The Pink Bits of Autism

This episode explores the battle of wanting to socialise but being overwhelmed by sensory overload.

Hyperfocus: The love hate relationships Autistics have with hyperfocus. Tapping into our zone of genius as it slowly robs us of our livelihood.

How are therapies informed exactly? Which evidence based therapies are right for our children and what is the evidence based on, exactly?

Kris and Kel discuss their lived experience as parents of children on the autism spectrum and adults on that same spectrum themselves.

Trips to the Zoo, pizza and icecream..and the aftermath

Aside from the ridiculous functioning labels that mean a person's challenges are dismissed OR their abilities are overlooked, we discuss how being 'twice exceptional'- a term quite often used in regard to children who are gifted learners AND diagnosed with a disability can result in women on the autism spectrum being overlooked as autistic.

Why do we feel the need to pretend we're someone we clearly are not? Yet for those of us diagnosed later in life, we come to see that we've spent most of our lives doing this very thing. 

Kel shares a story about a painful social situation she was unable to remove herself from or to seek clarity or reassurance in, in order to avoid appearing too 'abnormal'.

What makes relationships so difficult for those of us on the autism spectrum? 

Kris and Kel go into an amusing critical analysis of their own friendship and where they went wrong in challenging moments and where they're at now, 15 years on.