Hollywood sells flattering lies. Unrealistic fantasies of wealth, power, breaking taboos…
Nothing that screens ever showed me prepared me for an #autistic life…More
Category Archives: #AutisticJoy
How To Be Strong, Fearless & Actually Autistic… Online
Remember being a kid? Pressured to make friends… with everybody?
We. Don’t. Have. To Do. That… Not anymore.More
We Need an Autistic Education… Based on Autistic Natures
I used to think I grew up in the Autistic Dark Ages. When they used precision instruments of torture. Ya know, to get medieval on your autistic ass.
But I’m not so sure anymore. Seems neurodivergent kids go through worse today.More
Promising Me Beautiful Lies: How Hollywood Failed My Autism
Nothing that ANY screen ever showed me… not effing “reality” TV… prepared me for life. As an autistic.More
Season 3: Love, Politics & Faking Normal: 3 New Autistic Myths
Declaring Season 3‼️ Things are gonna be different around here… from now on.
I’ve got 3 stories for ya… “Living Unmasked Is a Political Act Autism,” “Love & My Friend Billy: A New Epic Myth,” “Faking Normal… Writing, Masking, Autism & Me.”
So, let’s rock n roll…More
Autism, Love & My Friend Billy: A New Epic Myth
In my autistic world… a friend is a precious thing.
I can’t afford to judge that fragile treasure by status, education, wealth… or what they can do for me.More
Faking Normal: How I Mask My Writing Disorder… to Bring You Autistic Joy
Writing while autistic? Blogs, tweets, articles…?
For me… every bit as hard as autistic masking… faking “normal.” But it has payoffs…More
Content Warning: #Autistic in a Cosmic Mood
I’m an Autistic Elder. 70.
Wanna know how I rediscovered my Autistic Joy?
Most powerful thing I’ve ever done… to better my autistic life. More
#AutisticRave: Rediscovering Autistic Joy as an #AutisticAdult
I’m an Autistic Elder. 70.
Wanna know how I rediscovered my Autistic Joy?
Most powerful thing I’ve ever done… to better my autistic life. 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.
Designing My Home Around Adult Autism: Pt. 2 – 7 Survival Principles
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…
Fanning The Flames: #AutisticJoy in the Classroom – Live Talk, s2e5
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
“The Cavalry Never Comes”: Sexual Assault & An Autistic Life, Pt. 2 s02e02
You can help your autistic loved ones feel safer from sexual abuse & assault…
It starts with honesty about yourself… and them.More
“Not Everyone Was My Friend”: Sexual Assault & An Autistic Life s02e01
There’s not much research on sexual abuse of autistic children… much less adults.
So here’s my story. CN: Explicit. w/transcript.
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
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
☝️✌️👉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
Autistic Stimming, Overload & Anxiety, Pt. 1: NOISE – A Spoken Song
Let me bring you inside my world. Experience autistic sensory overload…More
How to Get Diagnosed #ActuallyAutistic… in Just 26 Years! – Podcast s1e8
First off… This is NOT a poor-me story…
It’s a journey to #AutisticJoy… story.More
Autistic Shutdowns: Believe I’ll Ch-Ch-Change My Shirt – Podcast s1e7-B
“Well, we all have meltdowns, don’t we, sweetie…?”
Ummmmm… Actually…? No.More
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