AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com In this episode, we discuss living with pathological demand avoidance (PDA), a condition that is not officially recognized by most authorities. We share personal experiences and examples of how demand avoidance...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com "Growing up in an undiagnosed family made me feel different from others and lead to a sense of being strange or weird!" This episode of the Neurodivergent Experience discusses growing up in an undiagnosed family....

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this episode of The Neurodivergent Experience, Jordan James and Simon Scott explore the often-overlooked concept of boreout, and how it can feel almost identical to burnout, especially for neurodivergent people. They unpack how under-stimulation, not just...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com Society's perspective on autism has shifted, but there is still work to be done to combat misinformation and stigma. In this episode, Jordan James and Simon Scott interview Steve Silberman, the author of...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes KW Raney, a therapist, creative, and podcast host who identified as AuDHD in adulthood after years of misdiagnosis, burnout, and self-blame. As a child, KW was labelled with oppositional...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes Sha’mya Jones, a graphic designer and entrepreneur who was diagnosed as Autistic in early childhood — but didn’t learn about it until she was a teenager. Sha’mya shares what it was like to...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com Language matters when discussing autism, and it is important to use inclusive and empowering language that recognizes the abilities and strengths of autistic individuals. In this episode, Simon and Jordan are...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes Daria Brown, creator of Affect Autism and host of the We Chose Play podcast. Daria shares her journey from parent advocate to late-identified Autistic adult, reflecting on the decade between...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com This is episode #6 of the Neurodivergent Experience, re-released while were on Hiatus. We Will be back with NEW episodes in February Meltdowns can be overwhelming and uncontrollable experiences, often triggered...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes Shyloe Fayad, a late-diagnosed Autistic school counsellor and somatic experiencing practitioner based on the stolen land of the Syilx people of the Okanagan in Canada. Shyloe works both...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com In our final episode of the year and our first season, hosts Jordan James and Simon Scott reflect on their experiences and growth throughout 2024, discussing starting a podcast, personal achievements, family...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com In this episode of the Neurodivergent Experience, hosts Jordan James and Simon Scott discuss various themes around the infamous Autistic sense of justice. We share our personal anecdotes and insights on dealing...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes Carolyn Kiel, host of the award-winning podcast Beyond 6 Seconds, who discovered she was Autistic not before, but through her podcasting journey. Together, Angela and Carolyn explore late...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes Michael Kelly, a late-diagnosed Autistic artist and recent PhD graduate in design whose work explores how art can help us think about thinking. Michael’s path to diagnosis began unexpectedly...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com In this episode of the Neurodivergent Experience, hosts Jordan James and Simon Scott explore the multifaceted aspects of being Autistic at Christmas, discussing their personal traditions and the ups and downs of...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes Tigz Rice, an empowerment photographer whose work centres on helping people feel truly seen in their own bodies. Diagnosed with ADHD and autism in her late 30s, Tigz reflects on the subtle...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com In this episode we answer your questions! We will be doing more episodes like this weekly in addition to our Thursday episodes in the new year! If you have any questions for us email us at...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes Jenna Goldstein, a late-diagnosed Autistic school psychologist who left the public education system after recognising its incompatibility with neurodiversity-affirming practice. Jenna first...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com "Don't worry. Everyone is a little Autistic". In this episode we delve into the complexities that come from Neurotypicals saying the wrong thing to us, especially Autistic, ADHD or AuDHD people. We discuss the...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes Amy Kriewaldt, a late-diagnosed Autistic, ADHD, and PDA mother of three neurodivergent children. Amy grew up a hyperlexic piano prodigy, praised for talent and performance while quietly...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com Extreme Demand Avoidance is the new, rebranded term for what used to be Pathological Demand Avoidance. It is not recognised by the NHS yet so many Neurodivergent people struggling with navigating its demands....

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes Claire Samuels, a proud Autistic speech-language pathologist whose journey to self-recognition unfolded inside the very system she would later question. Claire began her career as a...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com In this episode of the Neurodivergent Experience, we discuss the impact of current events on our well-being as life seems to be getting in our way at the moment! We answer one of your questions and chat about the...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes Julie Farrell, a late-diagnosed Autistic and ADHD writer, activist, and co-founder of The Inklusion Guide, a resource dedicated to making literature events accessible to disabled...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com In this episode we discuss the educational system in the UK from the perspective of an autistic teacher. Mandy Cook is an influential figure in Autism on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok as The Autistic...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes Helen Shaddock, a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and PhD researcher whose work explores autism, eating distress, OCD, and healing through creativity. Helen was diagnosed with anorexia at...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com In this episode of the Neurodivergent Experience, we delve into various official neurodivergent diagnostic screening tests! So many people begin their autism diagnostic journey by taking a test similar to the...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes Tara for one of the most difficult and important conversations the Club has held. ⚠️ Content notice: This episode includes discussion of violence, sexual abuse, child harm, and coercive...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com In this episode of the Neurodivergent Experience, Jordan James and Simon Scott discuss the complexities of anger. Joined by hypnotherapist Ashley Bentley, we explore the importance of therapy, delve into personal...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes Abbey Thompson — a librarian, classically trained vocalist, prize-winning baker, gamer, social justice bard, and self-described random fact machine. Abbey is a fat, queer, neurodivergent...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Freshwater fishkeeping is where most hobbyists begin — but for many, it becomes a lifelong obsession. In this episode of Collecting Fish, James Hepworth explores the beauty, accessibility, and creativity of freshwater aquariums, describing them as “a river in...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com In this episode of the Neurodivergent Experience, we engage in a deep conversation with Anthony Harding, a nurse associate in the NHS, about the challenges faced by neurodivergent individuals within the healthcare...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com In this episode of the Neurodivergent Experience, we delve into the complexities of materialism, exploring its good, bad, and ugly sides. We discuss our personal experiences with collecting, the dopamine rush...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes Sarma Melngailis, a late-identified Autistic woman whose life unfolded in public long before she had language for her neurodivergence. Sarma was once a celebrated New York restaurateur and...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com The Autistic Culture Podcast Network is officially open for new podcast pitches, and we’re calling on Autistic creators to help shape the future of an Autistic-led audio network. This short promo invites storytellers, culture-builders, deep divers, and...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com In this episode of the Neurodivergent Experience, we reflect on our first live show at the Autistic Minds Live event in Cardiff. We talk meeting our fans, the challenges of social interactions, the concept of...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes George Watts, a neurodivergent researcher, parent, and PhD candidate whose path into autism research began before realising they were autistic themselves. George first studied autism from...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com In this episode of the Neurodivergent Experience we discuss our Autism and ADHD based on the diagnostic criteria. We discuss our experiences with routine, craving novelty, and the dopamine fixation we both share....

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes Julie M. Green, a writer, Autistic mother, and late-identified Autistic woman whose self-recognition unfolded through parenting. Julie’s story begins not with her own diagnosis, but with her...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com This episode dedicated to Steve Silberman, the legendary writer, advocate for the neurodivergent community and friend of the show who recently passed away, aged 66. In this episode of the Neurodivergent...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes Becca Engle, an Autistic educator, author, and advocate whose early disability was recognised, but whose autism was not fully named until adulthood. Becca was identified as disabled at age...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Have you ever gone to the doctor with some symptoms and had them not find anything wrong with you? We've all run into medical staff who don't know we were autistic or what that even meant, never suspected EDS, POTS, ME, endometriosis or autoimmune conditions....

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com In this episode, we discuss our experiences living with alexithymia and dyspraxia. We talk about the challenges of expressing emotions due to alexithymia and how it affects our ability to communicate how we are...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com In this episode, we are in the same room for the very first time on this podcast, so we're bringing you a preview of our live show in Cardiff! Many Neurodivergent people struggle with impulse control and...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com Get ad free listening at AutisticCulturePlus.com In this episode of the Neurodivergent Experience podcast, Jordan flies solo as he is joined by Nadine Honeybone and Raj Chand to discuss the importance of autism-led charities and their upcoming live event,...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes Monique Lindner — a late-identified Autistic woman whose life once revolved around relentless achievement, overwork, and endurance. Monique was a high-performing systems thinker, corporate...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon sits down with Sean Hawthorne, a late-identifying Autistic adult who is still in the very middle of discovery — not the end of the journey. Sean spent decades performing a socially acceptable version...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this week’s meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes Georgina Banks - Autistic, ADHD, chronically ill, and the founder & CEO of AuDHD UK, a suicide-prevention charity reshaping access to diagnosis and support across the UK. Georgina...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this meeting of The Late Diagnosis Club, Dr Angela Kingdon welcomes Mike Matthews — a late-diagnosed Autistic dad, writer, music obsessive, and dry-witted survivor of misdiagnosis, medical gaslighting, and five years of unanswered burnout. Together, Angela...

AutisticCulturePodcastNetwork.com In this episode of Hyperfocus FC, Simon Scott is joined by James Hepworth and Jack Hoban to revisit the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil — a tournament packed with unforgettable goals, dramatic upsets, and one of the most shocking results in football history....