not a real episode: Autism and Role Models
Autistic Flappy Hour Podcast
This is the audio of a talk I gave at the Lancaster Disability Conference in September 2016. We don't have any new episodes of Autistic Flappy Hour to release, but I've been digging through my archive and thought this may interest some.
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flappyhourcast 006: Musical Connections
Autistic Flappy Hour Podcast
Autistic Flappy Hour's sixth episode is about music! It was recorded in November 2017. Our guest hosts were Sumita and Ragnhild for this episode, which also features Laurine. Music featured in this episode is: Flappy Things Ragnhild was happy about being in Bristol and being able to see Pablo easily. Sumita went to a conference which she enjoyed, and has been reading a book. Laurine was pleased to have been diagnosed with ADHD, and a couple more things. Related links Discussion – Musical Connections Our main discussion was about music. We discussed how our...
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flappyhourcast 005: Identity
Autistic Flappy Hour Podcast
Autistic Flappy Hour's fifth episode is all about autistic identity. We recorded it at Autscape in August 2016, so it's a very long time coming indeed, but, well, life happened a lot. Our guest hosts were Megan and John-James for this episode, which also features Laurine and Nat. Behind the scenes, worked extremely hard to edit and transcribe the episode, and Maxens helped with the transcription as well. Flappy Things John-James was simply flappy to be at Autscape for the first time. Laurine was flappy about cross-stitching the letter B from Par-la-fenetre's ABC of Stimming. Megan...
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flappyhourcast special: Interview with Steve Silberman
Autistic Flappy Hour Podcast
This episode of Autistic Flappy Hour is a special edition: an interview with Steve Silberman (author of Neurotribes) by Laurine and Megan (guest co-host). Special episode means special music! who is autistic, and she kindly agreed to let us use bits of her beautiful music. They come from the album "Shapes and Ladders" - intro is from , stings are from , and the closing bit is from . Meeting Steve Silberman Back in May, Laurine went to Norwich to watch a talk/discussion given by Steve Silberman, accompanied by autistic poet Joanne Limburg. Meeting Steve Silberman was a great...
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flappyhourcast 004: Sensory Issues
Autistic Flappy Hour Podcast
Autistic Flappy Hour's fourth episode is all about sensory issues. We also explain why we disappeared for so long, and discuss things that have made us flappy. Flappy Things Cisco was proud of an article he wrote about Autchat, and talked about recent chainmaille orders he has carried out. Laurine spoke about local advocacy she has been doing, and the positive experiences she has had with people who work for her council. Finally, Nat talked about Neurotribes and its impact - stay tuned for our next release, which will be an interview of Steve Silberman, the author. Related links ...
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flappyhourcast 003: Autistic Spaces
Autistic Flappy Hour Podcast
Autistic Flappy Hour's third episode explores the topic of autistic spaces, with a discussion recorded at Autscape, featuring two guests who presented at the conference. Laurine and Nat also talk about the flappy things making them happy since we last recorded. Flappy Things Both Nat and Laurine were happy because of a discussion Nat ran at Autscape focusing on autism comics and visual representation of autism. Laurine discovered new comics and read the archives of some favourites that she was reminded of by the discussion. Nat has since been inspired to start making daily art. Nat...
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flappyhourcast 002: Autistic Passing
Autistic Flappy Hour Podcast
Welcome to Autistic Flappy Hour, a podcast with an autistic angle! For our second episode we share the 'flappy things' making us happy since we last recorded and discuss the concept of passing as it relates to autism. In short, 'passing' is the ability to appear as being neurotypical or non-autistic in some contexts. Flappy Things Laurine's flappy thing was the release of the schedule for Autscape, the UK autistic-run conference and retreat. Nat was also excited about it as both our UK co-hosts be there from the 21st to the 24th of August. Nat's flappy thing was all the nice comments we...
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flappyhourcast 001: Our Autism Stories
Autistic Flappy Hour Podcast
Welcome to Autistic Flappy Hour, a podcast with an autistic angle! For our first episode we introduce ourselves and the podcast, share the 'flappy things' making us happy this week and tell our autism stories; describing how autism has affected our lives and we've come to be a part of the autistic community. Introduction We explain our motivations for the podcast. Nat mentions their previous podcast Bridging the Rift and explains why we decided against 'Autcast' as a name, to avoid being mixed up with Landon Bryce’s blogazine thAutcast. We also mention the Positively Autistic radio...
info_outlineAutistic Flappy Hour's sixth episode is about music! It was recorded in November 2017. Our guest hosts were Sumita and Ragnhild for this episode, which also features Laurine.
Music featured in this episode is:
Soda Fountain Rag – I sit and wait for what
Soda Fountain Rag – Turn left
Sumita Music – Jodie’s spaceship
Flappy Things
Ragnhild was happy about being in Bristol and being able to see Pablo easily. Sumita went to a conference which she enjoyed, and has been reading a book. Laurine was pleased to have been diagnosed with ADHD, and a couple more things.
Related links
- Pablo (wikipedia article)
- Pablo (page on the BBC)
- How to best help an autism mum – Sharon King
- How autism freed me to be myself – Rosie King
- Autism Uncut
- George the poet
- Kingdom of Us – Trailer (no subtitles, CN for suicide/death)
Discussion – Musical Connections
Our main discussion was about music.
We discussed how our guests met (thanks to this podcast!) and learnt a little bit about their backstory. We then talked about how music helps them connect with people, dealing with autism disclosure, networking, and how Sumita and Ragnhild started out in music.
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