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Lara Thomas's avatar

Wow. I listened to this episode and I was trying to keep an open mind, but that was desperately unprofessional. Air out someone else’s dirty laundry like that? It’s not a good look. What I walked away with, after listening to your side of the story, is that you monetized Matt’s intellectual property. None of this would exist without the work that he had already done before you guys started any of this. He rewrote the DSM criteria. He redid the autism spectrum graphic concept. He put into place neurodivergent affirming evaluation and care. He shows up with autism research and data. He’s been fighting from the belly of the beast long before you came on the scene. That’s why he deserves respect. That’s why he deserves equal pay.

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Gina Lauria's avatar

Meaning that he should have equally put forth his part of the over $50K that Angela put into the project of the past 3 years? That must be what you mean, Lara.

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Gina Lauria's avatar

Angela has never paid herself or Matt a penny. So that’s pretty much equal pay.

And I believe Angela herself is still reckoning with what is equal work.

What do you think it Is?

Is his intellectual property worth more than everything that she’s put into this podcast and the book - from looking for sponsorships to promoting the podcast to setting up the Tee public store to looking for speaking engagements to keeping the social media aspect going the Substack, the emails, her marketing genius of 30 years? is that worthy nothing? is that worth less? Is her work of getting his message to a larger audience worth less? How do you determine that?

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