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Archive Alert: Find your flow, embrace your personality & discover #AutisticJoy. Must-listen podcast from https://twitter.com/johnnyprofane1. 🎙️💪

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Transcript, other platforms https://autisticaf.me/2021/07/05/podcast-on-autisticjoy-personality-being-in-the-flow/

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"Recent Artwork August 2023"

Headed in every different direction, everywhere, all to once...

🚨Content note: disturbing images, disturbing topics...

Images to all paid subscribers.

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http://autisticaf.me/2023/08/20/recent-artwork-august-2023/

More artwork... For "Calm Down" post coming tomorrow...

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Neurodivergent Kiss: Autistic Fairytale… or Fabulous Marriage?

Folks ask about my #neurodivergent marriage. Umm… over and over. Like… "Is that even possible?"

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http://autisticaf.me/2023/08/18/neurodivergent-kiss-autistic-fairytale-or-fabulous-marriage/

People have asked about my #Neurodivergent marriage...

Umm... over and over.

👉 Later today? Gonna start sharing about 12 years of working toward #AutisticJoy...

through #AutisticLove...

With my wife🤶, who confidently claims to be typical.

Big topic. Just a short post to break the ice for future writing...

Later today. Turns out there WAS hope for me...

🚨 mebbe you too.

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#AutisticX #AskingAutistic #AutisticAdults
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People have asked about my #Neurodivergent marriage...

Umm... over and over.

👉 Later today? Gonna start sharing about 12 years of working toward #AutisticJoy...

through #AutisticLove...

With my wife🤶, who confidently claims to be typical.

Big topic. Just a short post to break the ice for future writing...

Later today. Turns out there WAS hope for me...

🚨 mebbe you too.

#ActuallyAutistic
#AutisticX #AskingAutistic #AutisticAdults
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Bringing Joy To Your Writing With Autistic Special Interests

Before I even knew I was autistic, I was including my special interests into my writing. Whether it was writing equestrian romances, especially those featuring predominantly English disciplines like sh

https://eponaauthorsolutions.com/bringing-joy-to-your-writing-with-autistic-special-interests/

#AuthorWellness #AutisticAuthors #NerodivergentAuthors #ADHD #autism #AutisticJoy #AutisticWriters #hyperfocus #SpecialInterests

Sometimes people ask about the joys of parenting. Right now my #ActuallyAutistc son is cuddled up next to me, for comfort, while we await his ride to school (ESY) this morning. My kid who is caused anxiety by many adults. I’ve learned to enjoy these moments, for him and myself. I like that he’s starting to find ways to chill out like this. We all need those! #AutisticParenting #ParentingWhileAutistic #AutisticJoy #SelfCare

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I really love sorting tools/hardware in my workshop. When I get into a project, I can be really ADD, just putting things where ever when I'm done with them, hyperfocused on finishing the project before I can't work on it any more, leaving the workshop a disaster when I'm done. (#AutisticsParentingAutistics).

But then after, my AutisticBrain re-asserts itself and the next thing I do in the workshop is to put every tool back in it's spot, make new spots for things that don't have one, sort out all the screws and other hardware into appropriate bins, etc. etc. I LOVE this part - maybe more than the actual projects (which never quite turn out as perfect as my imagination wanted)

Thanks for the opportunity to share some #AutisticJoy, made my day better.

Today I promise that I will never again tell myself that I'm acting immature, or that people might think I'm not adult enough, or any of those things, for following the lines in the pavement, walking on kerbs and other such patterns. It's too much fun to miss out on. And if it brings you joy, and/or regulation, too, you should join me. Be kind to yourself

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walked to the park and was happy to see the fountains were on. let the #berlin summer begin!
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Ya know, suicide watch. Autistic joy? That’s wack. Cringeworthy…But something about her article stuck in my craw.

I hit Twitter. Search “#autisticjoy.” Bang. Jen White-Johnson, Afro-Latina artist/educator. She moves me when she writes about her son Knox.
https://twitter.com/jtknoxroxs
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Especially his infectious joy in his interests, his triumphs, the weather…

Something called to me…
Forgotten memories…
3rd grade, just me and my chemistry set in the basement…

In this post, a young #autistic software developer talks career struggles. Mostly, other humans. Toward the end, she drops a notion new to her… #autisticjoy.

And how…surrounded by all her difficulties…she was struck by the joy in moments she spent alone, focused on coding.

#PuddleOfTheDay #berlin #MastoArt #spring2023 #AutisticJoy

Kandinsky influenced #PuddleOfTheDay
#berlin #MastoArt #spring2023 #AutisticJoy

A sarcastic joy #AutisticJoy for this #ActuallyAutistic ...

#4 hits home for me. The neurofabulous author, @KatyElphinstone favors #13...

I should explain to her gently, condescendingly, and from my lofty postion that she is... um, wrong.

Mebbe not...
😆😀😜🤣😅

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https://www.neurofabulous.org.uk/article-tips-on-shutting-people-down.html

#PuddleOfTheDay #berlin #MastoArt #spring2023 #AutisticJoy

saturated urban candy colors #PuddleOfTheDay #berlin #MastoArt #spring2023 #AutisticJoy

Here's a #PuddleOfTheDay for #Fensterfreitag. what I like is that it's a double reflection; the windows are reflecting the trees from across the street. #MastoArt #spring2023 #AutisticJoy #berlin