With that in mind, what would you say autistic people should understand about power dynamics and how that awareness might benefit them?

Yeah, that is an absolutely fantastic question.

You know, there, there, I was listening to, I was listening about how the Autism Self-Advocacy Network is no longer, no longer has a seat at the table with the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee.

That's a lot of words, but That agency, it determines, you know, basically how the research dollars for autism, you know, should be spent, for autism research should be spent.

And, you know, the very fact that the Autism Self-Advocacy Network no longer has a seat at that table where powerful decisions are being made tells you a lot just from the very top about how... how autistic people do and do not have power.

That is the self-advocacy network is really a big part of our voice and making sure that autistic adults are heard and that our priorities are there.

So from a very top, we are really struggling in power dynamics, but this trickles down to every part of our lives.

What do you want people to know about the podcast?

You know, I remember, I remember ta- talking to someone that I knew about things that were going on and, and as I was talking about some of the things, they literally were saying like, "Be careful."

She survived a period of homelessness as a teenager and then became a semi-professional pool player.

So what I did instead was I carried around a big bag, big old bag.

I had changes of clothes in it.

I had makeup in it.

And I proceeded to con my way into every bar in the city of Atlanta.