Recorded and originally aired: 19th of February 2022, 19:00 London GMT; 11:00 PST:
*The six common reactions of Autistic discovery: Chloe & Annette educate Aucademy*

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In this session, Chloe (she/they) and Annette (they/them) explain their six common reactions of Autistic discovery, and discuss with other Autistic people if the Autistic discovery journey model resonates with them, and why. The model was created to help Autistic people feel heard and validated that whatever thoughts and feelings they have about discovering they're Autistic, others have experienced them too. This isn't about grieving one's Autistic-ness, but holding space, without judgment, for those of us who may experience negative thinking and feelings about our discovery, and hoping to help people move toward embracing their Autistic selves. There are also those of us who experienced only positive thoughts and feelings about our discovery. And due to being complex human beings, there are those of us who have experienced both negative and positive responses. All reactions, responses, thoughts, feelings, and stages are valid.

"Through the patterns and similarities of our own discovery journey’s and that of the large number of Autistic people we’d supported, worked with, or were friends with we recognised a pattern and called it “Six common reactions during Autistic discovery”.

Most Autistic people we meet express experiences that relate to one or more of the six reactions, and we move through them, skip some, get stuck at some, and/or go back and forth while we progress on our life-long journey of Autistic self-discovery.

Whether discovered Autistic as a young person, in adulthood, or elderhood, or potentially revisiting the knowledge that you are Autistic some years after initial discovery, we all seem to experience one or more of five reactions: Denial; Anger; Bargaining; Depression; Acceptance.

It is always my [Chloe's] hope that every Autistic person reaches the sixth experience – Embracing – in their discovery journey."

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**Please note we are not clinicians or diagnosticians**

Dr Chloe Farahar (she/they) - Autistic academic, educator, and self-advocate

Dr Annette Foster (she/they) - Autistic academic (Autistic cultural studies; creative participatory practice), educator, & self-advocate

Jaesic Feathers (they/he) - Queer, disabled Autistic advocate, neurodivergent life coach, blogger, & community organizer
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Si/Northen Autie (he/they) - self-advocate, Aucademy groups lead, mayo-lover, & hater of stairs

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