Autism Stories

"There are so many professionals that listen simply to reply, but listening to understand requires an open mind, cultural understanding and presumed competence," says Lisa Morgan. Lisa joins this talks with us on this episode of Autism Stories to talk about identifying suicide risk factors in autistic people and  crisis supports that can truly benefit them.  To purchase Lisa Morgan's upcoming book visit https://www.amazon.com/Living-Ptsd-Autism-Spectrum-Applications/dp/1787750507/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=ptsd+autism+lisa+morgan&qid=1595775344&sr=8-1 Schedule an intake meeting with Autism Personal Coach today and take the first step to decrease your daily overwhelm, develop community, or to find purpose in your lives: https://calendly.com/autimspersonalcoach/60min To be updated on the latest Autism Stories episode subscribe on your favorite podcast listening platform. If you could give us positive rating and review on your listening platform we would really appreciate that.

"None of my identities exist in a vacuum,. I'm always going to be non-binary, autistic, have vater it's all going to co-exist," says Miriam Sachs. Miriam joins this episode of Autism Stories to talk about intersectionality and the importance of discussing and embracing all aspects of our identities especially ones that are marginalized.   Autism Stories connects you with amazing people who are helping  Autistic adults and teens become more self sufficient and find their purpose. To learn more about Miriam visit https://youtube.com/mynontraditionallife/ and https://www.instagram.com/mynontraditionallife/ .  Schedule an intake meeting with Autism Personal Coach today and take the first step to decrease your daily overwhelm, develop community, or to find purpose in your lives: https://calendly.com/autimspersonalcoach/60min To be updated on the latest Autism Stories episode subscribe on your favorite podcast listening platform. If you could give us positive rating and review on your listening platform we would really appreciate that.

“When you put time into something and people are seeing you being vulnerable it creates this intimacy and even though we have never met before its really amazing how people start to trust each other,” says Super Spectrum Girl of the importance of her illustrations on social media for the autistic community. Super Spectrum Girl joins us for this episode of Autism Stories to discuss the impact of social media in spreading autism acceptance. Autism Stories connects you with amazing people who are helping  Autistic adults and teens become more successful. To learn more about Super Spectrum girl and see her fantastic illustrations find her at https://www.instagram.com/superspectrumgirl/.  Schedule an intake meeting with Autism Personal Coach today and take the first step to decrease your daily overwhelm, develop community, or to find purpose in your lives: https://calendly.com/autimspersonalcoach/60min To be updated on the latest Autism Stories episode subscribe on your favorite podcast listening platform. If you could give us positive rating and review on your listening platform we would really appreciate that.

“I always feel more safe with rules as this is the way to do it,” says professional dancer  Becki Parker in talking  of the many ways dance plays into her strengths as an autistic person . Becki joins us to talk about her dance career and how  dance can be helpful to so many other autistic people.  Autism Stories connects you with amazing people who are helping  Autistic adults and teens become more successful. To be updated on the latest Autism Stories episode subscribe on your favorite podcast listening platform. If you could give us positive rating and review on your listening platform we would really appreciate that. Schedule an intake meeting with Autism Personal Coach today and take the first step to decrease your daily overwhelm, develop community, or to find purpose in your lives: https://calendly.com/autimspersonalcoach/60min

"“It’s really about thinking outside of the box and starting to think more about who is using your site and if they are going to get the best experience out of it”, says Kelly Bron Johnson when thinking about website accessibility.  Kelly returns to Autism Stories to talk with us about how to determine how accessible your website is and what changes you can make to make it much more usable for everyone. Autism Stories connects you with amazing people who are helping  Autistic adults and teens become more successful. Schedule an intake meeting with Autism Personal Coach today and take the first step to decrease your daily overwhelm, develop community, or to find purpose in your lives: https://calendly.com/autimspersonalcoach/60min To be updated on the latest Autism Stories episode subscribe on your favorite podcast listening platform. If you could give us positive rating and review on your listening platform we would really appreciate that.

“When you go into a museum there are things like objects that make learning very concrete. If you can see it,feel it,and touch it you can start to understand it. So I think thats part of ways that Autistic people might learn better in museums,” says Sam Theriault. Sam joins us to talk about how museums can be beneficial  and what we need to do to make them more accessible to Autistic people.  Schedule an intake meeting with Autism Personal Coach today and take the first step to decrease your daily overwhelm, develop community, or to find purpose in your lives: https://calendly.com/autimspersonalcoach/60min To be updated on the latest Autism Stories episode subscribe on your favorite podcast listening platform. If you could give us positive rating and review on your listening platform we would really appreciate that.

"I learned that being part of that movie is not the end all and I want to be in a variety of acting roles going forward. I also want to see more autistic actors of various ethnic backgrounds star in movies so that they can show what they can do when given a chance," says Emanuel Frowner. Emanuel was in the film "Keep The Change" a film that starred many disabled actors and he joins us to discuss that film and much more. Autism Stories connects you with amazing people who are helping  Autistic adults and teens become more successful. To view the transcript of this episode visit: https://autismpersonalcoach.wordpress.com/autism-stories-emanuel-frowner/ To be updated on the latest Autism Stories episode subscribe on your favorite podcast listening platform. If you could give us positive rating and review on your listening platform we would really appreciate that. Schedule an intake meeting with Autism Personal Coach today and take the first step to decrease your daily overwhelm, develop community, or to find purpose in your lives: https://calendly.com/autimspersonalcoach/60min

“Thats the piece that Autistics like about routine. It keeps us grounded in reality and we don’t get floated off with all our worries, concerns, and depression and don’t get stuck in a loop,” says Becca Lory Hector. Becca returns to Autism Stories to discuss the importance of creating a mindful morning routine as well as her upcoming course Self Defined Living: A Path to a quality Autistic Life. Autism Stories connects you with amazing people who are helping  Autistic adults and teens become more successful. To register for Becca's course, Self Defined Living: A Path to a quality Autistic Life visit https://beccalory.com/webinars/ Schedule an intake meeting with Autism Personal Coach today and take the first step to decrease your daily overwhelm, develop community, or to find purpose in your lives: https://calendly.com/autimspersonalcoach/60min To be updated on the latest Autism Stories episode subscribe on your favorite podcast listening platform. If you could give us positive rating and review on your listening platform we would really appreciate that.

"Autistic people feel like people don't represent them and like seeing someone who is  genuinely working hard and doing well at something actually proud to say they are Autistic," says Joshua Collins. Joshua joins us to talk about his campaign to become the first Autistic member of Congress.Autism Stories connects you with amazing people who are helping  Autistic adults and teens become more successful. To learn more about Joshua and his campaign visit https://www.joshua2020.com/ Schedule an intake meeting with Autism Personal Coach today and take the first step to decrease your daily overwhelm, develop community, or to find purpose in your lives: https://calendly.com/autimspersonalcoach/60min To be updated on the latest Autism Stories episode subscribe on your favorite podcast listening platform. If you could give us positive rating and review on your listening platform we would really appreciate that.

"Autism can be much better described in this model and maybe Autism is all about interests," says Dinah Murray.  Dinah joins us to talk about monotropism a theory she created with MIke Lesser and Wenn Lawson that was published in 2005 that states a monotropic mind is one that focuses its attention on a small number of interests at any time, tending to miss things outside of this attention tunnel. Autism Stories connects you with amazing people who are helping  Autistic adults and teens become more successful. To learn more about Dinah and the wonderful work she has done please visit https://productiveirritant.org/ Schedule an intake meeting with Autism Personal Coach today and take the first step to decrease your daily overwhelm, develop community, or to find purpose in your lives: https://calendly.com/autimspersonalcoach/60min To be updated on the latest Autism Stories episode subscribe on your favorite podcast listening platform. If you could give us positive rating and review on your listening platform we would really appreciate that.