The SENbetweeners, masking and finding the right school (with Lisa Lloyd)
In Episode 10 of The Beautiful Reality of Autism, Guy Shahar is joined by Lisa Lloyd, known online as ASD with a G and T and author of Raising the SENbetweeners.Lisa explains what she means by ‘SENbet...
8 Jul 48min
From Crisis to Beauty: Guy Shahar on Founding Transforming Autism
The episode marks Transforming Autism’s Big Give Small Charities Week campaign, where all donations are doubled between 22nd June – 29th June 2026. Donations can be made HERE.In this episode, Pip Leav...
22 Jun 50min
Late discovery, bullying, and seeing the whole person (with Paul Isaacs)
In Episode 8 of The Beautiful Reality of Autism, Guy Shahar is joined by Paul Isaacs, autism speaker and advocate. Paul grew up going through mainstream schooling without specialist support, and he de...
3 Jun 44min
From judgement to understanding: helping autistic children regulate (with Dr Janet Rose)
In Episode 7 of The Beautiful Reality of Autism, Guy Shahar is joined by Dr Janet Rose, Principal of Norland College, co-developer of Transforming Autism’s First Steps programme, and a parent of an au...
20 Mai 49min
Jessica Whalley on acceptance, self-care, and late diagnosis
In Episode 6 of The Beautiful Reality of Autism, Guy Shahar is joined by Jessica Whalley, a late-diagnosed autistic mum whose son Jude is autistic and non-verbal. Jessica reflects on growing up as an ...
6 Mai 48min
What autism is, and how to build a world that works (with Sir Simon Baron-Cohen)
In Episode 5 of The Beautiful Reality of Autism, Guy Shahar is joined by Sir Simon Baron-Cohen (University of Cambridge), one of the world’s leading autism researchers. Simon reflects on how autism ha...
22 Apr 43min
Three essentials for empowering autistic children (with Andrew Shahan)
In Episode 4 of The Beautiful Reality of Autism, Guy Shahar is joined by Andrew Shahan, an early childhood special educator with 35 years’ experience working with autistic children and their families....
8 Apr 56min
On masking, meltdowns, and strength-first parenting (with Alex Manners)
In this episode, Guy is joined by Alex Manners, a 28-year-old autism advocate, speaker, and author. Alex shares what it was like growing up autistic, getting diagnosed at 10 (Asperger’s at the time), ...
25 Mar 35min
