Autism Stories

"For me, sensory play is like a form of meditation. It is often loud inside my head but when I experience sensory joy I am just me and I feel in tune with the universe, like I am exactly where I need to be and it is such a relief", says Bobbie Charlie. Bobbie joins this episode to discuss sensory joy, the feelings wheel, and life as a musician. To learn more about Bobbie

"One of the biggest things that I've learned is just how deep my mask goes, and that's basically just how I functioned my whole life and didn't really realize it. Aside from that, I learned that a lot of the coping skills that go along with masking, a lot of the coping skills I used to make it, just aren't really enough anymore", says Bee McDonald. Bee joi

"Our brain is 85% visual right and 15% verbal. The spiritual ability clairvoyance is seeing, so we have already that ability to see because of our visual. My clairvoyance is through the roof because of my autism", says Chinhee Park. Chinhee joins this episode to discuss being a psychic medium and how her autism impacts her mediumship. To learn more about Chinhee visit https://www.t

"One thing that I really have a lot of is echolalia. A lot of the things that come out of me verbally is repeated sounds, repeated songs, repeated phrases. In a lot of ways that can be really helpful for improv or even for writing sketch", says Bridie Schellenberg. Bridie joins this episode to discuss performing improv, how comedy can improve the relationships with your k

"The main issue that we ran into, the hurdle that kept us from understanding that we had the sleep disorder that we do, is our autistic literalism. We were taking the way that people talk about being overworked and tired in this capitalist hustle culture, the way that people are like, oh, I'm exhausted, I'm falling asleep all the time. We took that very literally"

"The best part of my marathon running is just accomplishing something really hard. I love overcoming barriers and pushing myself to new heights. I love running because it is when my brain seems to give into the needs of my body", says Aaron Jepson. Aaron joins this episode to discuss ow marathon running impacts his autism, the fiction and nonfiction books he has written,

"I didn't really find community until after I learned to spell my communication and I was able to connect with other kids like me. It seems like since I learned how to spell my communication, the community and the opportunity to connect with others continues to grow and grow", says Grace Falleur. Grace joins this episode to discuss the spellers method and about the Pa

"I love that I'm so lucky to have people to depend on, and I can be dependable for others. [...] I am convinced that interdependence is a natural way of being", says Danny Whitty. Danny joins this episode to discuss his new podcast All Our Brave Hearts. To learn more about Danny and All Our Brave Hearts visit https://www.instagram.com/dannywithwords/ . If you could s

"Ehlers-Danlos, you don't really have like issues with the stomach. It's all joints." No, there's so much more to it than bendy joints and dislocations. It's everywhere, and I think that;s one of the most important things they could know", says Mandi Weirdmore. Mandi joins this episode to discuss Ehlers-Danlos awareness month. We also discuss doctors

"Everyone who's following us has a much clearer understanding of Autism. We're doing a lot more early intervention. We know more, right? [...] So that story was important for me to document, I felt, that the legacy for us of those late diagnosed folks that missed out on a lot of opportunities or had a lot of struggles that weren't necessary for us to have", sa