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Joy F Johnson, MEd, MS, BCBA

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Joy F Johnson, MEd, MS, BCBA

Assent-based, culturally responsive ABA therapy for Autistic and Neurodivergent individuals. Led by Joy F.

Johnson, M.Ed., M.S., BCBA, LBA, we offer in-center and in-home services, social groups, and DORS-approved support for lasting growth.

01/22/2026

Music isn’t just background sound for me.
It’s a regulator.
A switch.
A sensory anchor.

As an Autistic person, sound doesn’t just enter my body — it moves through it.
The wrong song at the wrong moment can send me spiraling.
Overstimulated. Flooded. Disoriented.

But the right song?
It can bring me back into my body.
Lower my shoulders.
Steady my breath.
Lift my mood.
Reconnect me to myself.

This isn’t preference.
It’s sensory experience.

Music sets my tone.
My nervous system.
My capacity.

And learning to honor that has been part of learning to care for myself.

Not drama.
Just the quiet language of a body speaking honestly.

01/22/2026

Not every space is safe for your softness.
Not every conversation is worthy of your labor.

Self-care can look like boundaries,
distance,
and choosing regulation over reaction.

You’re allowed to protect your peace.

01/21/2026

Seasonal Affective Disorder is one of my co-occurring conditions. And like many Autistic adults, it shapes how my experience shifts across seasons.

Most Autistic people navigate more than one layer of experience — sensory, emotional, environmental, relational. Co-occurring mood and anxiety differences, including SAD, occur at higher rates in Autistic adults. That’s one reason the spectrum looks different for each of us.

When daylight drops, my energy and emotional bandwidth shift. So during SAD season, I support myself intentionally — physically and mentally. For me, how I dress and present myself sets the stage for how I show up in the world. It’s mental preparation that starts with the physical.

No shame. No fixing. Just learning what supports me If you’re moving through a seasonal low too — you’re not alone 🤍
Let’s find small ways to invite summer back in, even before the season changes ☀️ 😝

01/19/2026

Explore a wealth of unique resources at joyfjohnson.com that embrace neurodiversity and empower individuals to thrive. Discover tools and insights designed to foster understanding and acceptance in every community.

01/09/2026

Many Autistic teens and adults are pushed toward goals that prioritize timelines, productivity, or independence — often at the cost of regulation, wellbeing, and identity. Redefining Success was created to offer a different path.

Redefining Success is a digital guide for parents, caregivers, Autistic teens, and Autistic adults who want to approach goals through a support-first, neurodivergent-affirming lens. Instead of focusing on compliance or age-based expectations, this guide helps readers understand how capacity, executive functioning, emotional regulation, and environment impact progress — and how goals can be adjusted without shame.

This guide provides practical frameworks and reflective tools to help families and individuals:
• distinguish between motivation and executive functioning
• recognize when goals need support, pacing, or adjustment
• reduce burnout and pressure around expectations
• build goals collaboratively, with autonomy and dignity
• measure progress in ways that prioritize wellbeing

Redefining Success is not a therapy program or checklist. It is a flexible, reusable resource designed to be revisited as needs, capacity, and circumstances change.

Format: Digital guide (downloadable)
Who it’s for: Parents of Autistic teens or adults, Autistic teens, and Autistic adults
Use: Self-paced, reflective, and practical
Available on my website (link in bio)

01/09/2026

This is for the Autistic person who keeps pushing —
even when your body is screaming.
Even when your brain is fogged.
Even when rest feels unsafe.

You were taught that stopping meant failing.
That slowing down meant losing ground.
That your worth depended on how much you could endure.

That wasn’t resilience.
That was conditioning.

Burnout is not a personal flaw.
Shutdown is not weakness.
Needing rest is not a lack of discipline.

If functioning requires pain,
the problem is not your effort.
It’s the demand.

You don’t need to go harder.
You don’t need to push through this.
You don’t need to prove capacity by harming yourself.

You need relief.
You need regulation.
You need space to stop without consequence.

Rest is not quitting.
Rest is repair.
Rest is survival in a world that asks too much.

01/08/2026

Wanting independence, success, or change —
and struggling to start or follow through —
can exist at the same time.

That isn’t laziness.
It isn’t lack of motivation.
It’s often an executive functioning support gap.

Executive functioning impacts initiation, organization, energy management, and follow-through.
When those systems aren’t supported, effort alone isn’t enough — and pressure only increases shame and burnout.

Support changes outcomes.

Not everyone needs the same level of support — and that’s okay.

That’s why I created two options, designed to either stand alone or work together, depending on what you need right now:

⸻

🧠 Executive Functioning Support Packet

Choose this if you:
• want practical tools you can start using right away
• need support with initiation, planning, follow-through, or regulation
• want a self-paced, neurodivergent-affirming resource
• are a teen, adult, or caregiver looking for structure without pressure

This packet focuses on capacity, clarity, and sustainable progress — not productivity or compliance.

⸻

🔍 Executive Functioning Assessment + Individualized Recommendations

Choose this if you:
• feel stuck and aren’t sure where the breakdown is
• have tried tools before and they didn’t stick
• want individualized insight and clear next steps
• are supporting a teen or adult with complex or layered needs

✨ This option includes:
• a comprehensive executive functioning assessment
• a 1:1 session to review results and recommendations
• the Executive Functioning Support Packet (no need to purchase separately)

Support ≠ lowered expectations.
Support creates access.

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And if this resonates, Both options are available on my website.( link is in my bio.)

01/08/2026

Wanting independence, success, or change —
and struggling to start or follow through —
can exist at the same time.

That isn’t laziness.
It isn’t lack of motivation.
It’s often an executive functioning support gap.

Executive functioning impacts initiation, organization, energy management, and follow-through.
When those systems aren’t supported, effort alone isn’t enough — and pressure only increases shame and burnout.

Support changes outcomes.

Not everyone needs the same level of support — and that’s okay.

That’s why I created two options, designed to either stand alone or work together, depending on what you need right now:

⸻

🧠 Executive Functioning Support Packet

Choose this if you:
• want practical tools you can start using right away
• need support with initiation, planning, follow-through, or regulation
• want a self-paced, neurodivergent-affirming resource
• are a teen, adult, or caregiver looking for structure without pressure

This packet focuses on capacity, clarity, and sustainable progress — not productivity or compliance.

⸻

🔍 Executive Functioning Assessment + Individualized Recommendations

Choose this if you:
• feel stuck and aren’t sure where the breakdown is
• have tried tools before and they didn’t stick
• want individualized insight and clear next steps
• are supporting a teen or adult with complex or layered needs

✨ The assessment includes the Executive Functioning Support Packet, so there’s no need to purchase it separately.

⸻

Support ≠ lowered expectations.
Support creates access.

Save this. Share it.
And if this resonates, Both options are available on my website.( link is in my bio.)

01/07/2026

Executive functioning support matters.

Starting tasks, organizing steps, managing energy, and following through aren’t about willpower or motivation. They’re neurological processes — and when they aren’t supported, effort alone isn’t enough.

Supporting executive functioning isn’t lowering expectations.
It’s removing barriers.

When we provide the right tools, structure, and understanding, we make progress possible without pressure, shame, or burnout.

Support changes outcomes.

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2 Hamill Road Suite 225
Timonium, MD
21210

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Tuesday	9am - 8pm
Wednesday	9am - 8pm
Thursday	9am - 8pm
Friday	9am - 8pm

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http://Joyfjohnson.com/

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about me.

I am a Behavior Specialist, Inclusion Specialist, and Autism Advocate who partners with organizations, individuals, and families to improve the lives of those impacted by autism. After spending years working in clinical settings, non-profits, and schools, my experience enables me to to truly serve and represent ASD community members in various contexts. I hold a Masters in education, a Masters in psychology with a specialization in ABA, and I am currently a PhD candidate .

In addition to my extensive education professional experiences, I have a great deal personal experience. I am diagnosed with autism myself which provides me with a unique knowledge, perspective ,and source of passion.