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#AutisticRave: Group Processing Disorder. It’s a Thing.

"NO," original digital illustration. In yellows, gold, and dark green. In foreground a young person holds their hand out toward the camera, signaling, "no." In the background an adult figure uses both hands to signal, "No." Both are wearing dark gray hoodies.

I’m autistic. And I can’t DO social groups.

I don’t think I’m alone. So, I’m launching a hashtag. #GroupProcessingDisorder.

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ALL #Autism Information Wants to Be FREE. But Supporters Get Rewards.

Banner for AutisticAF Out... Loud. Headline reads... "You are hard-wired for Autistic Joy." - Johnny Profane Âû. On right, a picture of an autistic elder, wearing a black fedora hat, sunglasses, black shirt and holding a sheaf of papers.

I offer ALL autism info free. And will continue to do so. Til… ya know, I drop the body…

But Supporters get neat gifts…

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Imaginary Friends…? This Autistic Kid’s Bestie… Dissociation, Pt 1

"Imaginary Friends," an original digital illustration. In blues, verdigris, greens & browns... A real, young Black child hugs a ghostly child in a forest background.

Spacing out… Zoning out… Most autists do it… to survive boring conversations, family get-togethers…

So dissociation’s a good thing, Til it starts screwing with living your life. Or sense of reality.

Content note: mild profanity, one bleeped expletive relating to intellecutal disability.

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“#AutisticRave: Life after Diagnosis. Joy… and Horror.

"Approaching Owensburg," an original digital illustration. A diptych of the same country road, dawn & dusk. In left panel, a fenced in field on left, across a country road, a large looming oak tree in tones of yellow, rose, brown & black. In right panel, the same scene reveresed, in tones of blue, green, black and brown.

Wanna know what autistic life looks like… at 70?

Joy… and horror.

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#AutisticRave: #DisabilityTikTok, #DisabilityTwitter, and the Economy

"Defiance," original digital illustration of boy holding up hand in defiance.

Know what I don’t see on #DisabilityTikTok… #DisabilityTwitter?

Talk about how the economy is killing disabled folk…More

“Look Doc… You Just Don’t GET #AutisticJoy”

An #AutisticElder looks at the Big Picture. Life, death & dementia… the whole ball of wax. Autistic style.

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Designing My Home Around Adult Autism: Pt. 2 – 7 Survival Principles

AutisticAF Out Loud cover art for S02E07.Top frame: Headline reads, "New Episode, Designing My Home Around Adult Autism: Part 1, Making It Work". It features an illustration of an elderly gentleman, reading from a script and wearing sunglasses & fedora hat. Bottom frame: "No Direction Home 2," original digital illustration in a graphic-novel influenced style of a row classical Greek pillars vanishing into the distance--showed in reverse colors.

Finally learning to create a place of safety, peace, and passionate work…

Did more than keep me out of psych wards. It kept me alive. No joke.

If you’re autistic, love one, work with some… or just can’t figure out if you are one… You really, *really * need to think about where you live…

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Designing My Home Around Adult Autism: Pt. 1 – Making It Work for Me

What do *most* humans want from a new home? To entertain & impress guests.

Honestly…? Autistic-as-f***.me has *different* priorities.More

Season 2, Episode 7. Listen or download at 3 dots.

Inside Autism & Eye Contact: How It Feels… How to Deal with the Terror

“Her eyes. So big… Then… Bigger…. Brighter… Enormous…

“I can’t hear anything but a roar. Spinning. I’m going to fall… Terror. That’s what eye contact feels like…” w/transcript. More

Season 2, Episode 3. Listen or download at 3 dots.

Fanning The Flames: #AutisticJoy in the Classroom – Live Talk, s2e5

AutisticAF Out Loud cover art for S02E05. Headline reads, "AutisticAF Out Loud: Fanning the Flames: #Autistic Joy in the Classroom, Intersectional Infinity Summit, Live Talk, April Fool's Day, 2022." It features a photo of an elderly gentleman, reading from a script and wearing sunglasses & fedora hat.

Live presentation, Intersectional Inifinity Conferencce.

A little funny. A little bittersweet. And a lotta sly insight from this former class clown…

Let’s kick Autistic April off with a squeal… w/transcript.More

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Selective Mutism: I Have No Mouth. But I Must SCREAM… s02e03/transcript

AutisticAF Out Loud cover art for S02E03.Top frame: Headline reads, "New Episode, Selective Mutism: I Have No Mouth. But I Must SCREAM...". It features an illustration of an elderly gentleman, reading from a script and wearing sunglasses & fedora hat. Bottom frame: "I Cannot Scream," original digital illustration in a graphic-novel influenced style of a young boy's mouth, open, screaming.

“Are you okay? Are you okay? ARE YOU OKAY?” Like they’re talking to a Japanese tourist. And if they just shout loud enough… he’ll understand English…

But I’m autistic. And can’t speak. When they unload me from the ambulance & into the ER… (podcast & transript)

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Season 2, Episode 3. Listen or download at 3 dots.

Sh*tpost: 3 Kinds of Folks Troll Autists

"Troll Âû," original digital scrawl of a social media troll meme. On a yellow background, lit by spotight. On left, a scrawled sketch of an internet troll meme. On the right the words, "Troll Âû."

Here’s a couple of observations about shitposters on Facebook, Twitter, all social media… who target autistic folks. Including some autists…More

Sh*tpost: The “It’s-Not-a-#Disability-It’s-Society” Myth… Sucks.

"#AbleismKills," original parody illustration based on a famous Superman DC Comics panel. An illustration of a make supervillain, dressed in black, threatening Superman with green Kryptonite held in a briefcase.

“They” say #autism… or #ADHD… are not disabilities. It only seems like that in a world designed for “neurotypicals.”

I call that some toxic bullsh*t.More

Time to S**t Post…

Ok… The last 8 months… getting #AutisticAF Out Loud Podcast off the ground…. Ate up ALL my spoons. If you CAN eat spoons… But I’m recovering. I think… So, I’ll be posting more short, random, diverse content again… Recipes. Poems. Politics. Art. Random shit… Lemme know what you think. Meanwhile, people are talking about #AutisticAF.me……More

“The Cavalry Never Comes”: Sexual Assault & An Autistic Life, Pt. 2 s02e02

AutisticAF Out Loud cover art for S02E02.Top frame: Headline reads, "New Episode, The Cavalry Never Comes: Sexual Assault & Autism, Pt. 2". It features an illustration of an elderly gentleman, reading from a script and wearing sunglasses & fedora hat. Bottom frame: "Not Everyone Was My Friend," original digital illustration in a graphic-novel influenced style of a priest leering. From a frame grab of Mystic River.

You can help your autistic loved ones feel safer from sexual abuse & assault…

It starts with honesty about yourself… and them.More

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“Not Everyone Was My Friend”: Sexual Assault & An Autistic Life s02e01

Cover art for "Not Everyone Was My Friend: Sexual Assault & an Autistic Life": Headline reads "New Episode, Not Everyone Was My Friend: Sexual Assault & Autism. Top illustration shows elderly gentleman in sunglasses & fedora hat. Bottom illustration shows a child of indeterminate gender & race cowering in a dark corner.

There’s not much research on sexual abuse of autistic children… much less adults.

So here’s my story. CN: Explicit. w/transcript.

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SHARE: “#AutisticWhileBlack: Against The Erasure of Ron’Niveya O’Neal”

Snapshot of young Black woman. Ron'Niveya O'Neal, a beautiful Nonspeaking Autistic Girl wearing a filter crown of flowers that match her pattern pink and white sweater.

Are we… the #ActuallyAutistic social media community… erasing the #AutisticWhileBlack community…?

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Confessions of an #AdultAutistic Anxiety Junkie – Stimming, Overload & Anxiety, Pt.3

Podcast & transcript: What better holiday to discuss adult autistic anxiety…

Than Colonialist Thanksgiving….?

For many, a freaking minefield of social obligation, exhausting small talk & grinding anxiety.More

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Zen & the Autistic Art of the Stim: Autistic Stimming, Overload & Anxiety, Pt. 2

Dear autist, you are hard-wired for #AutisticJoy.

Stimming is part of that wiring… Podcast with Transcript.More

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☝️✌️👉ShortShort: Stumbling into #AutisticJoy… Backwards

Most folks feel they achieve their best in their youth. Then slowly decline as they age.

Not #AutisticAF me…More