Hollywood sells flattering lies. Unrealistic fantasies of wealth, power, breaking taboos…
Nothing that screens ever showed me prepared me for an #autistic life…More
Tag Archives: Autism
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
Gallery: Autistic Victims of Violence
I’m autistic. And I can’t DO social groups.
I don’t think I’m alone. So, I’m launching a hashtag. #GroupProcessingDisorder.
AutisticAF Out Loud: Let’s Explore #AutisticJoy… Together.
I’m autistic. And I can’t DO social groups.
I don’t think I’m alone. So, I’m launching a hashtag. #GroupProcessingDisorder.
#AutisticRave: #DisabilityTikTok, #DisabilityTwitter, and the Economy
Know what I don’t see on #DisabilityTikTok… #DisabilityTwitter?
Talk about how the economy is killing disabled folk…More
SHARE: “#AutisticWhileBlack: Against The Erasure of Ron’Niveya O’Neal”
Are we… the #ActuallyAutistic social media community… erasing the #AutisticWhileBlack community…?
☝️✌️👉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
Millennial Friends: You. Are. Right… Question EveryTHING. (Transcript)
Podcast here… Millennial culture is my favorite on Earth. And autistic Millenials…? I identify with them like no others. I talk with autistics who are staring at turning 30… or 40… every day. Smart. Educated. Eyes wide open…Yet bewildered. Uncertain. Some think they’ve done something wrong… but can’t figure out what. But some are… mad.…More
On #AutisticJoy, Personality & Being in the Flow… s1e2
Today, I’m hot on the trail of #Autistic Joy.
What it is. Why you want it. How to get it. Podcast, with transcript.More
Training Cops NOT to Shoot Autistic Folks…? DOES. NOT. WORK.
Iowa City feels good about itself this morning…
The autists who live there shouldn’t… More
Link Roundup 21/2/7… Autism, Politics, Pop Culture
Tips? Suggestions…? To the Editor… Great thread… Great Twitter account… White Supremacy on the socialist left?? Unconscious. Or simply ignored… 💨 Overview of cannabis for testing autism symptoms #Autism as defense in Australian child porn case. 👶 Ever feel like a “caring” fellow adult treats autistic you like a child…? UK government calls for review…More
Dear Autist: Forgiving Your Family? NOT a Cosmic Rule…
Forgiving abusers… as much as SOME therapists, pop psychologists, and self-help gurus insist on it…
Is NOT a Cosmic Rule.
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