Autism Stories

"She’s already feeling that pressure of, I need to be as performant as my male colleagues. But to add on to that, she’s struggling with ADHD symptoms, autism symptoms, sensory overload… that forces ne...

15 Jun 35min

"It amazes me, the resilience [autistic people] have, that we’ve built over these decades of awful experiences… we’re incredibly tough in so many ways. We keep on going", says Alex Morgan. Alex joins ...

8 Jun 29min

"Getting to make this show [about The Beatles] is the greatest joy and privilege of my life. A lot of people misunderstand non-speakers with autism, or may not know we exist. Some people may think if ...

1 Jun 12min

"You can be into kink, you can be into the idea of sex, you can even enjoy certain actions related to it and still be on the asexuality spectrum. And that [fact] widened my view", says Sabrina and Kad...

25 Mai 22min

"My] books don’t have that clinical language. I’m not a therapist, I’m not a professional. I just have the experience of actually living autism every single day with my kids… this is from one parent t...

18 Mai 18min

"It’s hard enough for most autistic people to connect in the first place. There’s such a hunger to meet other people like ourselves… What I’ve learned is that it’s a lonely journey. People are figurin...

11 Mai 27min

"They enable autistic and other adaptive athletes to run a Boston Marathon with slightly different requirements. [I thought] I’d love to be a part of it. And then a year later, I ran with them", says ...

4 Mai 22min

"Kids can look at [Hans Christian Andersen's] story and say, oh wow, here’s this famous author, and he went through this. Oh, there’s hope… not only make it through, but do something that I really lov...

27 Apr 18min