistic, I find most tv/movies too loud, violent, and upsetting. But this show is so....gentle. I love how it's mostly about friendships and how to be authentic in them. Anyone have recs of shows with a similar tone?

I've learned through my IFS practice that there's a connection between my autistic hyper-empathy and my tendency to sometimes caretake or control others. 1/3