On today's twenty-eight-minute podcast episode, We are #empowered I will be having a chit-chat with my new guest star Jack. 

Jack is new to being a guest star on the podcast, so this is a little transcript of what Jack recorded which I then transcribed here. Jack says: "Hi, I'm Jack Foster. I am twenty-three turning twenty-four this year. When I was young, doctors told my mum and dad that I was on the spectrum; the autism spectrum that is. It's not exactly autism like you see on TV, but they say I am on the spectrum. This has its good and not-so-good sides. Like, I need more time to understand social situations which make life complicated, sometimes. But it also enables me to do things that most people can't, such as my date remembrance talent that allows me to do magic tricks with people when they tell me their birthday, like my birthday for instance, what day it was, back when I was born in 99, 24 years ago. I was born on a Friday, and dad likes my trick a lot. He says he is taking me to the casino". 

Just a heads up, there was some general background noise from Jack's side and cockatoos from my side (I am recording again in my bedroom). Yet, there is also a little bit of internet dropping out on Jack's side* and as well as a softer voice from my audio. Let's just say this episode is very raw and real indeed.

However, this lovely episode features lovely yet honest topics from our lived experiences

🐇 post-school program choices, such as Transition to Work, or TTW, which is currently called Vocational Skills  

🐇creativity as a means of self-expression, emotional help, and a way to discover more about ourselves  

🐇 strategies for self-care in various contexts, all keeping in mind the autistic-specific anxieties of autism, and the different ways autism can manifest

🐇 pop culture, such as The Wiggles, OG Wiggles  

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Hope you enjoy today's episode!  

Xo, from the team at Always Angelic Aspie Alice 🦋

*For precise time stamps of when the audio drops out completely, it is down below

13-21 - 13.48, then 13.56 - 14.14