AARON ORSINI
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🗣️✨ABOUT AARON: In the years since being diagnosed with autism and ADHD, Aaron Paul Orsini has had extensive firsthand experience with a variety of psychedelics including LSD, psilocybin, and MDMA, all of which helped him to heal, grow, and motivate him to publish four books on the topic — Autism On Acid, Autistic Psychedelic, Introduction to Psychedelic Autism, and Psychedelic Autism — in addition to co-founding AutisticPsychedelic.com, an online hub for autistic individuals, their family members, and the professionals who seek to support them amidst their intentional explorations with psychedelic medicines.
Since helping to establish the Autistic Psychedelic Community in March of 2020, Aaron has gone on to serve as an autism-focused psychedelic research collaborator with Harvard, University College London, and University of Toronto, and has also served as a diversity committee member for the American Psychedelic Practitioners Association. He presently serves as the lead instructor of the online “Introduction To Psychedelic Autism” course, and as a neurodiversity-affirming lecturer for Alma Institute and SoundMind institute, two of Oregon’s legal, M109-compliant psilocybin facilitation training programs. Aaron also continues to influence progressive educational approaches by serving as an expert advisor for a harm-reduction-focused adult autistic substance use program known as A.D.A.P.T., which recently received funding from ResearchAutism.org.
Outside of his writings, research & community work, Aaron is also a composer of psychedelic journey music. And his latest release, “Psychedelic Symphonies”, features 99 minutes of soft and supportive instrumental tracks composed for (and during) psychedelic sessions.
Aaron presently lives in Colorado where he is participating in community-based mycology education work in between hosting psilocybin mushroom gifting gatherings in his living room (newly possible under Colorado law).
For more about Aaron, or to book a zoom call to speak with him directly, please visit his site: AaronOrsini.com
THE DANK DUCHESS – Hashish Consultant, Cannabis Cultivator, and Public Speaker
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The Dank Duchess is an international Hashish Consultant, Cannabis Cultivator, and Public Speaker using all available media to achieve her mission to help spread cannabis and psychedelic wellness awareness globally. With 18 years of cultivation and 7 years of hashmaking experience to her credit, she has dedicated the last 7 years to educating hundreds of thousands of people via print, film, and social media about high quality cannabis and Hashish. Her hash articles and tutorials have been published in Weed World UK, Weed World Italia, Cannabis Now, Skunk Magazine and in Ed Rosenthal’s books. Duchess has also made several on screen appearances including Seasons 1 and 3 of VICELAND’s Bong Appetit. As a Hashish consultant she travels to small farms and large cultivation facilities to teach hash making and increase efficiency. She is a respected public speaker; featured at conferences including Spirit Plant Medicine Conference, Boston Freedom Rally, Outside Lands, and the Emerald Cup. Duchess has served as an esteemed judge for cannabis and Hashish competitions around the world including Masters of Rosin, The Emerald Cup, and Copa Mexic
Cannabis is essential to her existence and with her dedication to an All Weed Everything lifestyle she has found a way to integrate it completely into her life; hence her motto: “Cannabis flower fuels my power and My Niche is Hashish.”
ASIATU – Black, Agender, Trans, Queer, AuDHD, Disabled, Multiply Neurovaried Sociologist, Abolitionist & Coach
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Asiatu (Ah-c-ah-2) Lawoyin (they/them) is a Black, Agender Trans, Queer, disabled, multiply neurovaried, AuDHD, sociologist, abolitionist & coach. They use both their education, B.A. of Sociology from Spelman, & their lived marginalized experiences to help others heal, while prioritizing commUNITY care & harm reduction. They are a resident speaker of Autism in Black Conference & they have also worked with Amnesty International, API Speech-Laguage-Hearing-Caucus & Wheaton College, in Massachusetts. They have also been featured on multiple social media interviews as well as podcasts including "Lived Experiences > Degrees" released this past July.
They also were one of a few autistic consultants for the recently released book "Is This Autism?: A Guide for Clinicians and Everyone Else" by Donna Henderson and Sarah Wayland with Janelle White published June 2023.
DR. LUCÍA LEVENBERG – Argentinian Medical Doctor, Psychiatrist & Psychotherpist
🔗 @Instagram 📸
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I am a medical doctor, psychiatrist, and psychotherapist from Argentina. I am an expert in the eating disorders field and I also specialize in the treatment of challenges such as anxiety and ADHD. I work from an integrative perspective that combines plant and fungi medicine with classic medicine, as well as other therapeutic approaches like ACT, DBT, CBT, etc.
I teach to community and professionals about psychedelic-assisted therapy and medicinal mushrooms. I also research this professionally. I relate to ND community not only as a psychiatrist but as ND myself (Autistic-ADHD-AACC / ”gifted”) Although I use DSM terminology so that I am understood, my practice is strongly rooted within the neurodiversity paradigm.
MURPHY MURRI – Mom, Extraction Chemist
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“I'm a cool mom, a cannabis lab owner/operator, and a psychedelic research enthusiast. I was raised by Mormon preppers to be capable of living off the land + the fermented goods we made in the basement. This lifestyle embodied independence, especially from the government, but it didn't bring me closer to the church. Instead, it taught me how to fulfill my own needs when the status quo could not. My inability to fit into corporate culture made me a perfect candidate for entrepreneurship. What felt like a battle against "normalcy" my whole life evolved into a more curious & scientific approach to existence - one human interaction or dilution calculation at a time.”
MIYABE SHIELDS – Pharmaceutical Scientist, 🔗Project Chronic, @Instragram📸, @TikTok📺
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Dr. Miyabe Shields, PhD is a pharmaceutical scientist with over 12 years of experience researching cannabinoids and cannabinoid-derivatives in academia, the cannabis industry, and the community. Miyabe is a survivor of medical trauma from psychopharmaceuticals and misdiagnoses who recovered through cannabis. This fueled their passion to pursue their PhD studying the atomic-scale interactions between cannabinoids and their targets in the brain, receiving a research award from the International Cannabinoid Research Society in 2016. While in the cannabis industry, Miyabe researched the rare cannabinoids only found in high-temperature methods (smoking or vaping). Now Miyabe is making the knowledge they gained about pharmacology accessible to as many as possible by creating videos, written resources, and community events at Project Chronic.
JUSTINE LEE, MSC– Lead Instructor for “Psychedelic Care for Neurodivergent Clients” Presented by AutisticPsychedelic.com
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Justine Lee co-founded the Autistic Psychedelic Community alongside NDpsychedelic.com Conference Organizer Aaron Orsini in 2020. Drawing from her personal journey with autism and academic background in pharmacology and neurobiology, Justine has been instrumental in shaping APC into a nurturing network that emphasizes inclusivity, effective communication, and a deeper understanding of neurodiversity. Her efforts in APC demonstrate a commitment to enriching the dialogue around mental health and neurodiversity, leveraging her unique perspective to foster community resilience and transformative connections. Through APC, Justine aims to make scientific information accessible and to advocate for empathetic mental health practices that respect and celebrate neurodiverse individuals.
