In this episode of The Autistic Culture Podcast, hosts Matt Lowry, LPP and Dr. Angela Kingdon take on one of the most iconic fandoms of all time: X-Men—and what it can teach us about autism, social justice, and being our authentic selves.

🎧 What You’ll Learn:

• Which came first: the autistic or the neurotypical? Are Autism and ADHD the same thing? Do neurotypicals actually have a disorder of pruning?
• How X-Men tackles discrimination and offers representation for marginalized groups.
• Meet the two canonically autistic X-Men—and the autistic-coded ones too! Plus, how allistic writers sometimes get autistic characters wrong.
• Spiky profiles, code-switching, and the privilege (and exhaustion) of masking.
• Matt’s unfiltered take on ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis).
• Hans Asperger’s legacy and the chilling history of mandatory autism registrations in at least eight U.S. states.

Related Episodes:

The Trouble with Temple

Superheroes are Autistic

Doctor Who is Autistic

Wikipedia is Autistic

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