Johnny Recommends…
What Everybody’s Reading, Best Podcasts, Art, Poetry, Bio
After almost 4 years of writing, many folks don’t know where to begin on my Medium blog. Here are a few hints…
📖 EVERYbody’s reading:
- Actually Autistic? Whatever Doesn’t Kill Your Unique Neurodivergent Ass…, 8 min read·Dec 6, 2023
- Rediscovering Autistic Joy: My 4 Easy, Shameless Ways as an Autistic Adult, 3 min read·Feb 20, 2023
- Slouching Toward Joy: My Best 6 Phases To An Actually Autistic Relief, 8 min read·Mar 13, 2023
- My Adult Autistic Super Powers? Vanish like Schrödinger’s Weird Cat, 6 min read·Feb 8, 2023
- “Calm Down!” Why is this the WORST Advice You Can Give an Autistic Person?”, 4 min read·Aug 26, 2023
- Autism: ChatGPT & Me — Talking a New, Powerful Alien Perspective, 23 min read·Dec 13, 2023
📖 BEST of AutisticAF Out Loud Podcast:
- Love, Politics & Faking Normal: 3 New Autistic Myths
- #AutisticRave: Group Processing Disorder. It’s a Thing.
- Selective Mutism: I Have No Mouth. But I Must SCREAM…
- Designing My Home Around Autism: Pt. 1 — Making It Work for Me
- Authentic Autistic Life: 4 Short Stories Fearless, Joyful and Chaotic
- The Night this Autistic Adult Broke Free: An Autistic A.F. Halloween Tale
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🤯 Stories that most MOVED me, writing them:
- We Need an Autistic Education…, 5 min read·Jan 10, 2023
- Faking Normal: How I Mask My Writing Disorder… to Bring You Autistic Joy, 5 min read·Dec 19, 2022
- Microdose & Me — Autism On Psychedelics, 9 min read·Jan 6, 2020, Content Note: Controversial Topic
- I’m Autistic. I Fear Cops…, 5 min read·Sep 14, 2020
- “Not Everyone Was My Friend”: Sexual Assault & An Autistic Life, Part 1, 7 min read·Apr 8, 2021, Content Note: Explicit Content
🎨 My BEST art:
- Recent Artwork August 2023, 3 min read·Aug 20, 2023
- Recent Artwork, April 2023, 4 min read·Apr 19, 2023
- Recent Artwork, March 2023, 3 min read·Mar 19, 203
✍️ My Poetry:
🕺About me (SHORT read):
I’m Johnny Profane. In my 70s. Pretend Rock Star…
Cuz it’s ALL cosplay.
I was born before autism was invented… More or less. 1953. Long before autism or Asperger’s were widely discussed in medicine or pop culture. That didn’t happen til the 70s.
I’ve been here for the WHOLE movie.
First, I played That Know-It-All Kid. Then I was a Genius. Til I was a Fairy, Nerd, Spaz, Homo, Geek, Weird, Loner, Schizo, Maniac, Black Sheep, Loser, Ex, Ex, Ex, finally Autist…
Been a meditation teacher.
Cult member.
Typesetter.
Editor.
Magazine publisher.
Ad agency owner.
Marketing veep.
Non-profit activist.
Three-time grad student.
Three-time husband.
Homeless.
Mental health counselor.
Substance abuse counselor.
Cult counselor.
Homeless.
Singer/songwriter.
Homeless.
Fast-food clerk.
Pretend Rock Star…
I’ve talked with Bill Gates. Argued with Bill Joy. Touched the Maharishi. Met anonymous geniuses in university cubicles, office bull pens, trailer parks, homeless on the street…
So.
I have no credentials to offer. At least none that matter to me anymore.
So I offer my life.
If you’re #Autistic, #ADHD, #Neurodivergent, or are just wondering…
I predict you will recognize a lot of what you read here.
Live. Laff. Love. Rebel…
-John M. Knapp — Social Anarchist…
