Autistica Podcast
Latest Episodes
Episode Twelve: Christmas Traditions
In this episode, Cat speaks to Louisa Harrison - a PACT therapist and a parent to an autistic son. As an autistic adult and parent, they chat about how autism has shaped how they celebrate the holiday season and they offer some tips to help you negotiat
Episode Eleven: Autism and Menopause
In this episode, Laura speaks to researcher, Dr Rachel Moseley from Bournemouth University about the research she's been doing with Professor Julie Turner-Cobb, to help us to understand the impact of menopause for autistic people.
Episode Ten: Employment & Games
In this episode Colin chatted to writer and game developer, Helen Carmichael. They discussed the importance of finding the right way of working to support your mental health and the happiness that games can bring.
Episode Nine: Autism & the Arts
In this episode, Laura James chat's to author Katherine May about her latest book, "Wintering", and what autistic culture means to her.
Episode Eight: Sensory Differences - Part Two
In this episode, Cat speaks to Occupational Therapist, Susan Madigan about her work supporting university students to understand and work with their senses.
Episode Seven: Sensory Differences - Part One: Sensory differences & anxiety
Colin chatted to researcher Isabelle Verhulst about the research she was doing around sensory reactivity and anxiety.
Episode Six: Sleep
In this episode, Cat speaks to Debbie Spain and Tasos Galanopoulos, a CBT therapist and a consultant psychiatrist, respectively. They have decades of experience working with autistic adults, and sleep has been a constant feature. Join our chat if you'd li
Episode Five: Relationships During Lockdown
In this episode, Cat speaks to Dori Zener an individual, couple and family therapist based in Toronto. She specialises in working with autistic clients and here she discusses how autistic adults can manage their relationships during lockdown. We have some
Episode Four: Supporting each other from afar
Joan McDonald of Irish autism group, Autistic Paddies, talks to Cat about setting up an online autistic community, and about how things are being adapted now to support people through lockdown. Learn more about Autistic Paddies here: www.facebook.com/aut
Episode Three: Employment
Many autistic people struggle to find work or get a job to match their skills. We talk to researcher Brett Heasman who is gathering data on people’s experiences and working with employers to change working practices. We also talk to Moana from Harry Spect