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Politely Starving My Neurodivergent Ass
When Pros Patiently Explain Why My Benefits Must Be Cut
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Johnny Profane (Knapp Âû)
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sneaking my mother’s creepy g-d on high
Prelude, December 1997“Where should I look?” She asks breathless, Trudging bootless.
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sneaking my mother’s creepy g-d on high
Prelude, December 1997“Where should I look?” She asks breathless, Trudging bootless.
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Johnny Profane (Knapp Âû)
Autistic Adults: Provocative Thoughts toward a New Trauma-Informed Work
Fix the environment, not the autism. Transform trauma, let neurodivergence... blossom.
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Johnny Profane (Knapp Âû)
I'm an Autistic Imagistic Thinker. Could You Be Too?
Some signs you might be... without realizing it...
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Johnny Profane (Knapp Âû)
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Slouching toward Montauk
Not too worried about some fabulous unachievable autistic Nirvana… These days.
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Johnny Profane (Knapp Âû)

December 2024

My Friend Billy
I see him clear, tears in his eyes. Laffing how he outraced cops across Arizona deserts...
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Johnny Profane (Knapp Âû)
Shameless
Scaling Mount Marcy that night as Elvis died...
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Johnny Profane (Knapp Âû)
Believe I’ll Ch-Ch-Change My Shirt
Karma’s a bitch dog, in heat. Sleeps beside me every night…Feasting on defeats...
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Johnny Profane (Knapp Âû)
That Song I'll Never Sing to My Son
Don’t forget to have a kid like that call-in contest you just knew you could win...
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Johnny Profane (Knapp Âû)
After the Secret
I don’t have to fly, wear a mask, or sport a cape... to be autistic.
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Johnny Profane (Knapp Âû)
The Body Abides
Your body, your witness.And this witness ALWAYS watches...
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Johnny Profane (Knapp Âû)
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