Autistic Culture | Where Autism Meets Identity! Autistic Culture 101: Pillar 5 - Pattern Matching with Jodi Britcha-Coyne
In this episode of Autistic Culture 101, Dr. Angela Kingdon is joined by Jodi Brichta-Coyne, author, life coach, and systems-thinker, to explore Pillar 5: Pattern Matching—the cultural superpower at the heart of autistic insight, organization, and perception.
Autistic pattern matching isn’t robotic—it’s deep, human, creative, and emotionally charged. From recognizing micro-patterns in conversation to creating vast knowledge maps across disciplines, autistic people don’t generalize—we observe. We track anomalies. We notice what others miss. And in a world built on noise and guesswork, this precision is transformative.
🎧 What You’ll Learn
- Why autistic people are data-hungry, detail-oriented, and insight-driven
- How monotropic focus and repetition build meaning and emotional grounding
- Why pattern matching isn’t about cold logic—it’s about finding order, comfort, and connection
- Examples of real-world pattern thinking: board games, Kinsey’s research, Wikipedia editing, Magic the Gathering, and more
- How to embrace your “pattern brain” in a world that often mislabels it as “too much”
👤 Featured Guest: Jodi Brichta-Coyne
Jodi is a Certified Life Coach, Strategic Interventionist, and author of Are You Still There God? It’s Me, Jodi—a witty, honest look at midlife, motherhood, and systems-thinking.
Resources Mentioned:
- 🧠 “The Predictive Coding Account of Psychosis and Autism” – Frontiers in Psychiatry
- 📖 “The Prehistory of Autism” – Rounded Globe
- 📘 “Understanding Autism” – IntechOpen Chapter
- 🎓 Monotropism Slides – Dr. Damian Milton
- 🌐 Monotropism.org – Wellbeing & Focus
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