Kirk Smith & Graham Kay

Autastic: A Comedians Guide to Autism

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Graham Kay and Kirk Smith are two comedians living in Los Angeles. Kirk has a teenaged son with Autism and Graham has an autistic adult brother. Together they talk about the lighter side of living with and coping with autism.

Author

Kirk Smith & Graham Kay

Category

Kids

Podcast website

autastic.com

Latest episode

Apr 19, 2026

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Episodes

Cannabis and Autism 25.03.2022

Ep. 279: Cannabis is being prescribed.  Thoughts?

Expressing Grief 01.03.2022

Do some people with autism have trouble expressing grief? Peter and JJ seem to. Plus some new research about sleep deprevation can have on people with autism.  

Breaking: Prenatal scan can detect Autism 14.02.2022

Opens up intersting questions about Eugenics

Is Horsing Around Good? 07.02.2022

Pete and JJ both love horses but are there also medical benefits?

Tough staffing changes for JJ 23.01.2022

Ep 275: Tough staffing changes for JJ

Peter Has a E-mail Feud 19.01.2022

Does Peter write too many e-mails? Well somebody on his e-mail list thinks so and he was NOT happy about it. Also, Kirk gets sea sick and can a babies hair tell you if they're autistic?

Peter gets a Web helicopter for Christmas! 05.01.2022

274

Do the calls exasperate loved ones? 14.12.2021

Ep. 273

New Labels? 07.12.2021

Peter gets his job back, Kirk has to cancel a trip to see his son and are new labels for different levels of the spectrum needed?

New Signs! And Peter calls in ❤️ 17.11.2021

New Autism signs and Peter calls in.

Autastic 270 09.11.2021

Peter doesn't want to be a movie star and we read an article about how some parents don't like having their child's condition being called a blessing. 

New autism event in Jersey with Cindy Gelormini 23.10.2021

Ep. 269: This week Cindi Gelormini stops by and talks about the event she put on in New Jersey. https://www.amazon.com/Robbies-World-SPECTRUM-Adventures-Book/dp/163221847X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3FLSAFQMUZKNR&dchild=1&keywords=cindy+gelormini&qid=1634970563&sprefix=cindi+gelormini%2Caps%2C173&sr=8-1 https://www.facebook.com/Robbies-World-Robbie-and-Me-Autism-Reality-105343508144282  

Peter Asks A Girl Out 07.10.2021

In this episode Peter asks out a girl..well sort of, Kirks daughter is having trouble connecting to his son and Israeli defense forces are using autistic people to man their computers. 

Disco balls fun? 02.10.2021

Ep. 268

Google's Autism Hiring Mandate 09.09.2021

Google has pledged to hire more people with autism but do the other neurotypical employees need training on how to to deal with them? 

Ep 266: Peter meets Julia 04.09.2021

Graham goes on a travel advneture in Canada and misses Peters 9 PM cutoff.

Sleep connected to Autism? 17.08.2021

New study talks about the connection between these seemingly two disconnected topics.

Early Autism Diagnosis and Learning to Shave 11.08.2021

Kirk talks about teaching his sone to shave and graham recounts a conversation with a long time listener who just discovered she has autism. 

Forest Gump Autism? 22.07.2021

Ep. 263: This week we discuss Forest Gump, how his disablitiy is portrayed.

Peter Makes a Tuna Melt (Feat. Greg Stone) 09.07.2021

In this episode Peter sends pictures of tuna melts to 33 people including comedian Greg Stone. Greg joins us to talk about what it means to be part of Peter's e-mail list.  Also, JJ loves Kirk and we read an article about how to better direct childish tendencies. 

Autism hate symbols? 07.07.2021

Ep. 261: We talk hate symbols and everything in between.

Tonight show with Graham Kay 24.06.2021

Ep 260: this week we discuss 4 myths of Autism. www.patreon.com/autastic Follow Graham: https://www.instagram.com/instagrahamkay Follow Kirk: https://www.instagram.com/kirksmithcomedy .

From Sweden with Love 14.06.2021

Ep. 259 Also: Come see Graham perform in Chattanooga June 18th and Atlanta June 19h. Tickets at grahamkay.com

Dr. Alycia Halladay 3 05.06.2021

The amazing Alycia Halladay joins us for the 3rd and final installment of her interview with incredible Jill Escher. 

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