Episode 17

Autism is Actually Awesome

Lou and Shadia discuss Shadia's life growing up, their amazing advocate/teacher mum, the progressive and inclusive school that Shadia attended in recent years, Autistic identity, animal therapy, speech pathology, gender identity, mental health and a whole lot more.

Autism is Actually Awesome

Did you know that Autism is Actually Awesome? If you still think that being Autistic means a life of stress, worry and social isolation - think again! Listening to Shadia will surely convince you otherwise. Lou and Shadia discuss Shadia's life growing up, their amazing advocate/teacher mum, the progressive and inclusive school that Shadia attended in recent years, Autistic identity, animal therapy, speech pathology, gender identity, mental health and a whole lot more. Shadia is such an insightful and beautiful person. The lived experience of neurodiversity strengths is totally inspiring and uplifting. Enjoy this powerful episode.
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When you look at a lot of impairment based therapies, you are putting a lot of pressure on the Autistic person to change and do the perspective change when REALLY, it should be a joint environmental approach where the whole community are learning about how to interact with one another.
Shadia Hancock

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