In this episode of The Autistic Culture Podcast, Matt and Angela discuss everyone’s favourite mythical creature—the vampire. Throughout the conversation, they uncover some uncanny parallels between autistic individuals and our fang-tastic fictional friends.

🩸 What You’ll Sink Your Teeth Into in This Episode

• The parallels between autistic individuals and vampires begin with health comorbidities like POTS and haemophilia, before diving into the more supernatural realms.
• The art of shapeshifting mirrors autistic masking—and while vampires boast immortality, autistics share their own secret: we often appear to defy aging, as if time plays by a different rulebook for us.
• From The Addams Family and What We Do in the Shadows to even Sesame Street, Matt and Angela explore why these spooky icons resonate as autistic-coded characters.
• They unpack traits like monotropic focus, infodumping, and misunderstood behaviours often mistaken for manipulation—showing a deeper neurodivergent connection to our favourite eerie figures.
• And yes—they reveal the truly autistic reason why garlic keeps vampires at bay… but you’ll have to listen to get the scoop! 🧄

Resources:

• A Deep dive into Vampires we used for research: Encyclopedia Britannica’s entry about vampires
• Page referenced in the episode: https://www.instagram.com/date_dave_philly

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Kink is Autistic

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