Autism Stories: Emily Casanova

" I can be influenced very easily, i'm constantly questions myself. Despite all that, no matter how different from the norm, my gut will just tell me what to follow. When I stick to my gut I find that...

14 Sep 202024min

"It hammers something home in representation that is really not true, that we only date autistic people. I don't love to talk about my dating life . When I tell people I'm autistic they ask do you onl...

7 Sep 202028min

"I found a fun world, the glitz and glam, I kind of escaped the difficulties I was going through because I hadn't been diagnosed yet. There were a lot of challenges I didn't know how to cope with, I ...

31 Aug 202022min

" How to talk to kids like me who were quiet, abnormally quiet, we are over compliant. You wouldn't get the average hard working managing the household black parent who has this good kid to focus on...

24 Aug 202022min

"We as a community are more suited to be entrepreneurs. We have the assumptions all wrong with neurodiversity and hiring, we have all these employment initiatives and assuming they want jobs in tech, ...

17 Aug 202019min

"Through all those years of misdiagnosis and not really having the words to describe what is going on, bodybuilding emerged as the first thing that helped", says Crystal Rapoza. Crystal joins us on th...

10 Aug 202025min

"I showed that a black man who has autism, who has a different perspective can be a voice to inspire", says Phillip McGruder about his college experience as a black autistic man at the University of K...

3 Aug 202042min

"There are so many professionals that listen simply to reply, but listening to understand requires an open mind, cultural understanding and presumed competence," says Lisa Morgan. Lisa joins this talk...

27 Jul 202020min