Episodes
174
Dec. 12, 2022
Support for late-diagnosed autistic people of color – with Diane J. Wright, Founder of Autastic
Diane J. Wright is a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility media consultant working in film and television. She is also the founder of Autastic.com, which provides resources and community for late-identified autistic people of color and their allies...
173
Nov. 28, 2022
Leaning into your ADHD strengths – with Dr. Lola Day
Dr. Lola Day is a multi-passionate busy mother of 3, a pediatric cardiologist, podcaster and ADHD trained life coach and productivity strategist for women. She is also the CEO and Founder of LollieTasking, a coaching and consulting firm that teaches...
172
Nov. 14, 2022
Tourette Syndrome representation in film - with Jack RH O'Sullivan
Jack RH O'Sullivan is an award-winning independent filmmaker and film director based in London. He is autistic, has Tourette Syndrome and OCD. He has directed ten short films including “Tourettes & I”, a coming-of-age drama about his own...
171
Oct. 31, 2022
Down Syndrome advocacy, competitive swimming, modeling and more – with Mary Borman
October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month, and I'm excited to host my first podcast guest who is talking about Down syndrome! Mary Borman is an ambassador for Down syndrome and 2018 Self-Advocate of the Year for the National Down Syndrome Society...
170
Oct. 17, 2022
An autistic Christian experience – with Miya Sae
Miya Sae is an autistic Christian, blogger, and aspiring author. Through her writing, she strives to help bridge the neglected gap between autism and Christianity, while bringing hope and encouragement to other misunderstood neurodivergent Christians...
169
Oct. 3, 2022
Destigmatizing Tourette Syndrome through storytelling – with Kevin Helgren
"You can choose to keep living your life in isolation... Or, you can break yourself out of that isolation and start to own the things that make you, you. One of which is having Tourette's, right?" Kevin Helgren's mom shared these encouraging words...
168
Sept. 19, 2022
A neurodivergent approach to workplace wellbeing – with Lee Chambers
Lee Chambers is a business psychologist and the founder of Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing, which helps organizations design and deliver well-being and inclusion strategies. He is the current Great British Entrepreneur of the Year for Service...
167
Sept. 5, 2022
Auditory processing disorder – with Hamish Hallett
Hamish Hallett is a podcast host and journalist who creates online content about auditory processing disorder (APD). He wants to help those with learning difficulties not to feel limited and to embrace what they have, rather than feel ashamed of it....
166
Aug. 22, 2022
Music, theater and autistic communities – with Madge Woollard
Madge Woollard has run her own business teaching piano and keyboard since 1994. Madge was diagnosed autistic in 2016 at the age of 44. She lives in Sheffield UK with her wife who is also late-diagnosed autistic. A graduate of Cambridge University, she...
165
Aug. 8, 2022
Becoming a young autistic advocate – with Quincy Hansen
Quincy Hansen is a young autistic activist, writer, public speaker and college student from Colorado. He is the author of the new book “Shake It Up! How to be Young, Autistic, and Make an Impact” and writes a blog at . During this episode, you...
164
July 25, 2022
Filmmaking about the dyslexic and ADHD experience – with Mads Johan Ogaard
Mads Johan Øgaard is an award-winning artist, filmmaker and public speaker. He is known for his animated short films about being a neurodivergent child: the multi-award-winning “I AM DYSLEXIC” (based on his own school experiences) and “WITH THE...
163
July 11, 2022
Writing autistic and ADHD characters -- with Brianne Leeson
Brianne Leeson is a writer, artist, and voice actor from Dallas, Texas. She is the creator of the queer supernatural comedy audio drama, “Today’s Lucky Winner.” Brianne was diagnosed as autistic and with ADHD at age 30, and she has since become...
162
June 27, 2022
Neurodiversity and inclusion in tech – with Jennifer Opal
Jennifer Opal is a DevOps Engineer with the HelloSign Team at Dropbox, a multi-award winning neurodiversity & inclusion advocate, blogger & keynote speaker. She also has dyslexia, dyspraxia and ADHD. Jennifer has worked with clients such as...
161
June 18, 2022
My Autism Diagnosis Story
On this special solo episode for Autistic Pride Day, I talk about how I got my autism diagnosis as an adult. Please note that this is not meant to be medical or professional advice of any kind. It’s just my own personal experience! Your experience may vary.
160
June 13, 2022
The Young Autistic Adult's Independence Handbook – with Haley Moss
Haley Moss is a neurodiversity expert, public speaker and author of four books that guide neurodivergent individuals through professional and personal challenges. We talk about Haley's latest book, "The Young Autistic Adult’s Independence...
159
May 30, 2022
Ticcing My Way Through Life – with Britney Wolf
Britney Wolf is a passionate Tourette Syndrome advocate who is trying to beat the stigmas surrounding the disorder. Through social media, speaking events and more, she takes every opportunity to let the Tourette Syndrome community know that they...
158
May 16, 2022
Fabulously Tourette – with Peter Zhao
Peter Zhao has been advocating for Tourette Syndrome awareness ever since 7th grade, when he fought back against bullies who harassed him about his tics. Today he is known as “Fabulously Tourette” on social media, where he creates educational and entertaining content about Tourette’s and mental health advocacy. Peter has Tourette Syndrome, ADHD and OCD, and recently got his bipolar diagnosis.
157
May 9, 2022
Dyspraxia, journalism and life-changing storytelling – with Nadine Drummond
Nadine Drummond is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker from London with roots in Jamaica. A former producer and reporter at CNN and Al Jazeera, she now develops media and content strategy for 14 African countries in her role at the United...
156
May 2, 2022
Autistics Unmasked and the BIPOC autistic experience – with Ky Kennedy
Recorded live at the Intersectional Infinity Summit on 3/30/2022. After seeing a need for an autistic founded and ran organization, Ky Kennedy and their sister founded Autistics Unmasked (AU). Now Ky and the rest of the team at AU are...
155
April 25, 2022
Nonspeaking autistic self advocacy – with Noah Seback
Noah Seback cannot speak -- however, he has a lot to say. Noah is a nonspeaking autistic young man with apraxia, which has made it impossible for him to communicate reliably for most of his life. Then, at the age of 16...
154
April 18, 2022
Autism, photography and the beauty of everyday things – with Joseph Hill
Photographer Joseph Hill is known as the “unofficial mayor” of Southern Pines, North Carolina. He’s currently the exclusive photographer for the Southern Pines Welcome Center, where many of his pictures are available for purchase as postcards....
153
April 11, 2022
Autistic and ADHD mother and life coach – Kori Tomelden
Kori Tomelden is a late diagnosed autistic ADHDer, life strategist for autistic and ADHD women & a transformational purpose coach. She lives in Albany, NY where she is raising a neurodivergent family. Her older daughter is non-speaking autistic...
152
April 4, 2022
We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation – with Eric Garcia
Why has public discourse about autism been dominated by non-autistic voices? And, what’s been happening recently to change this? My guest Eric Garcia breaks this down in today’s episode! Eric is a journalist based in Washington DC and the senior Washington correspondent for The Independent. He is also the author of the book, “We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation” which was published in 2021...
151
April 2, 2022
Autistic is a powerful word
For World Autism Day, I’ve recorded a solo episode where I explain how my thinking has evolved about the word “autistic” – how I was once scared of it, how I overcame my outdated views and biases associated with it, and why now I consider “autistic” to be a powerful word that I’m proud to claim as part of my identity.