Audible Autism - Interesting Questions and Interesting Facts

Sarah interviews Rebecca Cavender, an intuitive writer, guide, and advocate from the Pacific Northwest, USA. She helps others remember they belong so they can catalyse and honour their true self-expression. Rebecca does this through professional writing services, coaching, and sharing her prose, poetry, and advocacy.

In this episode, Odai interviews Cassandra Reyhani, on mental health problems in one's family history, looking back in your family tree for autistic traits, and a brief discussion on tips and advice on limits and how to best enjoy gigs as autistic people. A fascinating, moving and occasionally intense episode.

A solo episode from Odai with advice tips and personal experiences on the difficulties of manoeuvring through a big city. Odai also overviews the Freedom Pass Concessionary Travel Scheme run by London Councils - how it started, and what it entitles people to. This one is different to our usual ones but we hope you find this informative and eye-opening.

Vogue, philosophy, dance...bowel movements???   People, you are in for a very interesting and shall we say "elemental" episode where Sarah and Odai have a fascinating insightful and quite poignant interview with professional poet and dancer Ted Rogers, who talks about his life and work.

Sarah is interviewed again but this time by co-host Odai about the relationship between her faith and being an autistic person.  We get to hear about:  - How Sarah became an interfaith minister - the difficulties in dealing with what some consider the rational and the irrational - How faith can be beneficial in our worst moments   All in all this is quite an in-depth and fascin...

In this special episode of Audible Autism, Heather Wiech interviews Sarah McCulloch and her vision for the Autistic Empire, our new autistic community.  Sarah discusses: * Her views of autism as a civic identity.  * What the Autistic Empire has been inspired by from Malcolm X and LGBT liberation movements * Her own background and journey as an autistic person * How she sees our future as autistic...

Our latest sensory episode for people who just want to listen. In this episode: * Sarah explains gender. * Odai has more easy listening music. * A short story by Agatha Christie.

In this episode, Loren Snow, an autistic speaker and trainer, talks about their work running Autism Academy, which uses fun educational voices to make understanding autism accessible for everyone, among other things. We also discuss the difficulties of dealing with neurotypical people and managing relationships generally.

This episode is a recording of the Launch event of the Autistic Empire, which took place in London on Sunday September 16th, 2018.  Speakers:  * Odai Quaye discusses Why Now?  * Alex Mason explains the background and aims of our Grand Sensory Survey.  * Sarah McCulloch discusses the functions of the Autistic Empire and its future.  You can learn more and sign up at http://...

In this episode, Jason Hodgson, experimental composer, discusses his work and how his autism influences his music and other interests. Jason organises a number of live music performances across the country, including Adventures and Artists: a Live Dungeons and Dragons Concert.

A live recording of a talk given at Stoke Newington library to mark World Autism Awareness Week by Libby, an animal behaviour technician from Plymouth. We hear her diagnosis at the age of four, her life as a selective mute, and eventually her graduation and journey to university.

In this special themed episode, Odai looks at the world of work from an autistic perspective. With stories from Sarah, Savva and Cee, Odai considers what life in a neurotypical workplace is like for an autistic person. Sarah and Odai then interview Cee about their special interest in labour market policy, and life as a civil servant for a government department.

In this final episode of 2017, Odai and Sarah mark the season by pulling out our magic hats and playing a game of Secret Hitler with some friends. CW: Some bad language (from Sarah, everyone else kept it together).

In this episode of Audible Autism, we have on Dr Robert Court, associate researcher at Edinburgh University. Listen to hear:  How Robbie built his social skills through observation.  His journey from electrical engineering apprentice to post-doctoral researcher with severe dyslexia.  What Robbie thinks of psychological diagnostic tests.  Are there autistic dogs?  How shoul...

In this episode, Odai interviews Ben Rogen, a programmer from Sunderland who discusses his experiences growing up with a childhood diagnosis from Professor Tony Atwood, his thoughts on autistic stereotyping, and his interest in competitive fighting computer games.

In this episode, Sarah explains how she organises herself and the tools she uses.  For show notes, please visit our website at http://www.audibleautism.com.

A chilled out episode with a talk on consent, a music selection, and a reading taken from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Maxim Thompson explains his autistic journey, interest in autistic people in the media, and his upcoming documentary on music therapy and autistic children.

In our introductory episode, Sarah and Odai lay out their backgrounds and the position statements of the podcast.