Autism Stories

"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

"There are some difficulties that people like me have with websites, technology, and with other things that often don't get addressed. I say have you considered this, considered that, can we do this?...

4 Jan 202145min

"Even in stores, this time of year with christmas music, there's no reason for it be at that level over and over again. There's no need for that constant input of noise. If autistics ran the world we...

28 Des 202030min

"I don't think there is anyone that specializes in money and autistics. If there is a money topic, its a general or boring money topic thats usually directed more at parents of children with high sup...

21 Des 202044min

"It might take a little more training, but if you have someone neurodiverse they might have new ways of doing that position and it might end up being more efficient and better for the company," says ...

14 Des 202019min