#AutisticAF Out Loud

What do *most* humans want from a new home? To entertain & impress guests. For everything else... they invented tool sheds... and storage units. Honestly...? Autistic-as-f***.me has *different* priorities.   Videocast with captions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyhr_MrWVItlwTWODxbZR6A Transcript: https://autisticaf.me/2022/05/12/designing-my-home-around-adult-autism-pt-1-making-it-work-for-me/ #AutisticAF Out Loud PodcastListen & Subscribe: Apple https://neon.ly/mDd3eSpotify https://neon.ly/p1VayAudible https://neon.ly/vkXa1Stitcher https://neon.ly/vx5ZnPocketCasts https://neon.ly/NLL3OAmazon/Alexa https://neon.ly/mnOe  

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…  Videocast with captions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyhr_MrWVItlwTWODxbZR6A Transcript: https://autisticaf.me/2022/04/28/inside-autism-eye-contact-how-it-feels-how-to-deal-with-the-terror/ #AutisticAF Out Loud PodcastListen & Subscribe: Apple https://neon.ly/mDd3eSpotify https://neon.ly/p1VayAudible https://neon.ly/vkXa1Stitcher https://neon.ly/vx5ZnPocketCasts https://neon.ly/NLL3OAmazon/Alexa https://neon.ly/mnOeq

Johnny Profane's presentation to the Intersectional Inifinity Summit, educators, parents, caretakers... and autistic folks as well. 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! Conference video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWu7rUtEb-c Transcript: https://autisticaf.me/  #AutisticAF Out Loud PodcastListen & Subscribe: Apple https://neon.ly/mDd3eSpotify https://neon.ly/p1VayAudible https://neon.ly/vkXa1Stitcher https://neon.ly/vx5ZnPocketCasts https://neon.ly/NLL3OAmazon/Alexa https://neon.ly/mnOeq

“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...   Transcript: https://autisticaf.me/2022/03/26/selective-mutism-i-have-no-mouth-but-i-must-scream-s02e03-transcript/ Listen, download, subscribe from Apple/Spotify/all platforms: https://neon.ly/AFOLcast  

“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. Heads up. I'm recovering from what may be a "cold"... or... Omicron Covid. So, I may be triple-vaxxed... But I'm unable to record this week. I'm trying an automated reading service to keep in touch with you all. I call this one, "Shitpost: The 'It’s-Not-a-Disability-It’s-Society' Myth… Sucks."   Transcript: https://autisticaf.me/2022/02/19/shtpost-the-its-not-a-disability-its-society-myth-sucks/ Listen, download, subscribe from Apple/Spotify/all platforms: https://neon.ly/AFOLcast

You can help your autistic loved ones feel safer from sexual abuse & assault...   It starts with honesty about yourself... and them.   Transcript: the-cavalry-never-comes-sexual-assault-an-autistic-life-pt-2-s02e02   #AutisticAF Out Loud.https://AutisticAF.me Subscribe:Apple https://neon.ly/mDd3eSpotify https://neon.ly/p1VayAudible https://neon.ly/vkXa1Stitcher https://neon.ly/vx5ZnPocketCasts https://neon.ly/NLL3OAmazon/Alexa https://neon.ly/mnOeqTranscript/Blog: https://neon.ly/m5Q8o

Let’s kick off Season 2 of #AutisticAF Out Loud podcast… by taking a risk. There’s not much research on sexual abuse of autistic children… much less adults. Maybe funding sources aren’t ready… yet… to stop trying to cure us. And study our lives. So here’s my story. Someone’s gotta start talking… I’ve gotta warn you it’s rough. Some was too hard for me to read. So I used an assistive voice synthesizer… Weirdly enough, it’s robotic voice moves me. If you’re autistic, love one, or especially parent one… You need to hear this story. But sexual assault is traumatic. If you experienced it… or love someone who has… this graphic episode could disturb you. In the US, the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline offers support at 1-800-656-4673. Day or night. You'll find a link in the transcript. Also further reading. Transcript here.

What better holiday to discuss adult autistic anxiety... Than Colonialist Thanksgiving....?   For many, a freaking minefield of social obligation, exhausting small talk & *grinding* anxiety.   Subscribe for all new episodes: #Apple: https://neon.ly/mDd3e #Spotify: https://neon.ly/p1Vay #Amazon/Alexa: https://neon.ly/mnOeq #Audible: https://neon.ly/vkX #Facebook: https://neon.ly/vgPJE Transcript/Blog/More platforms: https://neon.ly/m5Q8o #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD

Here's the TL;DR.... Dear autist, you are hard-wired for #AutisticJoy. Stimming is part of that wiring. You can use this reflex to manage a crisis... AND, believe it or not... to enrich your life.

Let me bring you inside the experience of Autistic Sensory Overload.

DSM 5… Diagnosis 299.00. An Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis… Why get one…? Does it label you for life? Does it change… anything…?   Transcript available: https://AutisticAF.me/

"Austistic Shutdowns: Believe I'll Ch-Ch-Change My Shirt - A Spoken Song (bonus podcast)" AutisticAF Out Loud Podcast: blog post with transcript... https://AutisticAF.me/ Apple/Spotify/Stitcher/Audible/PocketCasts/more https://t.co/gPstaaApXN #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticAdult #DoILookAutisticYet #neurodiversity https://t.co/DYIsTy1Z0o

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"Comic Book Hero: Surviving Bullying - A Spoken Song (bonus podcast)" AutisticAF Out Loud Podcast: blog post with transcript... https://t.co/6n4S5UbCRF Apple/Spotify/Stitcher/Audible/PocketCasts/more https://t.co/gPstaaApXN #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticAdult #DoILookAutisticYet #neurodiversity https://t.co/DYIsTy1Z0o --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/johnny-profane/support

This episode is also available as a blog post with transcript: https://autisticaf.me/2021/08/21/autistic-masking-as-performance-art-podcast/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/johnny-profane/support

This episode is also available as a blog post with transcript: https://autisticaf.me/2021/08/11/dear-autist-forgiving-your-family-not-a-cosmic-rule-podcast/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/johnny-profane/support

This episode is also available as a blog post with transcript: http://autisticaf.me/2021/07/28/millennial-friends-you-are-right-question-everything/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/johnny-profane/support

I think it’s time for a little controversy. Let’s talk about cops… autists… and tragic violence. Out. Loud. Podcast, including transcript. #AutisticAF Out Loud.https://AutisticAF.me Subscribe:Apple https://neon.ly/mDd3eSpotify https://neon.ly/p1VayAudible https://neon.ly/vkXa1Stitcher https://neon.ly/vx5ZnPocketCasts https://neon.ly/NLL3OAmazon/Alexa https://neon.ly/mnOeqTranscript/Blog: https://neon.ly/m5Q8o  

S01E02: On #AutisticJoy, Personality & Being in the Flow… Today, I’m hot on the trail of #Autistic Joy. What it is. Why you want it. How to get it. This episode is also available as a blog post with transcript: http://autisticaf.me/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/johnny-profane/support

“Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to be autistic…” Heart-felt note to college student rebuked by professor for being… well, autistic. Also available as blog post with transcript: https://autisticaf.me/2021/06/28/note-to-a-younger-autistic-friend-podcast-1/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/johnny-profane/support