Let's Talk Autism

This week we welcome back Sez to the show. Sez is here to talk to us about Autism and Epilepsy as this week is National Epilepsy Week. 
As always Sez brings so much information, kindness and warmth to the episode and explains to us what epilepsy is and her own diagnosis journey with epilepsy. Sez tells us what to do if someone has a seizure and the best ways to identify seizures. 
We then speak more about what life is like being autistic and epileptic and how Sez dealt with life changing with an epilepsy diagnosis and the support given to her as an autistic woman.
An absolute joy as always to speak to Sez. 
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Trigger Warning: medical talk and that of seizures. 

TW - Alcohol addiction

This weeks episode is with the wonderful Rick. Ricky talks so very honestly and openly about his diagnosis of Aspergers and PDA aged 11. Ricky tells us more about what PDA is and how PDA affects his life.
Ricky is a university student and tells us how he masks almost constantly and the effects this has on him and his mental well being. He talks about the social aspects of uni life and how he has used alcohol as a coping strategy to mask what Ricky describes as "his authentic self."
Ricky is an amazing young man who offers so much advice and information in this episode. An absolute pleasure talking to him. You can find Ricky at instagram account @rixk.y

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Meesh and Chrissy

This week we have a new guest! Mason reached out to us to talk about autism and his diagnosis of Crohns disease. Mason talks about his journey through mainstream schooling and his move to a specialist school. He talks about why he is such an advocate for Crohns disease and how he has had to adapt his whole lifestyle due to the disease. 
An inspirational young man! @advocate_for_crohns

This week our guest speaks to us about life as a self diagnosed autistic man. We talk about what self diagnosis is, why it is so controversial in some circles and what being self diagnosed means to our guest. 
Our guest also shares his journey, diagnosed aged 5 with "clumsy child syndrome" which we know now to be called Dyspraxia. He explains to us what Dyspraxia looked like in his life and still affects him and the strategies put in place to help him. As a 90s kid we talk about schooling for neurodiverse children in this era and what's next after self diagnosing himself and identifying as an autistic adult. 

Emily is back with us this week for a great chat about the support (or lack of) offered after her autism diagnosis 14 months ago. Emily has spoken to us before about her diagnosis as an adult after years of misdiagnosis.  On this episode Emily shares what happened after she received her diagnosis and where there seems to be serious gaps in support after a diagnosis is given.  
You can follow Emily on Instagram at @emily_autism. 

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This episode the girls were joined by Sez and Jack to talk Ableism. In particular the episode focuses on benevolent ableism. We discuss what that means and Jack and Sez share some of their experiences and advice as autistic adults. 
An inciteful, wonderful chat and a must listen! 

Hello and a Happy New Year from us at the Let's Talk Autism Podcast!

We are kicking off 2022 with an amazing episode with Lacey and her 11 year old son Casch. 
Casch was diagnosed with Asperger's aged 5 and wanted to share his story. Casch speaks confidently and openly alongside his mum Lacey about his old school and transferring to his new specialist school. He shares his thoughts and feelings and advice he would give to schools to make them accessible to ALL students.
An inspirational young man with a wicked sense of humour and buckets of confidence! 
You can follow Lacey at @lacey_healthymindbodymum

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Christmas is nearing and from now until the big day we will be gifting you with the joyous love of some amazing episodes with some even more amazing guests!!
Kicking off our episodes we are joined by Jack, Connell and Sez who tell us all about their childhood Christmases from their neurodiverse perspective. We cover a whole range of Childhood Christmas scenarios from Christmas decorations, Christmas dinners,  to the famous school nativities! (featuring some extremely funny stories) 
We talk about Christmas in schools and Jack, Sez and Connell share their tips for Christmas festivities! 
New guest Jack also shares his journey from his diagnosis as a child. 
Lots of festive fun with a wonderful group of people! 

Super excited this week to be joined by star of the Great British Bake Off, Lizzie Acker. We were met with an overwhelming amount of requests to have Lizzie on to chat as she was such an inspirational contestant on the Bake Off. 
Lizzie was diagnosed with ADHD, Dyslexia and Dyspraxia in childhood. In this episode she talks about those diagnoses and what ADHD is to her. We talk through her Bake off journey and where her love of baking came from.  We talk about the support Bake Off offered in regards to ADHD, Dyslexia and Dyspraxia. Lizzie talks openly about ADHD and dyslexia and her hopes for the future in helping other children diagnosed. An episode with so much fun and laughter throughout! 
An incredible guest with so much love and happiness. 
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