Ryan Somers discovered he is Autistic in his early 40s, after years of wondering "What is wrong with me?" An experienced writer, performer, and broadcaster, he decided to document his journey of discovery as he learned about his own Autism, and went through the process of getting an official diagnosis.
This podcast features one-on-one conversations with other Autistic adults, discussing our experiences living as Autistic people in a Neurotypical world, learning, discovering, and finding community and support by connecting with others in the community of late-diagnosed and self-diagnosed Autistic adults.
This podcast is by and for adults living with Autism, and for anyone else who wants to listen in and learn about us, from us.#TheLifeAutistic
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Ryan Somers discovered he is Autistic in his early 40s, after years of wondering "What is wrong with me?" An experienced writer, performer, and broadcaster, he decided to document his journey of discovery as he learned about his own Autism, and went through the process of getting an official diagnosis.
This podcast features one-on-one conversations with other Autistic adults, discussing our experiences living as Autistic people in a Neurotypical world, learning, discovering, and finding community and support by connecting with others in the community of late-diagnosed and self-diagnosed Autistic adults.
This podcast is by and for adults living with Autism, and for anyone else who wants to listen in and learn about us, from us.#TheLifeAutistic
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/TheLifeAutistic.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, we have a pleasant chat with Dave, age 45, who lives in San Diego, California, USA.
Dave was late-diagnosed Autistic, has an Autistic spouse, and an Autistic son. In this conversation, we discuss a number of things, including ABA Therapy, Relationship Development Intervention (RDI), the Love & Autism Conference, "famous" people in the Autistic space (such as John Elder Robison, Barry Prizant, David Finch, Anita Lesko, Amy Sequenzia), driving white Autistic, eye contact, sensory input, parenting with Autism, masking, "unlearning" patterns of thinking and behaviour, growing up as an undiagnosed Autistic, family dynamics, Dyspraxia, ignorance about Autism, and more.
We enjoyed this conversation very much, and look forward to having Dave back on the show.
Dave can be found on Instagram at @drivingwhileautistic and also has a great video here: https://youtu.be/eTG-6DKRmBo
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/TheLifeAutistic.
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