Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate

🧠Autistic Advocate, Speaker, & Therapist
️Netflix's Love On The Spectrum
📖Author of ✨Life on the Bridge✨

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

Why is everyone shocked by this? Seems pretty expected to me. 😒

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

The effort required of neurodivergent adults to maintain employment, relationships, and households can stay very visible and very manual.

That can create the constant feeling of:
▪️“I should have figured this out by now.”

▪️“Any minute, someone is ...

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

🔴 5 Reasons Periods are WORSE for Autistic People…

I’m sharing this post a second time because this is a subject that needs to be talked about more! Knowing WHY periods are harder won’t fix everything, but awareness is the first step towards action....

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

Research consistently shows that 50–80% of autistic people experience significant sleep issues.

Some fall asleep, but wake up repeatedly throughout the night,
and others may wake up ungodly early and don’t go back to sleep.

And some of us cycle thr...

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

📺 I was on season 1 of Love On The Spectrum and I’m spilling the tea by answering YOUR 🫵🏻 most frequently asked questions!

I’m so excited to watch season 4 this week! 🤩

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

I really feel like my position on the bridge between the worlds of autistic people, and those who support us…is truly meant to be. 💕

Happy Autism Month!

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

I talked about why I wasn’t back on later seasons of Love on the Spectrum.

This was the @. and it’s one of my favorite interviews I’ve ever done!

If you want to hear the full story, click the link in my profile to listen for free! 💙

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

Autistic folks tend to respond to the exact words that are spoken.

Clarity is Kindness = saying EXACTLY what you mean.

These shirts are an ACTIONABLE reminder of how to navigate autistic communication…perfect for autism acceptance month!

All proce...

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

Sometimes the experience on the other side of the meltdown is worth the tears.

In this life, difficulty is the cost of access.

By now, most people have heard the advice, “do it scared”
and while it’s probably become a cliche…it’s still something I ...

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

Autism sometimes means noticing what’s happening…but missing the contextual rules around it.

The result can look like: being unapologetically authentic…at all times, in all places, with all people.

Sometimes it’s endearing.
Other times it’s challen...

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

🤒 I got gastroenteritis while traveling and I have never been this sick in my adult life.

I went straight from the airport to urgent care. ✈️ ➡️ 🏥

When my friend Colby found out, he became REALLY concerned.

I’m sharing to show that just because so...

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

I feel silly for getting excited about this 😢

CBS had 6 books on the shelf and only talked about 5. They skipped mine even though it tops the charts on Amazon.

All I’ve ever wanted with Life on the Bridge was to be able to help as many people under...

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

⚠️ This is a think piece, and I come to you...in peace ✌🏻💚

You’re NOT wrong or bad if you’ve ever wished to see the autistic experience first-hand.

My point is: Understand that the experience isn’t soft or gentle.

For autistic adults with high sup...

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

Neurodivergent people: PLEASE steal this sensory hack!

Find ways to save your sensory tolerance for the things you need and stop wasting it on little things ❤️‍🩹

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

People like to point out “contradictions” in autism… but most of the time, they’re not actually “contradictions”…they’re ✨complexities✨

A lot of autistic traits are contextual and depend on things like control, sensory input, and interest.

▪️Loud e...

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

I’ve said things online that didn’t land the way I hoped.

At times, I’ve explained things poorly, or incompletely.

And I’ve even spoken without fully understanding something.🫣

Online, you can spend years showing people who you are and when one thi...

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

As a kid, I’d follow my mom around and talk AT her CONSTANTLY.

I infodumped about every interest and random fact. I shared every thought that crossed my brain.

Looking back, I’m sure it probably seemed excessive from the outside.

But on the inside...

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

When the autistic brain stops letting new information in or out (shutdown)…
here’s 2 ways to bring it back online:

▪️Offer non-verbal choices

This could mean bringing the physical objects to the person and letting them point to the one they want.

...

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

I don’t seem to fit in with much of what could be considered “autistic culture.”

That said, there’s a lot more to autism than just the quirks commonly highlighted online.

As they say; if you’ve met ONE autistic person, you’ve met ONE autistic perso...

[Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate @kaelynnvp]

I see it all the time. An autistic kid makes a request, and instead of getting what they asked for, they’re told to try again.

Say it in a full sentence.
Say it nicely.
Say it louder.
Pronounce it correctly.

I understand the goal. We want kids to c...