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#Medium readers... If your family history feels like a knot of secrets & pain, you’re not alone.

Autistic elder. Born 1953. That's 7 decades of American history twisting MY family.

Check out ‘Slouching toward Montauk’.
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#ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #Poetry #MentalHealth

For #Medium readers... quick clip from one autistic elder's experience in the career track.

Burnout ain't a bad week. It's a presence... that curls up beside you. Then, won't let go.

If this resonates, click for the full article here: medium.com/autisticrn/s...

#ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #auDHD

Autistic Elder on this Moment…? “Slouching toward Montauk” My grandfather was a… complex man. He slept beside an orderly nightstand. Tucking Mein Kampf tight In its tidy drawer every night. And…

If your family history feels like a knot of secrets & pain, you’re not alone.

Autistic elder. Born 1953. That's 7 decades of American history twisting MY family.

Check out ‘Slouching toward Montauk’.

#ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #Poetry #MentalHealth #Psychology #Neurodivergent

A few mutuals asked me to put this up native here.

This is “Letting Go.” A 3-minute video from a longer piece About Walmart checkout lines, family harm, psych wards, dreams that refuse to die.

Content note: language, trauma, performance pressure

#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Poetry

Btw... You good?

Thank God.

Sorry for acting weird. I am weird, and it will absolutely happen again.

Oh my friend... I'm a black pool of need...

Lol

Serious and comic and surreal and real as that is.

The black moods? Part of the process.

You cheered me up.

#ActuallyAutistic folks on #Spotify…

I’m 73, still chasing dreams I may never catch. Especially that gut-deep need to matter as an autistic elder.

This 41-sec clip is a taste. Click for the full Walmart-to-rage-to-hope story:

open.spotify.com/episode/2pXn...

#AuDHD #AutisticElder #Poetry

Autistic badass.

My kinda peeps.

At 73, I'm still chasing dreams I'll never fully reach. The biggest? That gut-wrenching need to matter…

For the full story… the Walmart moment that sparked it & the rage-to-hope ending…

Head to #ApplePodcasts.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #AutisticElder #Poetry

7 Autistic Decades. I'm Still Driven. What If I NEVER Get “There...”? Neurodiversity? Pop culture tries… and fails. But text, performance & images give my raw autistic reality…

Full 10-minute piece on autistic stereotypes in media, autistic + ADHD experience in real life, and what we could do for our children...

johnnyprofaneknapp.substack.com/p/7-autistic...

with transcript, accompanying article, illustrations.

A few mutuals asked me to put this up native here.

This is “Letting Go.” A 3-minute video from a longer piece About Walmart checkout lines, family harm, psych wards, dreams that refuse to die.

Content note: language, trauma, performance pressure

#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Poetry

A dark-themed social media post from the account “theconcealedweapon” describes a communication gap between autistic and neurotypical people. The post begins with the heading: “What an autistic person says: ‘How long is it going to take?’” Below that, in smaller text, it explains what the autistic person means: “I want to know whether to activate my short term waiting mode where I just wait and do nothing else, or activate my long term waiting mode where I occupy my mind with something else. I fully understand that both are possibilities, and I have no problem whatsoever with either one, but I want more information so I can best adapt to the situation.” A final section, labeled “What neurotypical people hear,” reads: “I am impatient and demand that everything I want happen right now. Please scold me and publicly humiliate me for it.”

I'm autistic. I speak plainly and simply.

Which of course makes most people suspicious...

Average humans spend their time interpreting hidden motives.

I speak out loud... to discover mine.

Who designed these beings? Who gave them language? And why?

Lol

#ActuallyAutistic #auDHD #Neurodivergent

"Wanna know what could really change things happening in America right now...?

A law making it a felony for a politician or a law officer...

to lie."

I know. Idealistic to the point of fantasy... but I'm posting this.

just wanted your experience of it.

#ActuallyAutistic

YouTube video by KOAT Allegations of bodies buried at Epstein's New Mexico ranch prompt investigation calls

We may not have heard the worst horrors of the Epstein Class... yet...

Bodies of girls who died in abusive sex at Eostein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico?

Local news reports not hitting corporate news ..

youtu.be/kQ8YKlX13qM?...

A dark-themed social media post from the account “theconcealedweapon” describes a communication gap between autistic and neurotypical people. The post begins with the heading: “What an autistic person says: ‘How long is it going to take?’” Below that, in smaller text, it explains what the autistic person means: “I want to know whether to activate my short term waiting mode where I just wait and do nothing else, or activate my long term waiting mode where I occupy my mind with something else. I fully understand that both are possibilities, and I have no problem whatsoever with either one, but I want more information so I can best adapt to the situation.” A final section, labeled “What neurotypical people hear,” reads: “I am impatient and demand that everything I want happen right now. Please scold me and publicly humiliate me for it.”

I'm autistic. I speak plainly and simply.

Which of course makes most people suspicious...

Average humans spend their time interpreting hidden motives.

I speak out loud... to discover mine.

Who designed these beings? Who gave them language? And why?

Lol

#ActuallyAutistic #auDHD #Neurodivergent

7 Autistic Decades. I’m Still Driven. What If I NEVER Get “There…”? Still driven to matter. Desperately. Almost 73. And I can’t unwind… busted springs, broken dancer in a jewel box. This piece isn’t an answer. It’s an accusation. And underneath? A terrified question I can’t stop asking.

7 Autistic Decades. I’m Still Driven. What If I NEVER Get “There…”?

Still driven to matter. Desperately. Almost 73. And I can’t unwind… busted springs, broken dancer in a jewel box. This piece isn’t an answer. It’s an accusation. And underneath? A terrified question I can’t stop asking.

I can’t see faces. When I try to remember someone… even my wife… I see a shifting swirl of features.

This is about being friends… when your brain doesn’t work the way the world expects. No inspiration porn. What it’s like.

#ActuallyAutistic #Poetry

johnnyprofaneknapp.substack.com/p/autistic-i...

This Autistic Elder Looks Back… without Shame Family, careers, homes… this neurodivergent badass walks away.

Also on #Substack
johnnyprofaneknapp.substack.com/p/this-autis...

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#Medium folks aren’t afraid of a little vulnerability… and following it all the way inside.

Full text + performance video:
medium.com/artfullyauti...

Do you struggle with “I know you… but I can’t place you” panic? Let's talk in comments...

#ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #Neurodivergent #MentalHealth

I can’t see faces. When I try to remember someone… even my wife… I see a shifting swirl of features.

This is about being friends… when your brain doesn’t work the way the world expects. No inspiration porn. What it’s like.

#ActuallyAutistic #Poetry

johnnyprofaneknapp.substack.com/p/autistic-i...

#Medium folks aren’t afraid of a little vulnerability… and following it all the way inside.

Full text + performance video:
medium.com/artfullyauti...

Do you struggle with “I know you… but I can’t place you” panic? Let's talk in comments...

#ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #Neurodivergent #MentalHealth

Laura Kittel, PhD posted on LinkedIn Laura Kittel, PhD posted a video on LinkedIn

shocking.

somehow more shocking than anything so far from ICE.

beyond cruelty.

#Minneapolis

www.linkedin.com/posts/laura-...

View on ThreadSky: https://tbsky.app/profile/johnnyprofane1.bsky.social/post/3mdgy6un4xc2f

This Autistic Elder Looks Back… without Shame Family, careers, homes… this neurodivergent badass walks away. If your drawn to raw honest storytelling... Maybe this one's for you.

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#Medium readers want depth... not surface skim.

I'm autistic. Family left marks on me. Visible & not...

This piece weaves text, performance & images into one experience.

medium.com/artfullyauti...

How goes it with your family... and you?

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Poetry

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This Autistic Elder Looks Back… without Shame Family, careers, homes… this neurodivergent badass walks away.

Also on #Substack
johnnyprofaneknapp.substack.com/p/this-autis...

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@tbsky.app please unroll

This Autistic Elder Looks Back… without Shame Family, careers, homes… this neurodivergent badass walks away. If your drawn to raw honest storytelling... Maybe this one's for you.

🧵

#Medium readers want depth... not surface skim.

I'm autistic. Family left marks on me. Visible & not...

This piece weaves text, performance & images into one experience.

medium.com/artfullyauti...

How goes it with your family... and you?

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Poetry

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