Quietly Autistic at Last

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Dr. Allison Sucamele

11 episodes

5 hours ago

Send us a text This episode isn’t about self-care as an abstract concept — it’s about survival, mental-health preservation, and learning how to exist in your body without constantly falling apart from sensory overload. In “Sensory Sanctuary,” we explore what it truly means to build a sensory-safe life, not just a cozy corner. You’ll learn how sensory stress shows up, how it connects to autistic burnout, and how the nervous system decides what feels safe or threatening. Together, we’ll unpack ...

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Episodes (11/11)

Quietly Autistic at Last

# 10 - Sensory Sanctuary: Designing a Life That Soothes Your System

5 hours ago

36 minutes

Quietly Autistic at Last

# 9 - Autistic Halloween: Sensory, Social, & Soul-Level Realities

Send us a text For many, Halloween is a night of fun, costumes, and candy. But for late-diagnosed autistic women, it can be something much deeper, and more overwhelming. In this episode, Dr. Allison Sucamele explores why a sensory-heavy, socially-charged holiday can feel so different when your nervous system has spent a lifetime masking and is finally learning to honor itself. We’ll talk about: ✨ The sensory storms of costumes, lights, and noise 🕯️ Reclaiming traditions in a way that fe...

1 week ago

20 minutes

Quietly Autistic at Last

# 8 - The Double Voice Within: Navigating the Autistic Inner Monologue

Send us a text “I am speaking on the outside. But I am also narrating, analyzing, and negotiating on the inside. Two tracks. One body. One mind.” Welcome to Quietly Autistic at Last, the space where we stop performing, start understanding, and learn to live by the rhythm of our own nervous systems. I’m your host, Dr. Allison Sucamele. In this episode, we’re diving into something rarely named but deeply lived by many autistic women: the double interior monologue — the layered, structured, and ...

2 weeks ago

20 minutes

Quietly Autistic at Last

# 7 - When “Rest” Isn’t Recovery

Send us a text Today we’re diving into something many late-identified autistic women know in our bones: when we don’t get real downtime — the kind with true quiet, low demands, and zero masking — our systems don’t just get tired, they get depleted. And here’s the twist: a good night’s sleep or a “catch-up” weekend often doesn’t fix it. In this episode, Dr. Allison Sucamele unpacks why that happens through the lens of autistic burnout, camouflaging, sensory load, monotropism, minority stress, ...

3 weeks ago

20 minutes

Quietly Autistic at Last

# 6 - Autistic Fatigue — The Weight of Constant Adaptation

Send us a text Welcome to Quietly Autistic at Last, the space where we stop performing, start understanding, and learn to live by the rhythm of our own nervous systems. I’m your host, Dr. Allison Sucamele. In this episode, we explore a kind of exhaustion many autistic people know too well—a tired that sleep doesn’t fix. Autistic fatigue isn’t about laziness or ordinary burnout; it’s the deep depletion that comes from years of masking, decoding social cues, managing sensory overload, and adapt...

4 weeks ago

15 minutes

Quietly Autistic at Last

# 5 - When You Finally Understand Yourself… and Others Still Don’t

Send us a text In this episode of Quietly Autistic at Last, we explore the quiet power of self-understanding after a late-in-life autism diagnosis. While diagnosis can feel like a homecoming, it doesn’t guarantee that others will suddenly understand—or even try to. Together, we’ll look at the gap between self-recognition and social recognition, the grief and liberation that can coexist, and the strategies for staying grounded in your truth even when others can’t see it. This conversation offe...

1 month ago

14 minutes

Quietly Autistic at Last

# 4 - The Split of Late-in-Life Diagnosis: Freedom & Grief

Send us a text In this episode, The Split of Late-in-Life Diagnosis: Freedom & Grief, we explore the paradox many autistic women face when discovering their diagnosis later in life. For some, it feels like a light switching on—clarity, self-compassion, and the freedom to live authentically. For others, or often at the same time, it awakens grief for the misunderstood childhoods, lost opportunities, and silent struggles carried for years. Join me as I share my own reflections alongside ins...

1 month ago

7 minutes

Quietly Autistic at Last

#3 - The Mask We Wear: Survival, Burnout, & Returning to Our Authentic Selves

Send us a text Welcome to Quietly Autistic at Last, hosted by Dr. Allison Sucamele—psychology researcher, educator, and late-diagnosed autistic woman. In this episode, we dive into one of the most common yet misunderstood aspects of the autistic experience: masking. From forcing eye contact to faking small talk, masking can look like survival on the surface—but beneath it lies exhaustion, anxiety, and burnout. We’ll explore what masking is, how it shows up in real life, the emotional toll it ...

1 month ago

10 minutes

Quietly Autistic at Last

# 2 - Once Upon a Question: My Quiet Journey to “At Last”

Send us a text One student’s simple question changed the course of my life. In this episode of Quietly Autistic at Last, I share the story of how a moment in my classroom planted the seed that led me toward an autism diagnosis at 48. Part personal memoir, part behind-the-scenes reflection, this is a story of curiosity, courage, and the power of naming what was always there. Whether you’re late-diagnosed, exploring the possibility, or supporting someone on their journey, I hope my experience r...

1 month ago

15 minutes

Quietly Autistic at Last

# 1 - You Were Never Wrong About Yourself - The Diagnosis

Send us a text Welcome to Quietly Autistic at Last, a podcast for women diagnosed with autism later in life—women who spent years, even decades, masked, misunderstood, or misdiagnosed. I'm your host, Dr. Allison Sucamele. In this debut episode, I share my own story—how a single question from one of my students led me to the RAADS-R (Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale–Revised) and, eventually, to an official autism diagnosis at 48 years old. We’ll explore what the RAADS-R is, its str...

2 months ago

10 minutes

Quietly Autistic at Last

2025 Trailer - Quietly Autistic at Last

Send us a text Have you always felt... a little different? Like you were missing a piece that everyone else seemed to have? You masked. You overthought. You adapted. And still, you wondered—why is this so hard for me? I’m Dr. Allison Sucamele - psychology researcher, educator, and a woman diagnosed with autism later in life. And I’m here to tell you: You were never broken. You were never wrong about yourself. You were just… quietly autistic all along. Quietly Autistic at Last is a podcast for...

2 months ago

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