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Jacquelyn Fede

Jacquelyn Fede

Assistant Research Professor of Psychology at University of Rhode Island and co-founder of Autism Level Up, a developmental psychologist and autistic self-advocate

Jun 14, 2026

2:35
So I suppose just to ask yourselves then, in relation to the energy framework, I suppose, where did this whole concept come from? So if you'd like to, would you like to chit chat a little bit about how this framework came together or how you, I suppose, move towards this concept of energy regulation? It's a great question.
2:50
Yeah, it really starts from kind of my own autistic burnout, to be honest.
2:57
I went through a time where I had my childhood.
3:02
My life was a great lineup for my autistic profile.
3:06
My school, I played very high level soccer.
3:09
I was a goalkeeper.
3:10
I like threw myself into the ground hundreds of times a day over and over, which for me was great.

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13:40
But I just wonder if, like for people listening being like but how does like so I have this here as well for him so or for anyone say supporting him I don't know if you see that but I suppose my question to you is where does that conceptualisation come from because it's so clever and like so like intuitive for everyone like

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