by Amy Richards | 28 May, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 6
Aishah-Nyeta is an advocate for climate, race, and disability justice from Virginia in the USA. She says she grew up feeling ‘stupid’ and different from her peers due to her dyscalculia and the social challenges of her undiagnosed autism. Now 25, she was diagnosed...
by Amy Richards | 21 May, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 6
Allie Mason is a talent coordinator and author from Cheltenham in the UK. She has a keen interest in sports – especially solo sports – and her children’s non-fiction debut, The Autistic Guide to Adventure, is due to be published in 2023. Allie is 25 and was diagnosed...
by Amy Richards | 19 Mar, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 5
Content warning: Chloe and I cover some challenging topics in this episode, including eating disorders, self harm, medical trauma, suicidal ideation and suicide. So if you would rather not hear about these topics, you might not want to listen to this one. Chloe Slater...
by Amy Richards | 15 Jan, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 5
Amanda Harrinauth is a disability empowerment coach and poet from California, USA. She was born premature, weighing just 1 pound 7ounces. She had hydrocephalus and other health problems, and her parents were told she was unlikely to survive beyond a few days, and that...
by Amy Richards | 8 Jan, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 5
Sara Gibbs has built a successful career, but also – like so many of us – experienced the challenges of being in the world as an autistic person. After enduring vicious bullying and social exclusion during her school days, and having some pretty horrendous...