47. S4, Ep4: Self acceptance, autism and gender - and how sharing your story can change your life
Yenn Purkis is an inspirational autistic and non-binary author, advocate, public speaker and community leader from Canberra in Australia. They also have a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Their journey has...
18 Sep 202153min
46. S4, Ep3: Hormones, reproductive and mental health and stepping into our sensory selves
Becky Beasley is an award winning visual artist, receiving the highest UK award for Visual Arts in the country, a Paul Hamlyn Artists Award, in 2018, and also teaches Fine Art part time at Goldsmiths ...
11 Sep 202157min
45. S4, Ep2: Ability and disability: getting the right support to thrive in academic settings
Daisy Shearer is a PhD candidate in experimental condensed matter physics at the University of Surrey in the UK. She is a passionate researcher, science communicator, and educator with a drive to make...
4 Sep 202150min
44. S4, Ep1: Holly Smale: Synaesthesia, hyperlexia and accidentally writing an autistic book-child
Holly Smale is a multimillion-bestselling and award-winning author of young adult fiction, famous for her Geek Girl and The Valentines series of books. Geek Girl heroine Harriet Manners is a 15 year o...
28 Aug 20211h
43. S3, Ep12: Workplace challenges, burnout cycles and why autistic business owners are thriving online
Jo Casey is a business coach for quirky, artisanal business owners (think coaches, healers and makers) who want to build a sustainable online business without any shiny, shouty nonsense. Jo is 49, liv...
10 Jul 20211h 1min
42. S3, Ep11: Getting an autism diagnosis later in life, finding support and preparing for others' reactions
Wilma Wake was diagnosed autistic in her mid 60s. Now 74, she lives in Maine in the United States, where she is a licenced clinical social worker and retired ordained minister. Despite working with au...
3 Jul 202157min
41. S3, Ep10: Sustainable activism, autistic burnout and redefining success
Luize is self diagnosed. She's 26 and lives in Latvia, where an autism diagnosis is not available for adults. She briefly studied medicine at university, before switching to Sociology. She has spent t...
26 Jun 20211h
40. S3, Ep9: Body, brain and gender: an autistic experience
Bernard Grant first identified as autistic in 2012, but it wasn't until 2020, at the start of the pandemic, that they finally fully accepted this. Now 35, they are a writer and editor in Cincinnati, O...
19 Jun 202157min
