We’re back for the fourth episode of The Autisphere Unmasked Podcast featuring two autistic friends (Emma and Arron) discussing life as an autistic adult. This episode focuses on autistic experiences of food.

We talk about the sensory experience of food, our food preferences as children, living with a restricted diet, and being branded ‘picky eaters’. We then talk about how our food preferences have changes as we have moved into adulthood. We touch on food allergies and autism, with Emma sharing her personal experience of this and how she was forced to make changes to her diet.

As always, we share our autistic life experience and we’d love to hear from you whether your experiences have been similar or different.

AUTISM GLOSSARY:

https://theautisphere.com/autism-glossary/

ARTICLE REFERENCED:

Xu, G. et al. 2018. Association of food allergy and other allergic conditions with autism spectrum disorder in children. JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1(2). Available from: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2683952 

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE TO READ: 

○ What are autistic shutdowns? - https://theautisphere.com/what-are-autistic-shutdowns/  

○ Alexithymia: How I engage with my emotions - https://theautisphere.com/alexithymia-how-i-engage-with-my-emotions/ 

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We’re back for the third episode of The Autisphere Unmasked Podcast featuring two autistic friends (Emma and Arron) discussing life as an autistic adult. This third episode focuses on autistic experiences of learning. We talk about experiences of being self-taught at certain skills, autistic experiences of school, and our individual learning styles. We also discuss how special interests affect learning. As always, we share our autistic life experience and we’d love to hear from you whether your experiences have been similar or different.

AUTISM GLOSSARY:

https://theautisphere.com/autism-glossary/

ARTICLE REFERENCED:

Hass, T.K. 2017. The necessity of Special Interests for Me as a Person on the Autism Spectrum. The Mighty, June 2017. Available at: https://themighty.com/2017/06/special-interests-autism-spectrum/ 

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE TO READ: 

○ Autistic masking: a poem - https://theautisphere.com/autistic-masking-a-poem/ 

○ Alexithymia: an emotional story of difference - https://theautisphere.com/alexithymia-an-emotional-story-of-difference/ 

COME SAY HI! 

Blog: http://www.theautisphere.com 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/autisphere 

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theautisphere 

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/autisphere 

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We’re back for the second episode of The Autisphere Unmasked Podcast featuring two autistic friends (Emma and Arron) discussing life as an autistic adult. This second episode focuses on how to manage autism and other conditions. Managing physical and mental health conditions alongside autism is difficult to say the least. We share our experiences of being autistic with depression and anxiety, and living with autism and chronic pain.  We consider how to tell the difference between autism and other conditions, if this is possible.

PLEASE NOTE – There is mention of suicide and self-harm within this episode. A warning is given before we begin discussing this topic. You can skip ahead to 1:00:59 to listen to the rest of the podcast.

AUTISM GLOSSARY:

https://theautisphere.com/autism-glossary/

RESEARCH MENTIONED:

Soke, G.N. et al. 2018. Prevalence of Co-occurring Medical and Behavioral Conditions/Symptoms Among 4- and 8-Year-Old Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Selected Areas of the United States in 2010. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 48 (8): p2663-2676. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29524016/ 

Ghaziuddin, M. and Zafar, S. 2008. Psychiatric comorbidity of adults with autism spectrum disorders. Clinical Neuropsychiatry. 5(1): p9-12. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288295415_Psychiatric_comorbidity_of_adults_with_autism_spectrum_disorders - PLEASE NOTE THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS LANGUAGE WHICH IS OFFENSIVE TO THOSE WITH DISABILITIES

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE TO READ: 

○ Self-hate, autistic identity and feeling dishonest - https://theautisphere.com/self-hate-autistic-identity-and-feeling-dishonest/  

○ Autism 101: What is stimming? - https://theautisphere.com/autism-101-what-is-stimming/ 

COME SAY HI! 

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Welcome to the first ever episode of The Autisphere Unmasked Podcast featuring two autistic friends (Emma and Arron) discussing life as an autistic adult. This first episode focuses on finding out you’re autistic as an adult. As it’s the very first episode, we introduce ourselves, explain how we met and share some of our special interests. Then we answer questions such as why did you suspect you were autistic? Why did no-one know you were autistic? And what happens in an adult autism assessment? We discuss our similarities and differences of being diagnosed with autism as an adult, and our experiences of an adult autism assessment. 

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