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S2 E10 The harms of facilitated communication with Janyce Boynton
Season 2 Episode 11
In the 1990s, Janyce Boynton was working as a speech and language clinician when she started using facilitated communication with a young non-speakin…
2 months ago
S2 E9 How not to improve outcomes for autistic people with Aleida Verhoeven
Season 2 Episode 10
Aleida Verhoeven understands disability from many angles. She’s autistic herself and also has other disabilities. But in addition, she works in Austr…
2 months, 1 week ago
S2 E8 What the critics of masking miss with Richard Smith
Richard has spent his whole career working with autistic adults. He initially worked in a diagnostic assessment service before moving into his curren…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
S2 E7 Saying no to diagnosing our son with Chrissie Blackburn
Season 2 Episode 8
When Chrissie’s son Daniel started school, the teacher asked her on first day why they had not told her that he had an emotional disability. Later, h…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
S2 E6 Being the parent and the psychologist with Rosie Gilderthorp
Does it help, being a psychologist when your children have additional needs? Or can it make things more complicated?
This week we are delighted to ta…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
S2 Bonus: Behind the Headlines: Are there 194,000 older adults in need of an autism diagnosis?
Season 2
Guardian readers were asked last week to ask themselves if their parents might be neurodivergent. Apparently up to 97% of autistic adults over the ag…
3 months ago
S2 E5 Power, knowledge and language in neurodiversity with Helen Pluckrose
Season 2 Episode 5
Have you noticed that the way some people talk about neurodiversity has changed? Have you heard that diagnostic language is violent, that neurodiverg…
3 months ago
S2 E4 Recognising our responsibility with Alison Flynn
Season 2 Episode 4
This week’s guest is Dr Alison Flynn, a clinical psychologist who has specialised in working in neurodevelopmental and forensic services. She told us…
3 months, 1 week ago
S2 E3 Autism online with Jon Machnee
Season 2 Episode 3
This week, we speak to Jonathan Machnee, an autistic computer engineer and independent autism researcher from Canada.
Jon got in touch after the respo…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
S2 E2 Why lived experience expertise needs checks and balances with Dan Lovesey
Season 2 Episode 2
Dan Lovesey is an autistic researcher, academic and creative who is part of the disability and inclusion team at The University of Law, UK. He has re…
3 months, 3 weeks ago