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Autistic people are the true experts of the autistic experience. Autism Stories will help you to live your best autistic life by interviewing autistic people and others in the autism community who share their experiences, stories, and advice with you.Learn how coaching can…
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Autism Stories: Bridgette Hamstead (opens the original)
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"Something is not working, and I would argue that what is not working is the framework. Neurodiversity justice asks a different set of questions. Instead of asking how neurodivergent people can navigate systems that were not built for them, it asks who built those systems, what choices produced those outcomes, and what would it actually take to change them at a structural level?", says Bridgette Hamstead. Bridgette returns to Autism Stories to to discuss creating the Neurojustice Summit happenin
Autism Stories: Gerene Keesler (opens the original)
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"You can be college capable on paper, but not college ready. You can have that 4.5, 5.5 weighted GPA, but if you’re not college ready with the social-emotional piece of it, and you don’t know how to navigate getting accommodations or asking a teacher for help because Mom and Dad have always done that for you, it’s a lot", says Gerene Keesler. Gerene joins this episode to discuss supporting high school students and their families in the college admissions process as an independent educational con
Autism Stories: Doug Solo Episode (opens the original)
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"Our coaching flows around obstacles rather than through them, just like water. Instead of pushing straight at a barrier, we reframe that obstacle itself, leaning into interdependence rather than independence. It’s the path of least resistance, not the path of most force", says Doug Blecher. Join Doug on this solo episode as he shares some his most recent writing. To read all of Doug's writing visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-blecher/ . If you could subscribe on your favorite listening pla
Autism Stories: Bruce Petherick and Paula Holmes-Rodman (opens the original)
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"“Oncology nurses need to think about how they communicate before what they communicate. No matter how much incredible knowledge that oncology nurse has, unless and until they know how that patient communicates, they’re useless. They can’t just walk in, impart knowledge, hand over a pamphlet, ask a one-to-ten scale, and walk out", says Paula Holmes-Rodman. Paula and Bruce join me to discuss he resource they have created regarding Supporting Neurodivergent Cancer Patients. To learn more about thi
Autism Stories: Meg Eden Kuyatt (opens the original)
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"I felt really strongly about this title because I wanted that idea of perfectionism. Neurodivergent folks, we are often so hard on ourselves. A phrase my husband and I have that’s been really mind-blowing for us is, ‘If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing poorly.’ We can get so daunted by excellence that we don’t do anything", says Meg Eden Kuyatt. Meg returns to Autism Stories to discuss her new book Perfect Enough . To learn more about and purchase Meg's book visit https://www.megedenbooks.com
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