The Late Discovered Club

Our guest on Episode 13 is Kate Laine-Toner - an autistic trainer, speaker and author, she is also mother to an amazing neurodivergent child.  In 2012, Kate founded the parent support charity Bristol Autism Support when she struggled to find support for her own daughter, and over the following 10 years helped to guide over 3,000 parents and carers on their autism journey, as well as navigating her...

Our guest on Episode 11 is Krystle McGilvery Krystle McGilvery is the award-winning Founder of Mind Over Money , a finance training and education consultancy, a Behavioural Finance specialist, Podcaster, Mentor and Coach.  She combines finance and psychology to improve financial decision-making, confidence, and wellbeing. Krystle has worked with the likes of Equifax, Moonpig, and AllBright, appear...

Our guest on Episode 10 is Charlotte Bergslien, AKA 'The Spectrum Girl'. Trigger Warning: This episode discusses self-harm, suicide, abuse, and trauma After hitting a massive autistic (and ADHD) burnout at the age of 36, Charlotte started sharing about her experiences leading up to her burnout and of her current life since being diagnosed at 38. Charlotte always felt different from those a...

Our guest on Episode 9 is Laura Kerbey , Co-Founder of NEST Laura received a diagnosis of ADHD in her forties, and comes on the podcast to talk about her autism self-discovery - this being the first time she has spoken publicly about what she’s slowly discovering about herself. She describes herself as a “work in progress” of identifying herself and the realization that her neurodivergence include...

Our guest in Episode 8 is Morgan Harper Nichols , an acclaimed artist, poet and Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly best-selling author. With nearly 2 million followers on Instagram, Morgan uses her art, her platform, and her experiences to connect with her community. Morgan joins our host Catherine Asta to talk about her late autism discovery, the barriers to accessing an assessment, and he...

Tee Cee joins our host Catherine Asta for a compassionate conversation to shine a light on her Late Discovered Autism.  A presenter, writer, and filmmaker - Tee Cee is known for her colourful style, youthful nature and passion for Caribbean heritage.  Diagnosed autistic aged 27, Tee Cee publicly revealed her diagnosis for the first time in her most recent documentary ‘Too Autistic for Black’.  Com...

Becky Davies joins our host Catherine Asta to shine a light on her late autism discovery at 38. As a Detective Inspector , Becky has the privilege of looking after the people who deliver a public protection service to some of the most vulnerable members of our society. Also a single mum with two beautiful children, it  was her experience of #postnataldepression that ignited her passion for improvi...

Victoria Matthews talks to our host Catherine Asta about her experience of years of mental and physical ill health, which all culminated in a breakdown in 2018, and how, with professional help she uncovered layers of hidden trauma, followed by her late discovered autism and ADHD aged 51. Why her 25 years of work in the education and charity sectors as an early years teacher and a literacy and dysl...

Andrea Anderson talks to our host Catherine Asta about her late discovered autism aged 45, just as the world was turning on a pandemic axis - what followed were two years of her carefully constructed world unravelling. How her many bouts of burnout during her 10 + years working in fast growing, dynamic fashion and digital businesses saw her leave her career at ASOS severely burnt out, and devoid o...

Our guest on Episode 3 is Toni B , creator and host of the podcast 'Autistic at 40'.  After a lifetime of existential confusion, wondering if there was any place for her in this world, along with the pain and shame of knowing that she was different but never understanding *why* Toni stumbled by chance upon a YouTube video about autistic masking, just around the same time she was wondering...

Our guest on episode 2 is ex-Olympic Rower and Founder of Neurodiverse Sport, Caragh McMurtry .  Caragh talks to host Catherine Asta about her late discovered autism diagnosis, how she was misdiagnosed as having bipolar during what should have been the peak of her athletic career, and why she is now fiercely focused on changing the narrative around neuroinclusion and neurodiversity in sport throug...

Our guest on our first ever episode is me, Catherine Asta, the Creator and Host of The Late Discovered Club. Having always been the champion of other peoples stories, I thought it was time to champion some of my own story. In this first episode, it’s just me, bravely and vulnerably sharing some of my late discovery story with you.  Because I want to lead this podcast by example, and it turns out I...