The Special Interest Pod

Welcome back to the pod, pals! We are so excited for season two of The Special Interest Pod! This season you can expect for us to address harder topics, host more guests and continue to unmask ourselves. In this episode, we welcome you all back and share what we've been up to. We look forward to connecting with you this season! Thank you for listening! <3 -A+K Reach out to us- Email: pod.th...

In episode twenty five, we wrap up season one and say tata for now. We are so grateful for this experience and connecting with so many beautiful minds. We can't wait to come back for season two with more interviews and more autistic stories. Thank you for listening! <3 -A+K Reach out to us- Email: pod.thespecialinterest@gmail.com IG: @thespecialinterestpod Facebook: The Special Interest Pod...

In episode twenty-four we discuss what lead us to receiving a clinical diagnosis after self identifying, what happened post diagnosis and how we feel about self diagnosing. Thank you for listening! <3 -A+K Reach out to us- Email: pod.thespecialinterest@gmail.com IG: @thespecialinterestpod Facebook: The Special Interest Podcast Facebook Group: The Special Interest Podcast Fans! Music: Pretty Lat...

In episode twenty-three, we discuss one of the greatest feelings of all time-AUTISTIC JOY! Thank you for listening! <3 -A+K Reach out to us- Email: pod.thespecialinterest@gmail.com IG: @thespecialinterestpod Facebook: The Special Interest Podcast Facebook Group: The Special Interest Podcast Fans! Music: Pretty Late

In episode twenty-two, we discuss the origin of the puzzle piece. Once you know, you can't forget. We provide some resources and preferred symbols to use to show your support for autistics during this autism awareness/acceptance month. Thank you for listening! <3 -A+K Reach out to us- Email: pod.thespecialinterest@gmail.com IG: @thespecialinterestpod Facebook: The Special Interest Podcast F...

In episode twenty-one, we shout out Autism Acceptance week, discuss the upcoming Autism Acceptance/Awareness month and go over the helpfulness of body doubling. Stay for the end to hear a poem by Ava Gallagher and some updates about the pod. Thank you for listening! <3 -A+K Reach out to us- Email: pod.thespecialinterest@gmail.com IG: @thespecialinterestpod Facebook: The Special Interest Podcast...

In episode twenty, we discuss more of our aha moments since discovering we are autistic. This journey is about constantly learning and implementing what we've learned to ease some of the struggles. Thank you for listening! <3 -A+K Email us to sign up for our Neurodivergent Community Workshop tonight, 3/24 at 7PM EST! Donate to Alex's hike through the link in our link tree on instagram,...

Welcome to The Special Interest Podcast! We are Alex and Karly, two late-diagnosed autistic women, bringing our stories and special interests to you, to help broaden the spectrum. In episode nineteen, we give an update on what we've been up to, celebrate some exciting news and events coming up and also reflect on our interviews. Thank you for listening! <3 -A+K Email us about being a guest on t...

Welcome to The Special Interest Podcast! We are Alex and Karly, two late-diagnosed autistic women, bringing our stories and special interests to you, to help broaden the spectrum. In episode eighteen, we meet Tommy! Tommy is an autistic adult male, who enjoys gaming, connecting with the autistic community and is a life coach for autistics.  Thank you for listening! <3 -A+K Connect with Tom...

Welcome to The Special Interest Podcast! We are Alex and Karly, two late-diagnosed autistic women, bringing our stories and special interests to you, to help broaden the spectrum. In episode seventeen, we meet Zoe! She is an autistic woman, activist, researcher and therapist. She talks about attachment theory and ways therapists can provide space for their autistic clients. Thank you for listening...

Welcome to The Special Interest Podcast! We are Alex and Karly, two late-diagnosed autistic women, bringing our stories and special interests to you, to help broaden the spectrum. In episode sixteen, we discuss how our lives are continuing to change, Karly's recent experience going to Disney World and how immersing ourselves in 'childlike' activities has helped to heal our inner children. Thank yo...

Welcome to The Special Interest Podcast! We are Alex and Karly, two late-diagnosed autistic women, bringing our stories and special interests to you, to help broaden the spectrum. In episode fifteen, we discuss our thoughts on using our voices. We talk about strengthening and growing confidence with our voices, conversing with our voices and our writing voice.  Thank you for listening! <3...

Welcome to The Special Interest Podcast! We are Alex and Karly, two late-diagnosed autistic women, bringing our stories and special interests to you, to help broaden the spectrum. In episode fourteen, we interview Kara! Kara is a late-diagnosed autistic woman. She shares her story of discovering her autism, being an art therapist and the joy of being highly sensitive.  Thank you for listening...

Welcome to The Special Interest Podcast! We are Alex and Karly, two late-diagnosed autistic women, bringing our stories and special interests to you, to help broaden the spectrum. In episode thirteen, we interview Mav! Listen to Mav's experience as a neurodivergent therapist, who discovered their neurodivergence later in life. We were so touched by their story. Thank you for listening! <3 -A+K...

Welcome to The Special Interest Podcast! We are Alex and Karly, two late-diagnosed autistic women, bringing our stories and special interests to you, to help broaden the spectrum. In episode twelve, our audio has about as many spoons as we do. We go over some listener questions, share some comments we've received and announce our next full moon workshop event.  Thank you for listening! <3...

Welcome to The Special Interest Podcast! We are Alex and Karly, two late-diagnosed autistic women, bringing our stories and special interests to you, to help broaden the spectrum. In episode eleven, we discuss our experiences with autistic meltdowns. We go over what they are, what they are like for us and how we recover from the meltdown hangover. Thank you for allowing us this space to not feel s...

Welcome to The Special Interest Podcast! We are Alex and Karly, two late-diagnosed autistic women, bringing our stories and special interests to you to help broaden the spectrum. In episode ten, we discuss the life long challenge we've faced making friends. From childhood to adulthood, friendships can be confusing. Can't we all just be besties? Thank you for listening! <3 -A+K Reach out to us-...

Welcome to The Special Interest Podcast! We are Alex and Karly, two late-diagnosed autistic women, bringing our stories and special interests to you to help broaden the spectrum. In episode nine, we discuss the harm in functioning labels. We talk about what they are, why they aren't helpful for autistics and what we would prefer to use instead. There's still time to sign up for our Full Moon Commu...

Welcome to The Special Interest Podcast! We are Alex and Karly, two late-diagnosed autistic women, bringing our stories and special interests to you to help broaden the spectrum. In episode eight, we discuss how New Year's Resolutions tend to set us up for failure. Creating smaller goals or habits can help to sustain your goals. What are you dreaming of implementing more of in the new year? Join u...

Welcome to The Special Interest Podcast! We are Alex and Karly, two late-diagnosed autistic women, bringing our stories and special interests to you to help broaden the spectrum. In episode seven, we discuss ways to ground yourself before heading into an over simulating holiday party. We share our experiences with the holidays and how we are feeling about the upcoming holidays. May your holiday se...

Welcome to The Special Interest Podcast! We are Alex and Karly, two late-diagnosed autistic women, bringing our stories and special interests to you to help broaden the spectrum. In episode six, we discuss the importance of habit building in order to form routine, why it's important for us to have routines and some tools we use to achieve our goals. Karly's wifi is having trouble this week, so she...

Welcome to The Special Interest Podcast! We are Alex and Karly, two late-diagnosed autistic women, bringing our stories and special interests to you to help broaden the spectrum. In episode five, we discuss what it's like to have an invisible disability.  Thank you for listening! <3 -A+K Reach out to us- Email: pod.thespecialinterest@gmail.com IG: @thespecialinterestpod Facebook: The Speci...

Welcome to The Special Interest Podcast! We are Alex and Karly, two late-diagnosed autistic women, bringing our stories and special interests to you to help broaden the spectrum. In episode four, we discuss masking, burnout and recovery. We were very silly this week, coming off of a funk (burnout) of the holidays. The cat puked during the episode. The dog was barking. The garbage man came by. It's...

Welcome to The Special Interest Podcast! We are Alex and Karly, two late-diagnosed autistic women, bringing our stories and special interests to you to help broaden the spectrum. In episode three, we practice breath work, talk about our coping skills and answer listener questions. Thank you for listening! Reach out to us- Email: pod.thespecialinterest@gmail.com IG: @thespecialinterestpod Facebook:...

Welcome to The Special Interest Podcast! We are Alex and Karly, two late-diagnosed autistic women, bringing our stories and special interests to you to help broaden the spectrum. Episode two takes a vulnerable turn. The two women, share their stories of the struggles of life that occurred leading up to seeking autism diagnoses. Trigger warnings are provided for the mention of death and ABA. We tha...