Welcome to This Week in Autistic Culture
This week, Angela and Simon explore Misophonia — the intense emotional and physical reactions that certain everyday sounds can provoke, and why sensory experiences can be so difficult to predict.
After celebrating his engagement at a lively party filled with music, laughter and conversation, Simon found himself struggling with the sounds of a much quieter family gathering the following day. Why can one noisy environment feel perfectly manageable while something as ordinary as chewing, throat-clearing or a particular pitch of laughter becomes unbearable?
Drawing on their own experiences, Angela and Simon discuss the realities of living with misophonia, from the sudden rush of anger or distress that certain sounds can trigger to the challenges of explaining those reactions to the people closest to us.
For this week’s excavation into the Autistic Culture Archive, Angela excavates one of the most recognisable and influential figures of the twentieth century: Princess Diana.
Using the Ten Pillars of Autistic Culture as their guide, they revisit Diana’s extraordinary life, her complicated relationship with the Royal Family and the public, and the ways she challenged expectations of what a princess should be.
Rather than attempting to diagnose a historical figure, they look for the patterns, connections and cultural fingerprints that might help us understand her legacy through an Autistic cultural lens.
Is the Legacy of Princess Diana Autistic culture?
As always, we’ll take you through everything coming up across the Autistic Culture Podcast Network this week!
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Monday 2nd November
Mindful Mondays with Ashley Dupuy
Ashley returns with another mindful reflection and guided meditation to help neurodivergent listeners begin the week with intention and regulation.
Tuesday 3rd November
Creative Becoming - Season 2 Episode 2: Editing to Endings
Helen and Elizabeth continue their behind-the-scenes exploration of making a podcast, moving beyond the microphone to discover everything involved in bringing their conversations to listeners. From editing audio and choosing music to designing artwork and promoting the finished show, they reflect on the creative decisions, unexpected challenges and lessons they've learned along the way.
Wednesday 4th November
Autism Help - Season 2, Episode 3: Autism and Intelligence
In this episode of Autism Help, Heather McKay explores the relationship between intelligence and neurodivergence, questioning how we measure intelligence and why different ways of thinking are so often misunderstood.
Heather discusses the limitations and biases of IQ testing, spiky cognitive profiles, giftedness and the challenges faced by autistic and ADHD people whose abilities and support needs may not fit traditional expectations
Thursday 5th November
The Neurodivergent Experience - Rerun
Jordan James and Simon Scott return for a conversation about the Neurodivergent Experience!
📚 From the Archive - Friday 6th November
Autistic Culture Podcast Rewind – Taylor Swift is Autistic
In this episode of The Autistic Culture Podcast, Autistic hosts Dr Angela Kingdon and Matt Lowry, LPP, discuss the many ways Taylor Swift and her fanbase of “Swifties” embody and reflect Autistic Culture.
This is a celebration of the ways we see our fabulous culture represented in the once-in-a-generation Taylor Swift.
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