Stop Trying to Be Consistent — Business Advice for Autistic & AuDHD Business Owners
“Just be consistent!” might be the worst business advice for Autistic & AuDHD entrepreneurs. Here’s why.
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Decolonization Work
for Autistics
- Do you find that the more you learn about your neurodivergence, the harder it gets to pretend the systems you’re living inside are neutral?
- Do you find yourself grieving not just a late autism identification, but an entire life organized around performing for systems that were built to exclude you? Do you wonder who you would be if you had never had to?
- Are you done contorting yourself to meet standards that were designed by and for a very narrow kind of person? Are you ready to discover what happens if you stop?
Quick definition: decolonization work for Autistics
Deconstructing the colonized, capitalist, ableist, white supremacist, neuro-normative biased, patriarchal, and traumatized messages we were trained to believe, that aren’t true, weren’t designed for your brain, and are not serving most people.
If you recognized yourself in any of these, you don’t have to keep figuring it out alone.
I’ve walked this road myself, and that’s why I’ve put together resources, tools, and answers to support you in making it better.
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Free workshop on creating income on your own terms for Autistics
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Alternative, Sustainable Income Sources for Autistics and AuDHDers
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