Ideologies about autism can vary from nuanced perspectives and lived experiences by autistic people. In this episode, I am joined by a returning guest speaker, Stephanie Haft, as we engage in a critical conversation about autism from a disability studies perspective. We've discussed the expense of having psycho-educational assessments for post-secondary accommodations, autistic identities and intersectionality, the power of disability justice, childhood experiences, and cultural representation. We further discussed the new emerging field, Critical Autism Studies, and how this field opens the floodgate for scholarship and new research produced for and by autistic people. The main question for this episode was: How can autistic voices change the way neurotypical people perceive autism politically, culturally, and economically?

the transcript version of the episode

https://drive.google.com/file/d/133Qh0fbK3K65fvVRVoZFtOEhuj-X8GOQ/view?usp=drive_link