Inciting Autistic Wellbeing
Dr Simone Kolysh will deliver a talk on how to heal and unmask through BDSM for Autistic people.
This session is about:
* How trauma (sexual or otherwise) in an ableist world leads to autistic masking & burnout when people come into their gender and sexuality earlier on in life and as adults.
* Exploring BDSM authentically to help autistic people unmask and heal from trauma and burnout through solo or partnered play.
* Being mindful of pitfalls and misconceptions surrounding BDSM and taking an intersectional lens to unmasking and healing that is often missed in similar discussions.
This will be followed by a Q&A session and discussion. Please submit discussion questions beforehand if you can as these will be the first introduced.
What to Bring:
No resources needed
Submit discussion questions beforehand if you can
Karen Noble
she/her
Autistic, ADHD, PDA
Karen is a late diagnosed AuDHDer with C-PTSD, GAD, from a multigenerational, multiply neurodivergent family with 3 ND young adult children. Karen has 30+ years of clinical experience working in areas of diagnostics, oncological therapy and research in the public sector, and for the past 10 years in pathology collection for the private sector. For much of her parenting journey Karen felt isolated. Since recognising her AuDHD, she has been on a new path advocating for system changes in education, learning all she can about neurodiversity and healing while rewriting the narratives of her life. Noblekinnections is her passion project where she shares her lived experience, supports and mentors peers and continues to rewrite her own story while helping others. Social justice doing through peer work with a Narrative approach has become her latest passion.
NobleKinnections
Dr Simone Kolysh
they/them
AuDHD
Dr. Simone Kolysh is the founder of Defiant Life Coaching, where they empower neurodivergent, LGBTQ, and marginalized individuals to live unapologetic lives and speak truth to power.
As a late-identified AuDHD, non-binary lesbian parent of four, Dr. Kolysh brings a deep understanding of the unique challenges faced by those who are multiply marginalized.
With backgrounds in Biology, Public Health, and Sociology, they coach clients through a trauma-informed, harm-reduction, and anti-oppression lens, accepting everyone where they are without pressure or judgment.