In this episode of The Autistic Culture Podcast, hosts Dr. Angela Kingdon and Matt Lowry, LPP explore the Autistic origins and cultural impact of My Little Pony.

🎧 What You’ll Learn:

• How Autistic creator Bonnie Zacherle and Autistic writer Linda Woolverton shaped the original My Little Pony, despite facing workplace marginalization.
• The Autistic-coded storytelling of Lauren Faust’s My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and why it became so meaningful to Autistic fans.
• The sensory-seeking joys, relatable characters, and fantasy worlds that continue to resonate deeply with Autistics.
• The therapeutic connection between horses and Autistic individuals, including co-regulation benefits for emotional and sensory regulation.
• Angela’s personal story about how horse therapy improved her mental health and helped her identify signs of dysregulation.
• The rise of the Brony fandom and how it created belonging, acceptance, and identity for young adult fans, including many Autistics.

Resources:

Crunch Dog episode of My Little Pony

Related Episodes:

Fairy Tales are Autistic

Disney is Autistic

Beauty and the Beast is Autistic

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