Dr. Shannan Palma

"The big factor that people don't think about is that it eliminates anxiety over the environment. If you are doing a remote interview you can get control over your environment and thats really huge" s...

1 Mar 202125min

"There are pretty good amount of autistic people out there who would like to learn to read tarot, but are convinced they won't be able to do it. I think a lot of that comes from non-autistic people n...

22 Feb 202131min

"It turns out its a lot easier than I thought. Remembering those things as a kid that made me happy, walking outside in nature, looking at ants under a microscope, starring at the stars at night. Wal...

15 Feb 202131min

"Sometimes because of the challenges we stay away and I understand that, but a real change can only happen if we persist and insist that we have something to offer to church. The church is not complet...

8 Feb 202122min

"The medical community needs to get a lot better at sorting difference from distress and disorder. We have to stop pathologizing difference," says Dr. Laura Weldon. Dr. Weldon joins us to talk about t...

1 Feb 202117min

"Everything in the world is lined up, we organize things, thats what we do as human beings. I think the autistic child probably starts doing these things at a different time, thats the difference. We ...

25 Jan 202123min

"Walking has always been my meditation. As I'm walking its given me the much needed meditation especially when I'm sharing so much on this project. I'm sharing vulnerable parts of myself. I hadn't ope...

18 Jan 202117min

"When I hear autistic people having struggles and I hear parents having struggles, they are almost always the same struggles. What it is, is the system isn't helping us so I'm trying to get us all o...

11 Jan 202124min