This was one of my favorite podcasts. I’m particularly appreciative of Angela and Matt being vulnerable enough to hear controversial perspectives about “the state of the medicine” with such open, respectful minds. Great modeling of how we all can approach similar topics. From Richard, I liked his caution about rushing to embrace a label …
This was one of my favorite podcasts. I’m particularly appreciative of Angela and Matt being vulnerable enough to hear controversial perspectives about “the state of the medicine” with such open, respectful minds. Great modeling of how we all can approach similar topics. From Richard, I liked his caution about rushing to embrace a label than can signal (to others) quite deviant behavior as well as relatively tame inner struggles and monologues. Especially when we already have enough other burdens to bear! And I also liked the reminder that a lot of our “pathologies” are understandable human responses to a rapidly evolving complex world. Like going from barefoot life to being expected to do everything in stilettos. I love this podcast’s theme of celebrating autistic culture. But like athletes have long painful roads to glory, autistics are on individual journeys beset by difficulties that don’t always conclude successfully. This episode handled that tension beautifully. The podcast wouldn’t be as authentic if it was always ra ra autism and only our own views on our psychologies.
Great feedback. I think it was one of our more challenging episodes. I was very worried about it and before we recorded I promised Matt we would make it a bonus for paid subscribers if we didn't feel like we could stand behind it, but in the end I was really proud of how it came out. I still feel attached to the words PDA and Autistic, but, I can see Richard is a deeper thinker than I am on some of these things and open to evolving. I mean I was really attached to a certain Nazi term for almost a decade and I evolved beyond that word and label. I am sure I am not done evolving. Thanks for listening with care and being open to learning something along with us.
This was one of my favorite podcasts. I’m particularly appreciative of Angela and Matt being vulnerable enough to hear controversial perspectives about “the state of the medicine” with such open, respectful minds. Great modeling of how we all can approach similar topics. From Richard, I liked his caution about rushing to embrace a label than can signal (to others) quite deviant behavior as well as relatively tame inner struggles and monologues. Especially when we already have enough other burdens to bear! And I also liked the reminder that a lot of our “pathologies” are understandable human responses to a rapidly evolving complex world. Like going from barefoot life to being expected to do everything in stilettos. I love this podcast’s theme of celebrating autistic culture. But like athletes have long painful roads to glory, autistics are on individual journeys beset by difficulties that don’t always conclude successfully. This episode handled that tension beautifully. The podcast wouldn’t be as authentic if it was always ra ra autism and only our own views on our psychologies.
Great feedback. I think it was one of our more challenging episodes. I was very worried about it and before we recorded I promised Matt we would make it a bonus for paid subscribers if we didn't feel like we could stand behind it, but in the end I was really proud of how it came out. I still feel attached to the words PDA and Autistic, but, I can see Richard is a deeper thinker than I am on some of these things and open to evolving. I mean I was really attached to a certain Nazi term for almost a decade and I evolved beyond that word and label. I am sure I am not done evolving. Thanks for listening with care and being open to learning something along with us.