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[howyoustudythestars]

Happy birthday, Adam Young aka Owl City!

I don’t believe I shared this on my Tumblr last year. I’m now a part of a musical duo called Kinetic Spectrum, which consists of me as songwriter and vocalist PJ Âû aka @clodplaye . Our first single, Basement Ballads, is a tribute to Adam Young. It was also produced by the very talented Lynz. I put this lyric video out for Adam’s birthday last year, and I figured I would share it here!

Right now, Basement Ballads is the only song of ours that’s out. But stay tuned: More music will come out soon!

[ikmegraf]

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[niaaliastofi]

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[johnnyprofane1]

Recent Artwork August 2023

"Recent Artwork August 2023" Headed in every different direction, everywhere, all to once... 🚨Content note: disturbing images, disturbing topics... Images to all paid subscribers. #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #ADHD #AuDHD #AutisticJoy #AutisticLove

Headed in every different direction, everywhere, all to once… 🚨Content note: disturbing images, disturbing topics… Also all images are availble for reproduction up to movie poster size to all paid subscribers. “Calm Down” – tales of an autitic meltdown Avatar detail from “Calm Down,” digital illustration by Johnny Profane Âû. Selfie detail from “Calm Down,” digital illustration by Johnny…

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[peekaboopeaches]

This comes from a comment I made on Twitter on a @neurodivergentrebel post. She made me realize that maybe other autistics experience something similar when they have a shutdown. What are your thoughts?

[underbananamoon]

Online conference

Check out this online conference, my bit was on at 2:15 EST Nov. 28, 2020, but the conference can be viewed in entirety. .. https://youtu.be/NLZRUlsYIMo

Note: AsymptomaticSpread is real. Five people I love (a whole household) had #COVID19 The man pictured here has died. I don’t normally share things like this but here’s a link. This is a hard working family and not good at asking for help.…

[ira-407]

Why I Don’t “Light it Up Gold”

You may be a bit confused by the last word in this title-wouldn’t this kind of blog post usually be called “Why I Don’t ‘Light it Up Blue”? I obviously don’t do that either, but I also have issues with the color gold being used in the context of autism. To start, a history lesson.

Gold for autism was an idea that goes as far back as the  2000s. The earliest instance I’ve found of Au is 2004. I know this thanks to the Fandom Rescue Project on Web Archive, who preserved tons of Yahoo Groups forums before Yahoo shut the feature down permanently. A lot of early autistic organizing was done via Yahoo Groups, among other platforms. My source supplied me with more than six hundred megabytes of data related to autism and disability-focused groups. In one of them, AutAdvo, there was discussion of an “Autistic Underground”, which had the abbreviation Au. It has the Latin phrases “perservateur pa Excellence”, and “Aut víam inveníam aut faciam”. Those translate to “persevering excellence” and “I will find a way or make one”. A user named Janet Norman-Bain, whose alias was “Jypsy” talked about Au also being the symbol for gold, and using it as an abbreviation as they “mine info”. She also suggested that “years from now we’ll be the select few who know what it *really* means”. It appears as if they were right, eighteen years later. I do not believe this is directly related to the Autistic Union, often symbolized with Âû, nor do I think it was something their creators knew about and deliberately built off of. There was talk of autism and gold separately a few years later in a separate Yahoo Group list, so it’s entirely possible that many different people have thought the same thing about linking autism to gold without necessarily knowing other people had the same idea before them. 

Another thing from early Neurodiversity history that Âû is reminiscent of, which is more concerning, is the passport to Aspergia, as well as other monikers people would use to identify themselves. Aspergia was this fictional island devised by someone named Edan. It had a website with a forum that lasted from 2002 to 2004. Aspergia was supposedly the land where all autistic people are genetically descended from, and it suggested that autistic people are “Aspergian Mutants”. It deliberately uplifted people with an Asperger’s diagnosis over those with an autism diagnosis, with one of its writers, TheASMan, publishing a book titled Tears For Aspergia. This book lamented that some advocates were pushing for autism to be seen as a disability (which it is). Passports to Aspergia were orange wristbands, and autistic people would wear them to show that they were aspies. This feels similar to the Âû moniker. Back when blogging was really popular on the internet, people would use specific buttons and tags, and this included autistic bloggers. Older social media platforms used to be more customizable than the most used ones are now, and I think including Âû in the username is part of trying to reclaim that personalization. Again, I do not think these are directly related to Âû, but I do think they have the same line of thinking behind them.

Many people use the Âû letters in their username, and surely not all of them are bad, nor are the people connected with them, right? Yes, there are perfectly fine people who are within this network, and most of them are probably unaware of these issues. However, many of them also display problematic behavior and espouse dangerous beliefs. They can be very opportunistic, flooding the comment sections of people who make pretty minor mistakes. It’s a common practice within the Neurodiversity Movement to protest and organize this way, and it can be very effective, but many people in these circles will see something pretty minor, like someone who uses person-first language for autism, or puzzle pieces, and practically form a picket line around them.  They’ll also claim that the way they think is how “the majority of autistic people'' feel, rather than explain the merits of their argument.

Finally, and most importantly, using the gold for autism creates a feeling of separatism from the rest of neurodivergence and disability, specifically in the context of the gold infinity symbol. The gold infinity symbol was first used circa 2014 by AutisticUK, a UK-based labor party organization. It was taken from the pre-existing rainbow infinity symbol that symbolizes all forms of neurodivergence, meant to be an infinity symbol exclusively for autistic people. I really don’t see the need for this. Now the rainbow symbol has its own somewhat problematic origins, being made by the creators of Aspies for Freedom, but I personally like the way it looks, what it represents, and I think it’s been used in mostly decent ways over the years. There’s certainly an essay to be written about AFF themselves. I’ve always envisioned the Neurodiversity Movement to be about more than just autism and for autistic-led spaces to include more than just autistic people. I feel like what will truly liberate us as a community is if we have cross-disability solidarity. This is something the Disability Rights Movement has struggled with since the beginning, so it’s not a problem exclusive to us neurodivergents, but it is still an issue all the same. The founders of Autism Network International had the right idea, and utilized a concept that has sadly been mostly lost to time-cousins. Mel Baggs wrote an excellent blog post about this a few years ago: https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2016/11/01/cousins/ 

I feel like the Neurodiversity Movement. as well as any disability movement, is at its best when it takes all forms of disability into account and is inclusive of all of them. The Disability Justice Movement does this the best. Using gold to symbolize autism as its own separate entity does not accomplish this. If you like it, more power to you. I did not write this to convince anyone to think exactly as I do. I just personally think that gold doesn’t look good on the Neurodiversity Movement.

[thebobbycrogan]

Spider-Gwen: PJ ÂÛ

[semitwate]

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[johnnyprofane1]

Recent Artwork, April 2023

Gallery of recent artwork. 4K versions, suitable for screensavers, TV art, or posters up to 40" available free to all paid subscribers & Ko-Fi supporters.

👉Hi-res versions, suitable for screensavers, TV art, or posters up to 40″ available free to all paid subscribers & monthly Ko-Fi supporters. Signed, if you like. Drop me a line… Johnny Profane Âû, original digital icon. I’m exploring using Midjourney and other forms of AI for my illustrations. Although not required as a subscriber, I credit Midjourney’s role in each. In my process, I consult…

[autisticsongbird]

The support of our community is truly bringing us to tears currently we are at $1,939.61 of our $4,000 goal for safe emergency housing and transportation with $2,060.39. I put our medical and long term housing fundraiser on hold to avoid immediate homelessness and eviction court. Thank you for everyone who’s helped and posted 🥺😭😭😭🖤🙏🏽 This is scary and we are so grateful.

Donations:

Venmo: @KBella-Bee-42

https://account.venmo.com/u/KBella-Bee-42

CashApp: $KFT42

PayPal: @KBellekeau42

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/KBellekeau42

To get updates on our fundraiser, follow here

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I’m an Autistic, Multiply Disabled, Queer Parent, Educator, Advocate, Support, Activist, Musician, Artist, and Performer. My teen is Autistic, Disabled, Trans, and brilliant (definitely an advocate and educator all on their own as they have a strong sense of justice). My performances are on Facebook and you can absolutely follow me there for education on Autistic experience/accommodations/supports and if you have a musical request, I’m more than elated to learn a song for you. It’s the very least I can do with all of the kindness and support so many have shown. Thank you so much 😭🖤✨🖤🙏🏽

Urgent Request For Help

Please donate and/or share to help a severely injured, autistic, multiply disabled single mother (whose child is also autistic and disabled) in dire need. They’re losing their housing and have nowhere to go. Anything helps and no amount of $ is too small.

[Music Credit: Lana Del Ray. All song rights retained by the artist.]

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About Kelly Âû and Her Situation

Kelly (she/her) is a autistic advocate, disability activist, multidisciplinary artist, and musical performer. 

Over the past 2 years Kelly and her child, Little Âû (they/them), have been trying to survive a financial crisis after losing 2/3 of Kelly’s income due to the pandemic and having had multiple, expensive health crises befall them - including 2 long-term hospitalizations for Little Âû and Kelly sustaining several concussions as well as injuries that will likely require surgery. Due to the high cost of these unexpected emergencies, it’s resulted in them not having enough money for basic life necessities and losing their home. Applications for housing assistance are being processed but Kelly and her child are currently without a place to live. They desperately need a safe place to shelter for at least a week in order for Kelly to have time to scrap together enough resources to obtain secure long-term housing.

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Donation Links

Venmo: @KBella-Bee-42 or https://account.venmo.com/u/KBella-Bee-42

CashApp: $KFT42

PayPal: @KBellekeau42 or https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/KBellekeau42

If using Venmo or PayPal, please mark as friends or family/personal and not a seller transaction so there are no fees.

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Follow Kelly on Social Media

Facebook (updates and FB Live performances): 

https://www.facebook.com/kelly.au.37853

TikTok: 

https://www.tiktok.com/@autistic_songbird42

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