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Episode 5

In Episode 5 of Autistic Small Talk, Vince and Vanessa rapidly review 2 papers about autistic identity and connect them to the concept of neuroqueer, then sprint through Vince’s project of inviting people to consider their neurotype. It should air on CFUZ 92.9fm on Saturday, June 9th, 2025 at 9am PDT, and can also be streamed live from the website. You can find it in the Local Matters archive a few days after it airs. Citations Warrier, V., Greenberg, D.M., Weir, E. et al. Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals. Nat Commun 11, 3959 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17794-1 Moore, I., Morgan, G., Welham, A., & Russell, G. (2022). The intersection of autism and gender in the negotiation of identity: A systematic review and metasynthesis. Feminism & Psychology, 32(4), 421-442. https://doi.org/10.1177/09593535221074806 (Original work published 2022) Resources The wond...
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Episode 4

  Episode 4 of Autistic Small Talk opens with a great story from Sarah Willard . After which Vince and Vanessa have a speedy exchange about monotropism and the concept of neuroqueer.  Seed Library Snpinktn Seeds - Penticton's little seed library: Facebook Instagram Monotropism A website with tonnes of resources and links about monotropism
: monotropism.org Neuroqueer Neuroqueer Heresies by Nick Walker  (We recommend Nick Walker's work in general. She's wonderful.)
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Episode 3

In episode 3 of Autistic Small Talk, Vince and Vanessa glance at Rachel Cullen’s Autistic Pragmatic Language Hypothesis, and demonstrate some autistic joy by discussing their love of plants. Rachel Cullen’s Autistic Communication Hypothesis Discussion with Annette & Chloe of Academy Interview on Today’s Autistic Moment podcast More Rachel Cullen Rachel Cullen’s Consultancy website Rachel Cullen’s poster  “Autism: Deficit or Difference? A reconsideration of the way we assess Theory of Mind” Rachel Cullen’s bio at aucademy
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Episode 2

Vince and Vanessa have a quick chat about masking, identity-first language, and institutionalized prejudice and bigotry against Autistic people within research that is not led by us. Things get dark. And then they get even darker. But at the very end you hear us laughing a lot while we semi-chaotically attempt to end the episode. Masking Keiran Rose on Autistic Masking Autisticality slides about masking Identity First Language  Nick Walker’s essay “Person First Language is the Language of Autistiphobic Bigots" Institutionalized Prejudice and Bigotry Trundle, G., Jones, K. A., Ropar, D., & Egan, V. (2022). Prevalence of Victimisation in Autistic Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 24(4), 2282-2296. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380221093689 (Original work published 2023) Article about doctors pushing for do not resuscitate orders for autistic adults
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Episode 1

In their first episode, Vince and Vanessa briefly talk about the Double Empathy Problem, the Social Model of Disability, Autistic representation and Autistic spaces. They discuss the importance of Autistic researchers, and talk through some examples of what accommodation can look like, while sharing stories of their personal experiences within these topics. Warning: Somewhere in the middle, with hardly any apology, Vanessa does try to explain a joke. The Double Empathy Problem Video of Damian Milton explaining the concept Autistic Spaces A TikTok by Pippa Hastings about the experience of being in an autistic space
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