About Autism - Understanding the Autistic Experience
This podcast explores the autistic experience in daily life, focusing on everyday moments that are often overlooked. Topics include sensory overload, sleep problems, and the challenges of simple tasks like making a phone call. The series aims to provide a deeper understanding of autism beyond clinical terms.
Episodes
Social Events and the Invite
Today, we are moving away from professional tasks to tacklean area that is a massive source of invisible anxiety: social gatherings. From the casual after-work drink to the school birthdayparty, being invited to a social event kicks off an incredibly complex mentalprocess. Today, we are pullingback the curtain on the unwritten rules of invitations, the weight of hiddenexpectations, and why navigat
Dr Tony Attwood Interview - The Value of Post Diagnostic Support
For this special bonus episode I talk to Dr Tony Attwood* on the value of Post Diagnostic support. The conversation continues about what is and isn't post diagnostic support and best practice in this area.If you would like to know more on the post diagnostic offer available at About Autism please see www.aboutautism.co.uk or e-mail at hello@aboutautism.co.uk *Dr Tony Attwood is a clinical psycholo
Social Hierarchy or what we see?
We are staying within the school and work environments totackle a deeply ingrained, structural concept that can cause massive invisible friction for a neurodivergent mind: social hierarchy.From the classroom plan to the corporate organizationalchart, the human world is built on vertical tiers of power and status. But for an autistic brain, this vertical structure often collides head-on with a comp
Telephone Calls
Today, we are staying with common tasks in the work, education, and daily life environment, but we are moving away from the keyboard to face an audio trigger that can strike absolute terror into a neurodivergent heart: making or receiving a phone call.
E- Mails
Today, we are diving into the minefield that is writing an emailIt can be filled with obstacles that can often land an autistic person in all sorts of workplace upset.
Small Talk
We are now going to keep breaking down a smaller, universal daily task that happen the moment you arrive at work or school tackling that baffling, regular communication dance known as small talk.
Autism and Driving
For many neurodivergent minds, controlling avehicle is a high-stakes, intense, and demanding cognitive task. In this podcast, we are exploring Autism and Driving—andthe unique challenges that come with sensory issues, coordination, rules of the road, and the hidden pressure of passengers.
Navigating Public Transport
Now we are facing what is arguably one of the most intense, overwhelming, and unpredictable challenges a neurodivergent person can navigate: public transport.
The Morning Time Check
We are standing near the front door. We are dressed, we’ve had our morning drink, and we are at the psychological hurdle before leaving the house: the morning time check
Choosing Clothes for the Day
For an autistic individual, choosing clothes for the day can be a matter of neurological survival. Clothing isn't just fashion—it is a physicalbarrier we place between our highly sensitive nervous systems and the rest of the world. It can be our daily armour.
The Shower /Wash
We now stepping into an environment that can feel like an absolute battleground for a sensitive nervous system: the morning wash or shower
Breakfast or the lack of it !
For a neurotypical person, breakfast is hailed as the most important meal of the day—a straightforward task of fueling the body before heading out.But for a neurodivergent mind, breakfast is a complex emotional and sensory experience.
Making a Drink - The Ritual
We are diving into a daily task that might seem incredibly simple on the surface, but for many autistic people, it is a deeply specific, highly protective sensory ritual: making a drink.This is a podcast like no other - a deep dive into the real life daily experiences of being autistic / Neurodivergent. If you would like training , consultancy or would like me to speak on the Autistic Experience p
Using the Toilet/Restroom
Let's strip away the taboo right from the start. We all do it. But for a neurodivergent person, a trip to the bathroom isn't just a simple, mechanical habit. It is an intense sensory journey from start to finish. In this episode we start to look at some of the challenges of one of our basic needs.This is a podcast like no other - a deep dive into the real life daily experiences of being au
Waking Up - The Transition
In this episode we are opening our eyes and exploring the heavy, often overwhelming transition of waking up with an autistic brain.This is a podcast like no other - a deep dive into the real life daily experiences of being autistic / Neurodivergent. If you would like training , consultancy or would like me to speak on the Autistic Experience please contact me Stephen on hello@aboutautism.co.uk and
Sleep or lack of it!
To have a successful day, we actually have to start with the night before. In this first episode we’re talking about sleep—or more accurately, the battle to get to it.This is a podcast like no other - a deep dive into the real life daily experiences of being autistic / Neurodivergent. If you would like training , consultancy or would like me to speak on the Autistic Experience please contact me St
Welcome to About Autism - Understanding the Autistic Experience
Hello, and welcome to About Autism. - The Podcast Whether you are autistic yourself, supporting a loved one, or simply looking to see the world through a slightly different lens, I am so glad you’re here.This is a podcast like no other - a deep dive into the real life daily experiences of being autistic / Neurodivergent. If you would like training , consultancy or would like me to speak on the Aut
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