#AutisticAF Out Loud

Season 3's mission? To boldly explore living authentically autistic... out loud. That first story? Carving out a safe space to be our true autistic selves... a big part of that quest.

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 Season 3 of AutisticAF Out Loud starts off with 3 new stories:

1. Living Unmasked Is a Political Act
2. Autism, Love & My Friend Billy: A New Epic Myth
3. Faking Normal: How I Mask My Writing Disorder... to Bring You Autistic Joy

Transcript: https://autisticaf.me/2023/01/07/season-3-love-politics-faking-normal-3-new-autistic-myths/ 

"Hi! I'm still Johnny.I'm still Profane... AND I'm still here. 

Finally... Season 3 of Autistic as Fuck Out Loud! 

Why no episodes since Fall? Major burn out. Dog attack injuries. Coupla health scares. Some dark emotions. Exhaustion... 

Shut down for 3 months. Then woke up... 

So I'm declaring victory... and a new focus. How to live authentically autistic... out loud."


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0:00 Intro 
0:11 1. Living Unmasked Is a Political Act 
1:14 Season 3: Living Autistic Authentically 
2:32 2. Autism, Love & My Friend Billy: A New Epic Myth 
10:02 3. Faking Normal: How I Mask My Writing Disorder... to Bring You Autistic Joy 
17:57 Shoutouts, Coming Next Episode, How You Can Support 

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I'm autistic. And I can't DO social groups. 

I don't think I'm alone. So, I'm launching a hashtag. #GroupProcessingDisorder.

Transcript: https://autisticaf.me/ 

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Spacing out... Zoning out... Most autists do it... to survive boring conversations, family get-togethers...

So dissociation's a good thing, Til it starts screwing with living your life. Or sense of reality. 

Content note: mild profanity, one bleeped expletive relating to intellecutal disability.

Transcript: https://autisticaf.me/ 

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 Wanna know what autistic life is like at 70? 

Joy... and horror. 

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Experimenting with  a short #AutisticRave format. Let me know if you'd like to see these in the mix for #AutisticAF Out Loud Podcast.

TRANSCRIPT 👇✌️🖖👇

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TRANSCRIPT
Know what I don't see on #DisabilityTikTok… #DisabilityTwitter?

Talk about how the economy is killing disabled folk.

See… Inflation isn't inconvenient for the poor & disabled.

• It's lost wages. We can't afford gas, childcare… even over-the-counter medicines. And Covid is killing our hours at work.
• It's hunger. Food is our largest expense after rent. General inflation is  around 10%. But our groceries? Up 40%.
• It's illness. Covid? Monkeypox? We can't call in sick. We can't afford it.  And we can't abandon our kids when they're sick.
• It's homelessness. There's nothing we can afford to rent. Corporations buy up low-cost homes on speculation… creating a housing crisis.

And don't get me started on the medical crisis. Lots of places, doctors simply don't accept Medicaid. 

Taxpayers pay for our care. Caregivers don't care.

Poor? Disabled? Most autistics are both. AND our invisible disability makes it even harder to get help.

I'm autistic. And I'm fighting to keep my Foodstamps… in the libertarian wilderness we like to call Indiana.

Yay #Hoosiers.

A side note…

I've been homeless three times in my 70-year life. Manhattan once. Bloomington, Indiana twice.

I have some idea just how bad this can get. 61 million disabled adults in America.

It can get bad. Real bad.

Add tag…

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This episode I talk aging as an Autistic Elder.

Getting finally diagnosed at 63… only to face mental decline as I hit 70…?

One Swedish study pegged autistic male lifespan at 53. So I'm living on 17 years of borrowed time, I guess… so far.

If you’re autistic, love one, work with some… or just can’t figure out if you are one…

There's gonna come a time you worry…

Real talk. About real life.

Cuz they ain't talking autism in AARP… yet.

EXPLICIT: some profanity, brief mentions of drug use & suicidality.

Transcript: https://autisticaf.me/2022/06/26/look-doc-you-just-dont-get-autisticjoy

Videocast with captions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyhr_MrWVItlwTWODxbZR6A

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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...

 

Videocast with captions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TAMoN0j-bE

Transcript:

https://autisticaf.me/2022/05/17/designing-my-home-around-adult-autism-pt-2---7-survival-principles/(opens in a new tab)

 

 

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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/

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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/ 

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