How did autistic and other neurodivergent kids survive the Dark Ages before IEPs, 504 plans, targeted therapy, noise-canceling headphones?
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When spoken language is your primary social survival skill, selective mutism is terrifying to experience. How Johnny Profane ended up with “alcohol abuse” on his record while stone sober.
Beautiful, vibrant, living Autistic poetry and song lyrics without the word “autism.” Songs without a singer. Rhyme with Reason.
To cope with the increasingly more complicated demands of adult life, Johnny Profane has relied on the adrenaline rush of fear and anxiety to push him into action and get his mind in gear.
Every therapy, every diagnosis, every medication– burnout, meltdowns, marriages, careers, shutdowns, and then there was clarity with a late diagnosis of autism.
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