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Kory Andreas LCSW-C
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Unmasking Retreat
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"I Wish Therapists Knew..." project
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What is Autism?
You "Can't Be Autistic"
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Playground small talk: “Aww, is she in soccer yet?” Me: Mentally preparing a 3-minute explanation of what low-demand parenting is while running on coffee and chaos. We are not the same. Parenting a PDA or highly sensitive Neurodivergent
Could I clear something up for the people who know the least and shout the loudest about Autism? Autism is not a bandwagon. No one wakes up and says, “You know what would make life easier? A stigmatized neurodevelopmental label. Come here kid
“You are the best thing that has ever happened to you.” — Andrea Gibson That line hits especially hard after an Autism assessment. Because in those quiet moments after the appointment, after the validation, so many people go strai
“Can you take this on?” Me: “Sounds great!” Also me, 2 minutes later: Googling 47 things, internally screaming, and preparing to avoid follow-up emails for eternity. It’s not that we’re lazy or disinterested. Aut
Our next Neurodivergent Adventure is almost here! Join us next weekend at the Severna Park Library with the amazing Maggie Bell-Walker from The Life Skills Spot to explore Occupational Therapy for Autistic adults. It’s FREE, it’s communi
Yes, your parents did it differently. They didn’t know what we know now. We didn’t understand high-masking Autism. We didn’t talk about emotional invalidation. We definitely weren’t talking about PDA profiles or nervous system
People say Autistic folks can’t or don’t make eye contact. We can. We just had to learn to, because “good eye contact” is somehow the gold standard of being a decent human. But let’s be clear: it’s not free. When