"People don't understand that they feel that speech is supreme. It's called speech supremacy", says TJ. TJ returns to discuss their creation of the Black and Brown Communication Justice Project. To learn more about TJ and the Black and Brown Communication Justice Project visit https://www.facebook.com/Nigh.Functioning.autism
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"The idea of sitting still when our bodies feel like they need to move [can be difficult]. So there are meditation practices you can do where you integrate movement, fidgeting, art, sensory play, and sound", says Tanya Roberts. Tanya joins this episode to discuss how meditation can work for us as autistic people. To learn more about Tanya please visit https://www.mindfullydifferent.ca/ .
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On this episode Doug will be discussing his new creative project that is an extension of the Autism Stories podcast. Listen to learn how you can be involved with this project.
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"I feel at its core that yoga is something that helps us to regulate sensory input and know what we want to prioritize in our life and what we want to just ignore, keep out, and to take us back to who we are at the core of ourselves and our true selves", says Mo Wilson. Mo joins us to discuss how yoga is for everyone. To learn more about Mo please visit https://monettawilson.com/.
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"For instance, for my community, it would be around creating a space of solidarity.
So really just understanding that if you're working on diversity, equity, and inclusion in Europe, and on top of that, you're racialized, you get to experience a type of violence that is very unique because you kind of have to defend your ideas with organizations, but you also are affected by those ideas", says Safir Boukhalfa. Safir joins this episode to discuss diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and how mentoring plays a critical role. To learn more about Safir visit https://www.safirboukhalfa.com/ .
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"Then because of my testimony and the result of the litigation ending in a settlement with the school district, paying for me to go to a private school for autistic students, I think it was at that other school that I was able to flourish. Now I'm an undergraduate at UC Berkeley", says David Rivera. To learn more about David and Mentoring Autistic Minds visit https://mentoringautisticminds.org/ .
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"When you look at universal design, it’s about creating things that benefit the larger population, while taking into account those edge cases. A good design helps everyone, not just a subset of the community" , says Jerry Marcus. Jerry joins this epsiode to discuss his career as a Senior Program Manager in Accessibility. To learn more about Jerry visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerrymarcus/ .
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"The intent [of my podcast] is to look to change people's idea of non-speaking autism. I want them to know me and get a glimpse of how people like me function. Only listen to understand, that the podcast is my thinking being conveyed in the way that people listen", says Tarun Paul Mathew. Tarun joins this episode to discuss his podcast about non-speaking autistic people. To learn more about Tarun and listen to his podcast, For What It Tells, visit https://open.spotify.com/show/578gnR4IgAQ6hgHQZX9EFi?si=48b91eca6dc84ddd&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAafvyEZv9PpquyQlHBuXgKftCoEgtiB_MU1YvJhspF4_MwBlNfys8TLfEPHjLw_aem_AOhEg94dAbjRShNjt8ewLw&nd=1&dlsi=2fa9e2d90bdf42c7 .
Thank you to TR Sun for their song “All Good” on todays episode. if you would like to follow along or if your like me and seeing the lyrics make listening to music more accessible to you then check them out here: https://bitly.cx/6Ib2
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"So for me, I'm always learning. And I think being Jewish or autistic is a very intriguing and interesting combination because it's an ongoing quest to integrate and work with these
different parts of myself because I move between these different communities", says Sxdni Small. Sxdni joins this episode to discuss their identities, their publish works, and advocacy.
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"Too often, society confuses speech with intelligence, but speech is only one form of communication. I and many others have valuable contributions, even when we do not use our speech",says Dr. Emile Gouws. Dr. Gouws joins this episode to discuss being a non-speaking child and turning lived experience into advocacy. To learn more about Dr. Gouws visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-emile-gouws-610449116/ .
Thank you to TR Sun for their song “All Good” on todays episode. if you would like to follow along or if your like me and seeing the lyrics make listening to music more accessible to you then check them out here: https://bitly.cx/6Ib2
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"In trying to recover from autistic burnout myself, I created this five-phase framework that uses an intersectional lens because as I was saying earlier, autism shows up for me quite differently than a lot of other people because we're different human beings with different lived experiences", says Dr. Sam Rae. Dr. Sam joins this episode to discuss her creation of the Autistic Burnout Recovery Framework. To learn more about Dr. Sam visit https://www.simplysamrae.com/links .
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"Any clinician who is diagnosing needs to understand the value of the diagnosis. So despite the fact that, yes, we can give you a diagnosis with lots of stigma placed upon you, [...] there's a value to that because it will reduce a lot of the other issues and a lot of the other chronic problems like the anxiety, the burnout", says Kelly Bron Johnson. Kelly returns to Autism Stories to discuss being on a lived experience participatory research committee for a study on Male and Female Healthcare Trajectories in Autism. To learn more about the study on Male and Female Healthcare Trajectories in Autism visit https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aur.70072
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"The main thing I would say people definitely need when it comes to dealing with autistic swimmers is just patience. Like there's going to be some days where the kids are going to have like a really good day [...] are going to be days where like, you know, like they're having like a rough day", says Jake Batista. Jake joins this episode to discuss teaching neurodivergent swimmers at the Goldfish Swim School. To learn more about the Goldish Swim School visit https://goldfishswimschool.com/ .
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"Art therapy really is about working with materials to be able to come to know something about yourself that emerges through that engagement and may or may not be communicated verbally at all", says Freya Pinney. Freya joins this episode to discuss art therapy and connecting with other neurodivegent people. To learn more about Freya and her services visit linkedin.com/in/freya-pinney-49ab81155 .
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"Cannabis was a very confusing aspect of my life for a really long time because in high school I was trying it, but my family was very against it. There were actually aspects of it that seemed to be helping me a lot, but it wasn't clear to me how to use it", says PJ Letourneau. PJ joins this episode to discuss Pervasive Demand for Autonomy, the benefits of cannabis, and the processing of our emotions as autistic people. To learn more about PJ visit https://pauljean.substack.com .
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"What grief really is, isn't a getting over the loss, but an adjusting to a life that encapsulates the loss. And I think that that's a lot of what sometimes happens when we come to terms with our autism and the things that we did or didn't get a chance to do", says Brandy Schillace. Brandy joins this episode to discuss her book about the world’s first center for homosexual and transgender rights. To learn more about Brandy visit https://brandyschillace.com
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"Many people] don't care as much about, okay, these are the statistics of what percentage of people get deported actually commited any crimes. It's very, very low. [...] They care about their neighbor who is Mexican, who they like, who has a family who got deported. [...] They only care about the personal connection. Which is why I feel like books like The Broposal hopefully can start a conversation", says Sonora Reyes. Sonora joins this episode to discuss storytelling, immigration, and much more. To learn more bout Sonora visit https://www.sonorareyes.com .
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"Anytime you have a default, anyone whose brain learns things, processes, communicates differently is going to feel othered. The idea with universal design is not having any defaults, and to have a menu to all people", says Dr. Mel Houser. Mel joins this episode to discuss universal design in healthcare, her non profit All Brains Belong VT, and what she wished medical school and medical training had taught her. To learn more about Dr. Houser and All Brains Belong VT visit https://allbrainsbelong.org.
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Thank you very much to Amy Scurria for her opera piece "Inside" at the end of the episode. To learn more about Amy please visit https://www.amyscurria.com .
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"I was going down the rabbit hole of adult play and the benefits of that could bring to a corporate environment when it comes to things like communication, creativity, innovation and ingenuity. I came across this concept of Lego Serious Play that started in the mid 90s [...]", says Rolondo Talbott. Rolando joins this episode to discuss the benefits of play for adults and his book of poetry about his corporate career. Learn more about Rolando by visiting https://www.linkedin.com/in/rolondotalbott/
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"The veils are perceptual filters and autistic people have fewer filters. And so they're receiving a lot of information. [...] Bright lights, the way things sound, the way textures feel. And we say, their filters are lowered that way. But also the filters are lower for the invisible world", says Wendy Roff. Wendy joins us to discuss her new book about her new book about the connection of science and mysticism. To learn more about Wendy visit https://www.tiktok.com/@darling_bubbles
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