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Discussing mental health, self-acceptance, and all things Neurodivergent life. For resources and more www.theautistic.life Intro music: “Theme 27, Version 2” by Joe Kuta published by Jos. M. Kuta Music Publishing, BMI.
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Tim Goldstein draws on his background in business and business management, sales and marketing, and various developer and manager roles in the tech industry. Tim's unique autistic view point combine with his ability to clearly express the most complex ideas make him the world's only Neurodiverse Communication Specialist.Tim discusses a range of issues faced by the autistic and neurodiverse adult in all facets of life drawing from both his experience after being diagnosed with Asperger's at a ...
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Ryan Somers discovered he is Autistic in his early 40s, after years of wondering "What is wrong with me?" An experienced writer, performer, and broadcaster, he decided to document his journey of discovery as he learned about his own Autism, and went through the process of getting an official diagnosis. This podcast features one-on-one conversations with other Autistic adults, discussing our experiences living as Autistic people in a Neurotypical world, learning, discovering, and finding comm ...
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Ed Thompson from Uptimize.com and I go back to the early days when the few involved were focused on Autism at Work. This episode is a unique twist in that Ed is the host and I am the guest! This came about because Ed had me as a guest on the Uptimize fireside chat webinar series. The content came out so well I asked Ed if I could use the audio as a…
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This episode continues Tim's chat with Danny. After years of hearing about Danny and T.A.C.T., we catch up with Danny Combs. Danny was a successful Nashville Musician and a Music Educator and then an idea struck him that completely changed his life. Generations of Danny's family built great careers working with their hands in the trades. He recogni…
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In this episode, after years of hearing about Danny and T.A.C.T., we catch up with Danny Combs. Danny was a successful Nashville Musician and a Music Educator and then an idea struck him that completely changed his life. Generations of Danny's family built great careers working with their hands in the trades. He recognized that not all autistic ind…
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I had a very enjoyable and informative conversation with Genie Love. While Genie's background is in special education where she worked extensively with high school students, it also has some very interesting twists and turns that helped create the unique perspective she brings to her coaching of adults. One point that came up which I believe in dee…
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This was a super enjoyable episode to record for multiple reasons. Angela Powell has a super upbeat and infectious personality which is a great start. Based on her families experience with her son Charlie and the way the medical culture and schools systems recommended she learned that at least for Charlie the approaches were ineffective at best. On…
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Here is the bio Karen sent me. Having known her for a number of years I can assure you it is very modest compared to the contributions she has made and the people she has helped. In our chat we cover some of the other things Karen has done which are not reflected in the below bio. In 1998, Karen Simmons a mother of seven, founded Autism Today, the …
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Here is the bio Karen sent me. Having known her for a number of years I can assure you it is very modest compared to the contributions she has made and the people she has helped. In our chat we cover some of the other things Karen has done which are not reflected in the below bio. In 1998, Karen Simmons a mother of seven, founded Autism Today, the …
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Peter and I had a great time talking. I am convinced I would have a great time handing out with him! Below is his formal bio. Peter Mann is the CEO & Founder of Virginia-based Oransi, a leading air purification company known for its efficient, intuitive and reliable products for consumers, schools, organizations and businesses. He also is the Chair…
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OPPS, Sorry if you got a corrupted download. I was trying some beta software and somewhere along the way missed a very poor file. A new clean version is now available. Peter and I had a great time talking. I am convinced I would have a great time handing out with him! Below is his formal bio. Peter Mann is the CEO & Founder of Virginia-based Oransi…
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Theo Smith is the co-author of the Business Book Awards Winner for best book in DE&I ‘Neurodiversity At Work: Drive innovation, performance and productivity with a neurodiverse workforce’. He’s worked in the recruitment and employment sector as a leader for over 15 years. He brings plenty of lived experience to ND at work, as someone who associates…
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Theo Smith is the co-author of the Business Book Awards Winner for best book in DE&I ‘Neurodiversity At Work: Drive innovation, performance and productivity with a neurodiverse workforce’. He’s worked in the recruitment and employment sector as a leader for over 15 years. He brings plenty of lived experience to ND at work, as someone who associates…
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I think Rebecca Beam is one of the most knowledgeable people around when it comes to neurodistinct and particularly autistic employment. Starting before it became a "thing" with global tech companies Rebecca was a co-founder of Mindspark which trained and employed autistic individuals to do QA work for major companies. When Mindspark was sold to Au…
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With employment for autistic and other neurodistinct individuals now a very hot topic many different approaches are being tried. There is the Autism, now labeled Neurodiversity, at work efforts of some of the largest companies in the world to small mom & pops. From the other direction there are programs springing up trying to figure out how to trai…
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With employment for autistic and other neurodistinct individuals now a very hot topic many different approaches are being tried. There is the Autism, now labeled Neurodiversity, at work efforts of some of the largest companies in the world to small mom & pops. From the other direction there are programs springing up trying to figure out how to trai…
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Dr Lutza Ireland is an Autistic/ADHD multi-award-winning social designer, psychologist and international speaker located in Australia. Her design guidelines and trainings have been integrated into national and international organizations looking to build capability for neuroinclusion and mental health. She uses design thinking and co-design methods…
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This is the second episode of my enjoyable and informative discussion with Maisie. If you missed the first episode check it out at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/451957/episodes/11618327 Maisie Soetantyo brings a unique viewpoint to the autism community. She started working with autistic individuals in college and too it up as her career. So she has a…
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Maisie Soetantyo brings a unique viewpoint to the autism community. She started working with autistic individuals in college and too it up as her career. So she has an academic foundation for understanding autism and then many years of working with the autistic professionally. But when she learned her son was autistic it brought an entirely new per…
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During the years I have been involved with neurodiversity I have had the opportunity to meet, collaborate with, and become friends with many of the leaders and innovators in what started as the autism at work movement which has evolved to become the neurodiversity at work movement. There were far less of us then. One of those who has been a leader …
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Due to life taking me on a journey I wasn't looking for I have some great episodes which were recorded in 2019 and never released. I am finally able to get back to releasing more episodes and am starting with the great unused material I recorded about 3 years ago. Mel is enjoyable to listen too and we went down many paths frequently jumping from on…
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This is the audio track of a presentation I did for BACEmploy.com and their students in their LaunchIT program. This program trains autistic adults and veterans with PTSD the technologies to become Google certified. This is an amazing program and Susan who runs it does a wonderful job teaching not only the tech, but the skills to be a successful em…
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I had the wonderful opportunity to speak to Church Mutual ( www.churchmutual.com ) for Disability Awareness Month. They currently sponsor 2 Paralympic athletes, 1 a skier who uses a wheelchair and the other a track sprinter who is autistic. Last year Church Mutual focused on disabled with mobility challenges. This year they wanted to highlight the …
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I think you will enjoy this one as it delivers a huge amount of information is a very short time. Learning nuggets are short recording which deliver an impactful statement or point on a specific topic. This set was recorded for Uptimize in 2018 as video clips. I pulled the audio track to create this episode. As I mention in the introduction I was s…
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Episode 31: Zoh is 29 years old and lives in Indiana. She is self-diagnosed Autistic, and is a creative musician, photographer and jewellery maker. In this conversation, we discuss how Autistics kids are often misdiagnosed growing up, comorbidities, the legitimacy of self-diagnosis in the Autistic community, the barriers to late-diagnosis, therapy,…
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Episode 30 -- Julie (Austria) This week, we welcome Julia, 27, from Austria, for a conversation touching on a variety of things, including moving from the Dominican Republic to Austria at the age of 5, the differences between living in a city and a small town, travelling, special interests, self-diagnosing with Autism at the age of 20, job intervie…
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Episode 29 -- Michael Tanzer (Ontario, Canada) This week, Ryan and Drew have a chat with Michael, who is 29, and was diagnosed with Autism at the age of 3. We talk about his self-published book "Michaelism: My POV on Life with Autism," his childhood development, therapy, special interests, learning Japanese, independence, social media, not giving u…
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Discussing unexpected – and expected – changes and why they feel so overwhelming and scary for many Autistic people. Music: “Theme 27, Version 2” by Joe Kuta published by Jos. M. Kuta Music Publishing, BMI. Podcast sponsored by Tiimo (more information: https://www.tiimoapp.com). Transcript: https://bit.ly/3uamUXm This podcast is sponsored by Tiimo!…
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In this episode, we have a pleasant chat with Dave, age 45, who lives in San Diego, California, USA. Dave was late-diagnosed Autistic, has an Autistic spouse, and an Autistic son. In this conversation, we discuss a number of things, including ABA Therapy, Relationship Development Intervention (RDI), the Love & Autism Conference, "famous" people in …
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Well, as you all surely know, it's AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH! Our friend Rose returns (third time!) to discuss some of the things that she thinks are important, for Autistic people to guide the conversation about us! We talk about what it takes for Autistic people to find happiness, be seen and heard, and to feel safe! What kind of therapies are out t…
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I grew up in a family of racecar drivers -- both my mom and dad (that's how they met!) and all of my uncles raced cars. When I heard about an Autistic racecar driver named Armani Williams, I knew I simply had to have him on the show! Armani is awesome! He's 20 years old, diagnosed Autistic at the age of 2, and lives in Grosse Point, Michigan. He kn…
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On this episode, Rose is back for another round! This time, the focus is on Autism Myths! Are Autism cases on the rise? Do people outgrow Autism? Is there for a cure for Autism? Do vaccines cause Autism? Are there differences in Autism between males and females? Do we prefer to say "Autistic people" or "people with Autism?" Is Autism a form of brai…
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In this episode, we chat with Hunter Hansen, who was diagnosed Autistic at the age of 16, is a husband and father, works at a large tech company, and is also an Autism advocate, posing videos to Instagram at the account @The_Life_Autistic, which is how we first discovered each other last year! We enjoy a fun and insightful conversation, sharing our…
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Sam is an awesome dude, in his early 30s, who was diagnosed with Aspergers (ASD) at the age of 14. In this conversation, we talk about all kinds of things, like The Beatles, the prevalence of Autistic minds in technology and the arts, Autism as a gift, positive energy, socializing, stimming, masking, meditation, working with Autistic children, Auti…
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In this episode, we have a conversation with John, who lives in Texas, and was diagnosed with Autism at the age of 39. He is a librarian, and we discuss a number of topics including the challenges Autistic people face in the work environment, relationships, executive functioning, anxiety, drinking, invisible differences, empathy, anime, Star Trek, …
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In this episode, we have a chat with Phil, who was diagnosed as Autistic in his 40s. We have a wide-ranging talk about a number of topics, including executive function, working memory, the journey to diagnosis, the diagnosis process, gender stereotypes, sports, friendships, self-acceptance, Autistic burnout, spoon theory, and much more! Phil is a g…
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This episode is Tim Goldstein's pre-panel presentation for the Neurodiversity in Tech session at DisabilityIn's virtual conference in January 2021. The panel was just me and Brent Amundson VP HR at Dell Computers. While I can only share this part I think you will still find it interesting and get a lot from it. Disabilityin.org Disability:IN is the…
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A deep dive on Autistic Burnout, what causes it and what we can do about it to help ourselves and/or support those experiencing it. Music: “Theme 27, Version 2” by Joe Kuta published by Jos. M. Kuta Music Publishing, BMI. Podcast sponsored by Tiimo (more information: https://www.tiimoapp.com). Resources mentioned: "10 things you can do to recover t…
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Episode 20: Ryan's conversation with Jessica West. Our first episode of 2021! We are now back, and have a bunch of episodes recorded, and will be posting a new episode every week! This one features a very enjoyable conversation we had with Jessica West, who lives on the west coast, and is an Autistic woman who is an executive coach and a mom. We ha…
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Talking about our needs and challenges can bring up some tough conversations in your school and work setting, as well as with your loved ones. In this week’s episode I discuss ways of having these conversations and the kind of accommodations that we may benefit from as Neurodivergent people. Music: “Theme 27, Version 2” by Joe Kuta published by Jos…
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Discussing what to do after we realize we are Autistic, navigating that rollercoaster of emotions and how to move forward with this new information. Music: “Theme 27, Version 2” by Joe Kuta published by Jos. M. Kuta Music Publishing, BMI. Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/3rUNVgX This podcast is sponsored by Tiimo! Tiimo is a paid subscription app…
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I have known Emma for a few years now. She is truly a special person. I love talking with Emma as I always leave with new insight and approaches. Emma is one of those unique people who understands the autistic mind and the world we live. She brings her understanding of the autistic adult's challenges combine with her vast experience in the educatio…
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I have known Emma for a few years now. She is truly a special person. I love talking with Emma as I always leave with new insight and approaches. Emma is one of those unique people who understands the autistic mind and the world we live. She brings her understanding of the autistic adult's challenges combine with her vast experience in the educatio…
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This is a very special episode of The Life Autistic.. Recently, I was contacted by Joyce, who has been listening to the podcast in Kenya! We started chatting back and forth, and we ended up talking on the phone one night and I said "Wait, this is so great, can I record this?" We talked about all kind of things, and I cried a couple of times, and I …
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I've known Shane since back in the late 90s Toronto hip-hop scene, when we were both involved in promoting events. We've recently linked up again when he invited me to appear on his Shower for the Soul podcast. He agreed to let me know post that conversation here as well. I hope you enjoy our wide-ranging chat. Find him on instagram @famefriends Su…
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In this episode I talk a little bit about the book “I Think I Might Be Autistic” by Cynthia Kim, review some questions from one of the chapters, and answer two questions from listeners. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/TheLifeAutistic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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My conversation with JF in Montreal, about his depression and Asperger’s, the night before he is going to meet his psychiatrist and psychologist about getting an autism diagnosis. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/TheLifeAutistic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Drew is a dude I've known for many years. We worked together a few times, years ago, when he was hosting and producing a TV Show, and brought me in a few times to do some different segments. We recently reconnected after he heard the podcast and reached out to offer to help, which is great, because I can certainly use some help! This is a conversat…
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Episode 10 — catching up with my diagnosis journey, and a bit of discussion about a CBC online video called “You Can’t Ask That,” dealing with autism. New name! @aspietribe #aspietribe Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/TheLifeAutistic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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On this episode I have a conversation with Samantha Dirk about discovering her Autism in her late 20s, growing up not knowing she was Autistic, differences in how Autism can present in boys and girls, functioning labels, advocacy, stimming, and other topics. Please check the comments on the Facebook page for links to books and videos we discussed i…
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Hey all! Sorry it’s been a month since the last episode! Life has thrown a few curveballs my way. This is recorded today in the car - a little update on what I’ve been up to and thinking about. The only chance I had to record was in the car today, so my apologies for the audio! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/TheLifeAutistic. Hosted on…
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