Autistic Culture | Where Autism Meets Identity!

Greta Thunberg is Autistic


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In this episode of The Autistic Culture Podcast, hosts Dr. Angela Kingdon and Matt Lowry, LPP celebrate climate activist and Autistic culture icon Greta Thunberg.


🎧 What You’ll Learn:

  • How Greta’s autism diagnosis (OCD, and selective mutism) shaped her unique strengths and fuelled her climate activism.
  • Why Autistic traits like pattern detection, logic, and justice-sensitivity make her especially attuned to the urgency of the climate crisis.
  • How Greta’s refusal to compromise her values, her blunt honesty, and her intense focus exemplify Autistic pride.
  • The story of her school strikes that grew into a global youth movement, earning her Time’s Person of the Year.
  • How Greta has endured bullying and dismissal from world leaders while modelling integrity, resilience, and conviction.
  • The viral moment when she clapped back at Andrew Tate online, leading to his downfall and cementing her as a cultural force.
  • Why Greta proudly calls her autism a superpower—and what that means for Autistic children, teens, and adults worldwide.


Resources:

  • Greta Thunberg Likens Autism to Superpower
  • Greta Thunberg’s Asperger's diagnosis and how being different is a 'superpower’
  • Greta Thunberg on Her Autism Diagnosis and Climate Activism
  • How Greta Thunberg’s autism helped make her the world’s most important person for 2020
  • Vanderbilt University - Autistic Pride Month
  • Greta Thunberg and Autism: Making the Most of Your Differences
  • Greta Thunberg Book Details Her Autism Struggles In Childhood, Impact On Family


Related Episodes:

Poetry is Autistic

Parks and Rec is Autistic

The Trouble with Temple


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