For some, living autistic is about the exhausting quest for…
Perfection.
Author: johnnyprofane1
Live. Laff. Love. Rebel...
Pretend Rock Star... Cuz it's ALL cosplay.
I have no credentials to offer. At least none that matter anymore to me.
So I offer my life.
It's all I have to give.
Blog
https://AutisticAF.me
Music
https://open.spotify.com/artist/20QxTBY9Yk0d7BYCt3aVeS
#ActuallyAutistic #AllAutistics #AutisticElder #AutisticSurvivor #AutisticJoy #Neurodiverse #Neurodivergent
What an honor! I’m interviewed on BBC’s 1800 Seconds on Autism: Meltdowns & Shutdowns
#AutismAcceptance…?
Look out. That first step’s a doozy…
A sincere question for the #ActuallyAutistic community… A lot of us could use the help…
It may sound involved. But it’s freaking easy. With a half hour notice, I can have them coming out of the oven when grandkids arrive…
For some families, autistics aren’t the children parents ordered…
Works for me.
Yeah. I’m #ActuallyAutistic. Yeah. I got food sensitivities… And, hell yeah, I’m poor. We’re talking good, cheap, FUN food.
Living Autistic… Out Loud.
Thoughts. Memories. Challenges. Survival Strategies. Successes. Special Interests… Music. Poetry. Cooking. Gardening. Politics. Agnosticism. Spirituality…
A real 3D life.
If you knew if you pushed a button, you gave a child electroshocks… Would you? Could you…? How eye contact feels to this autistic…
Actors are PAID to get across what they’re feeling. While real-life humans seem to work desperately to keep it hidden… From me.
When I experience a meltdown, whether it manifests as panic attack, “autistic rage,” or shutting down…
For a while, the “me” I’m accustomed to being… disappears.
My apologies. I write like a 50s movie voiceover stuck in the wrong century.
But I’m desperately trying to tell you something…
Did anyone ever deliver such devastating truth, in so few words, when you least expect it…?
Did anyone ever have less of a clue in social situations…?
I have difficulty communicating… back & forth in a written conversation. Just as much, maybe worse, as I do face to face…
Sometimes I get my head out of my ass…
Err, the political crisis of the moment, take a step back, catch a breath, and….
Why would teachers, parents, friends waste time saying one thing to me trying to communicate something entirely different…?
Later, why would bosses, priests, lovers mock, rage, abuse for doing exactly what they say…?
Being on the inside of selective mutism, not being certain I’m explaining it clearly…
Really screws with my head.
How did autistic & other neurodiverse kids survive the Dark Ages before IEPs, 504 plans, targeted therapy, noise-canceling headphones…?
Here’s some brutal autistic truth-telling for you…
Why, oh WHY, does their Theory of Mind CONVINCE them, despite all my assurances, that my Resting Bitch Face more accurately portrays my inner being than…
My plain, spoken English…?
I find it hard to find a home for art that celebrates the life of #neurodiversity…
Hope this isn’t inappropriate here to celebrate the occasional cold, lazy Sunday….
