Let's Talk Autism

In this week's special episode we are joined by television personality and autism advocate Christine McGuinness. 
Christine speaks to us about autistic women and the lack of awareness surrounding the diagnosis of autistic women. She talks about misdiagnosis in the autistic community and about her own diagnosis. Christine speaks more about the sensory issues which effect her life daily especially in terms of clothing . She tells us more about how different items of clothing may affect her sensory wise and the campaign she has joined with Vanish to help raise awareness of this. 
An amazing interview with an amazing woman! 

Today we are joined by Autistic Therapist and advocate Zoe Darazsdi. Zoe tells us about her own personal journey as an autistic woman, about her autism diagnosis and about her early career before becoming a therapist and coach for neurodivergent people. 
Zoe talks about ABA therapy and the adults she has worked with to help overcome past traumas and effects from the therapy. Zoe tells us about her private practice and the work she does but why being an advocate is her most important role. An amazing chat with an inspirational guest. 
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We are back with our amazing new guest Jewel from instagram account @autisticvintage. Jewel is an actress from New York who tells us about her journey. Jewel talks about her childhood with selective mutism and hers and her twin sisters early misdiagnosis. 
Jewel talks openly about starting stage school and how theatre helped her find her voice and what acting means to her. 
An amazing journey story from an inspirational guest. 

An exciting episode as Meesh and Chrissy are joined by TikTok sensations @thestehle.bros 
Brothers Josh and Zach talk to us about their TikTok success, autism and cyber schooling and most importantly their endearing and unique bond!

In this episode we talk to Blossom from Blossoming Autism Instagram account. Blossom updates us from our last episode about her autism diagnosis as an adult. We talk about her 3 autistic children and how Christmas looks in their family! 

This week we return by welcoming back Carla to talk to us about her Cameron and his journey. Cameron is Autistic and Deafblind as well as having other complex needs.
Deafblindness is a loss of sight and hearing which then affects mobility, communication and various other things. 
Carla tells us about Cameron's diagnosis of autism and how the diagnosis worked with a deafblind child.  She also updates us on the life changing operation Cameron went through to aid his mobility and how they prepared him for the operation and the recovery after. 
An extraordinary young man with a wonderful family. 

This week's podcast is a chat between Meesh and Chrissy about introducing a new baby to the family. Christelle gave birth to a beautiful baby boy earlier this year. The girls talk about their own experiences of introducing a new baby to their autistic older brothers and all this entailed in their journeys. 
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Chrissy and Meesh talk to @sezfrancis1 and @eryberrie_ who are autistic women about Puberty and Menstruation in particular. The girls discuss starting their periods, the support and advice given to them through puberty and what should change to make puberty and menstruation more accessible to every child in the education system. The girls discuss products and sensory issues around these. 
Such an important topic to talk about and raise awareness around!

ARFID stands for Avoidance, Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. 
Tammiee from instagram account @adhdmum_and_littlemissautistic is back to talk to us about her journey with ARFIDS. She explains more about what ARFIDs means and how it effects her life. 
Tammiee talks more about her ADHD diagnosis and ADHD in women in particular. We talk about eating disorders, body image and anxiety. 
A fantastic informative episode.