#AutisticRave – #AutisticAF

Promising Me Beautiful Lies: How Hollywood Failed My Autism

Hollywood sells flattering lies. Unrealistic fantasies of wealth, power, breaking taboos…

Nothing that screens ever showed me prepared me for an #autistic life…More

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

"T'aint Teaching, If They T'aint Larning." Original digital illustration. Elderly professor stands centered in front of blackboard covered with math symblols. He wears thin-rimmed glasses, beard, sports coat & tie. He's started by a thrown paper airplane heads for him from upper left corner. In dark tones.

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

"Beautiful Lies," an original digital illustration. In the foreground Humphrey Bogart kisses Vivien Leigh. After a famous scene in "Gone with the Wind." Fleming, V., Cukor, G., & Wood, S. 1939, MGM.

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

Season 3! FINALLY here! A black & white photo of Johnny Profane Âû. In the center, he wears black headphones and a black & white plaid shirt. The words "AutisticAF Out Loud" & "Host" hang at left.

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

Season 3, Episode 1: Push ▶️ to Listen, 3 dots at right to download.

Autism, Love & My Friend Billy: A New Epic Myth

"Friends Out of Time." Dark illustration of two elder gentlemen sharing a laugh.

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

"The Masked Author," original digital illustration. An elderly author's hand holds a quill pen. The hand hovers over a journal, about to write. On the desk, a costume mask & muzzle stare at the author. The hand and journal are in bright light. Author's robe is gold-colored. Background is deeply shadowed in blue & verdigris.

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: 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