Katie Keech
@keechmft.bsky.social
Multiply neurodivergent plural therapist who works with folks others have said are "too much." Sometimes speaker / trainer. Sister of Perpetual Indulgence. Mostly a dork. Co-founder of The Refractory : https://powertotheplurals.com/refractory/
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Katie Keech
@keechmft.bsky.social
· Nov 29
Hi new followers! My feed is a jumble of queer / trans activism, AuDHD streams of thought, focus on my special interest in plurality/ neurodivergence/ cptsd & supporting non pathology of mental health through boosting lived experience perspectives. All sprinkled w/ a confetti of animal photos.
Anyone interested in adopting this dog so I can visit? I promises my dog no new dogs. *sigh*
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Anyone interested in adopting this dog so I can visit? I promises my dog no new dogs. *sigh*
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Our calls & outrage are working! Sen Kaine, Rosen, Shaneen & Hassan said if they hear from more of their constituents, they could change their votes from a yes to a no. Rs may not be voting for this bill also, so call your R senators too. Keep the phone calls coming bc it’s working! 202-224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Our calls & outrage are working! Sen Kaine, Rosen, Shaneen & Hassan said if they hear from more of their constituents, they could change their votes from a yes to a no. Rs may not be voting for this bill also, so call your R senators too. Keep the phone calls coming bc it’s working! 202-224-3121
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Bernie - "If this resolution passes, we will be throwing 15 million of our fellow Americans off their health insurance.... Studies show that if we throw 15M off health insurance, 50k will die."
He also argued that the vote the GOP has offered is meaningless.
He also argued that the vote the GOP has offered is meaningless.
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Bernie - "If this resolution passes, we will be throwing 15 million of our fellow Americans off their health insurance.... Studies show that if we throw 15M off health insurance, 50k will die."
He also argued that the vote the GOP has offered is meaningless.
He also argued that the vote the GOP has offered is meaningless.
I honestly think that social media has done more to normalize and educate around multiplicity than all the decades of clinical publications on the subject.
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I honestly think that social media has done more to normalize and educate around multiplicity than all the decades of clinical publications on the subject.
I sincerely hope that everyone who got SNAP benefits for November has already spent them. This is beyond ridiculous.
JUST IN: The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via SNAP.
Trump tells states to 'immediately undo' steps to fund November SNAP benefits
The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via SNAP.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I sincerely hope that everyone who got SNAP benefits for November has already spent them. This is beyond ridiculous.
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9. The ACLU posted a response to the ruling on Bluesky indicating that trans people should hold off trying to update passports.
bsky.app/profile/aclu...
bsky.app/profile/aclu...
This fight isn't over. Our case challenging President Trump's executive order will still move forward.
In the meantime anyone who applies for a new, corrected, or replacement passport, or for a passport renewal, is at risk of having their passport issued bearing the sex they were assigned at birth.
In the meantime anyone who applies for a new, corrected, or replacement passport, or for a passport renewal, is at risk of having their passport issued bearing the sex they were assigned at birth.
November 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
9. The ACLU posted a response to the ruling on Bluesky indicating that trans people should hold off trying to update passports.
bsky.app/profile/aclu...
bsky.app/profile/aclu...
This extremely large book store im Connecticut has books, cats and goats.
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This extremely large book store im Connecticut has books, cats and goats.
I wrote another nearly complete chapter while on a plane ride. So... if I continously book plane travel, writing books is a cinch!
*70 thousand dollars later*
*70 thousand dollars later*
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I wrote another nearly complete chapter while on a plane ride. So... if I continously book plane travel, writing books is a cinch!
*70 thousand dollars later*
*70 thousand dollars later*
Oh... so now Trump just doesn't want to pay Snap at all. And he's made antisemitic remarks. Cool cool.
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Oh... so now Trump just doesn't want to pay Snap at all. And he's made antisemitic remarks. Cool cool.
Guacamole and chips is not different from avocado toast in the morning. Prove me wrong.
November 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Guacamole and chips is not different from avocado toast in the morning. Prove me wrong.
So the administration will send out only half of November's SNAP, but it might take months to go out even though that didn't occur in 2017. And they won't let states fund SNAP, and they are sending threatening letters out to grocery stores that are offering to feed people. Huh....
November 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
So the administration will send out only half of November's SNAP, but it might take months to go out even though that didn't occur in 2017. And they won't let states fund SNAP, and they are sending threatening letters out to grocery stores that are offering to feed people. Huh....
New plural / DID/ OSDD gender affirmative care research paper just dropped! Most of the authors are lived experience researchers and Refractory members. Some may remember the Turell et al paper called "It's Just a Body"?
This is part 2 w/ Silver as lead
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
This is part 2 w/ Silver as lead
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Reaching internal consensus: Decision-making by transgender and plural people
People who identify as both transgender and plural (more than one person sharing a body), including those with a diagnosis of Dissociative Identity Disorder, make decisions related to gender identity ...
journals.plos.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
New plural / DID/ OSDD gender affirmative care research paper just dropped! Most of the authors are lived experience researchers and Refractory members. Some may remember the Turell et al paper called "It's Just a Body"?
This is part 2 w/ Silver as lead
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
This is part 2 w/ Silver as lead
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Someone tried to shame me as not "normal" for caring about and living in an urban area of CA. I tried a game where I tested their use of "normal" by saying normal is derived from white supremacy concepts. And he did not disappoint. Completely mask off with all the racism and saying something
November 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Someone tried to shame me as not "normal" for caring about and living in an urban area of CA. I tried a game where I tested their use of "normal" by saying normal is derived from white supremacy concepts. And he did not disappoint. Completely mask off with all the racism and saying something
Some good news about SNAP today. It might get appealed, but that's just going to look particularly terrible in terms of optics for the far right.
October 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Some good news about SNAP today. It might get appealed, but that's just going to look particularly terrible in terms of optics for the far right.
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No, ABA therapy is NOT the gold standard for supporting autistic children: “Those studies that report children making long-term gains in functioning are of middling scientific quality, casting doubt on the therapy’s status as an authoritative treatment.”
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/03/when...
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/03/when...
October 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
No, ABA therapy is NOT the gold standard for supporting autistic children: “Those studies that report children making long-term gains in functioning are of middling scientific quality, casting doubt on the therapy’s status as an authoritative treatment.”
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/03/when...
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/03/when...
There's an app you can download called Too Good To Go. It's across the United States. It's supported mostly by small local stores. If you're on, you sign up for a mystery box of whatever food or bread for a fraction of the cost they sell it for. This goes for meals as well. It helps them stay
October 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
There's an app you can download called Too Good To Go. It's across the United States. It's supported mostly by small local stores. If you're on, you sign up for a mystery box of whatever food or bread for a fraction of the cost they sell it for. This goes for meals as well. It helps them stay
For folks struggling and in need of food assistance: If you're in the U.S. and you have a qualifying disability that impacts your diet, you might qualify for Foodbox as it's paid for by insurance and delivered. Medicare is a participant.
projectfoodbox.org
projectfoodbox.org
Revolutionize Your Health with Our Nutritious Food Box Programs
Transform your health with our nutritious food box programs. Our food-as-medicine approach delivers fresh, healthy meals directly to your door
projectfoodbox.org
October 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
For folks struggling and in need of food assistance: If you're in the U.S. and you have a qualifying disability that impacts your diet, you might qualify for Foodbox as it's paid for by insurance and delivered. Medicare is a participant.
projectfoodbox.org
projectfoodbox.org
I feel like the frozen water is all up in the bay area right now specifically to f with our legendary Dia de Los Muertos festivals
October 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I feel like the frozen water is all up in the bay area right now specifically to f with our legendary Dia de Los Muertos festivals
New autism assessment just dropped. The CATI says it has worked to erase the bias towards white cis men that most other autism assessments have had. See what you think?
www.cati-autism.com
www.cati-autism.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
New autism assessment just dropped. The CATI says it has worked to erase the bias towards white cis men that most other autism assessments have had. See what you think?
www.cati-autism.com
www.cati-autism.com
Guys wanting a MPDG, until they actually land one & she's a they/them that doesn't just play the ukulele, but will infodump the entire history of the ukulele, no won't go natural w/ hair color & will embed sparkles in everything you own. Also digestive issues. www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
October 25, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Guys wanting a MPDG, until they actually land one & she's a they/them that doesn't just play the ukulele, but will infodump the entire history of the ukulele, no won't go natural w/ hair color & will embed sparkles in everything you own. Also digestive issues. www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
If you're a gov. worker who cannot make rent this month due to the shutdown, there's organizations that will help for a month. You can go to CatholicCharities (they help everyone regardless of faith) or there's County gov programs will also do this and you can call 211.
October 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you're a gov. worker who cannot make rent this month due to the shutdown, there's organizations that will help for a month. You can go to CatholicCharities (they help everyone regardless of faith) or there's County gov programs will also do this and you can call 211.
Needing food assistance isn't partisan. I don't think they calculated just how hard this will hit businesses as well. In 2017 emergency funds were appropriated for snap during the shutdown. The Republicans just refuse to allow this. It's giving: "If you don't do what I want, I'll starve the kids"
The shutdown cliff that could hit Dems hard: SNAP, which helps feed more than 40 million people, will start to run out of funds Nov. 1.
The shutdown cliff that could hit Democrats hard
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps feed more than 40 million people, will start to run out of funds Nov. 1.
www.politico.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Needing food assistance isn't partisan. I don't think they calculated just how hard this will hit businesses as well. In 2017 emergency funds were appropriated for snap during the shutdown. The Republicans just refuse to allow this. It's giving: "If you don't do what I want, I'll starve the kids"
There's some folks reporting that they are getting notices that if snap left on cards isn't used up by Nov 1st, the gov is taking that money back. Which is wild. So if you're on benefits, please plan accordingly for food purchases.
October 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
There's some folks reporting that they are getting notices that if snap left on cards isn't used up by Nov 1st, the gov is taking that money back. Which is wild. So if you're on benefits, please plan accordingly for food purchases.
Reposted by Katie Keech
#Allistic people rarely, if ever, wonder if they are #autistic. Seriously.
If you often think you might be autistic, hit this place up and take the actual tests that PsyD's use to assess. If the numbers support you, time to consider whether or not you need a formal diagnosis (self-DX is valid).
If you often think you might be autistic, hit this place up and take the actual tests that PsyD's use to assess. If the numbers support you, time to consider whether or not you need a formal diagnosis (self-DX is valid).
October 30, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Sometimes I look at my dog and think about the fact that I could have had two whole zpod beds *sigh*. But his thyroid surgery was worth it.
October 24, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Sometimes I look at my dog and think about the fact that I could have had two whole zpod beds *sigh*. But his thyroid surgery was worth it.