Toni

Autistic at 40

Society EN ↓ 6 episodes

A late identified autistic human. Speaking purely from my own experience, as I make sense of my life and the world around me, through my relatively new autistic lens. Email: autisticat40@outlook.com IG: @autistic_at_40_podcast

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Toni

Episodes

Episode 6 - Understanding and managing my Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) 21.02.2026 1:03:43

In this episode I discuss how I discovered my Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), how it has presented at different times in my life, and where I believe it comes from.

Episode 5 - Making sense of autism and trauma 25.01.2026 51:57

In this episode, I share the sense I have made of my autism vs different types of trauma, including developmental trauma and cPTSD. I don't make references to specific traumatic incidents.

Episode 3 - My repetition and intensity 04.01.2026 47:35

In this episode I describe the experience of having repetitive and intense interests and behaviours, and how they impact on my life and health.

Episode 4 - My wider common autistic traits 04.01.2026 36:41

In this episode, I set out a number of wider traits common in autistic individuals and how I experience them. Including absolute thinking, sensory issues, monotropism, meltdowns, shutdowns, context blindness and alexythymia.

Episode 1 - Rebooting Autistic at 40 01.01.2026 32:35

In this episode I share the reasons for unpublishing my original podcast episodes, and how I will be approaching the reboot in a different way.

Episode 2 - My social communication challenges 01.01.2026 39:22

In this episode, I share the ways in which I experience the diagnostic criterion of social communication and interaction challenges.