{"id":60,"date":"2026-04-15T05:18:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/?p=60"},"modified":"2026-04-15T05:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:18:06","slug":"episode-8-autistic-joy-and-glimmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/?p=60","title":{"rendered":"Episode  8 &#8211; Autistic Joy and Glimmers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vince and Vanessa cruise through Elliot Wassell&#8217;s paper Experiences of Autistic Joy. Then they discuss glimmers, and share 2 field recordings containing stories of Autistic Joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-default has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/autistic-small-talk\/2737019?theme=dark&#038;v=2\" title=\"Autistic Joy and Glimmers\" width=\"100%\" height=\"202px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/autistic-small-talk\/2737019\">Autistic Joy and Glimmers<\/a><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--1\">Show Notes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Autisti<\/strong>c Joy<\/strong><br><br>Wassell, E. (2026). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09687599.2025.2498417\">Experiences of autistic joy.<\/a> Disability &amp; Society, 41(1), 236\u2013261. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09687599.2025.2498417\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09687599.2025.2498417<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/autisticgirlsnetwork.org\/\">Autistic Girls Network<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Glimmers<\/strong><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/autisticrealms.com\/glimmers-autistic-joy-and-monotropism\/\">https:\/\/autisticrealms.com\/glimmers-autistic-joy-and-monotropism\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Life writings of Autistic people mentioned in Wassell\u2019s paper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McAnulty, D. 2020. Diary of a Young Naturalist. London: Ebury.<br><br>Kedar, I. 2012. Ido in Autismland: Climbing out of Autism\u2019s Silent Prison. Sharon Kedar.<br><br>Tammet, D. 2006. Born on a Blue Day: A Memoir of Asperger\u2019s and an Extraordinary Mind. London: Hodder and Stoughton.<br><br>Williams, D. 1992. Nobody Nowhere. London, Doubleday.<br><br>M\u00f3r, C. 2007. A Blessing and a Curse: Autism and Me. London: Jessica Kingsley.<br><br>James, L. 2017. Odd Girl Out: An Autistic Woman in a Neurotypical World. London: Bluebird.<br><br>Lawson, W. 2000. Life Behind Glass: A Personal Account of Autism Spectrum Disorder. London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Mountain Mansion<\/strong><br><br>(Mentioned in Vince\u2019s field recordings.)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/mountainmansion.bandcamp.com\/\">https:\/\/mountainmansion.bandcamp.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vince and Vanessa cruise through Elliot Wassell&#8217;s paper Experiences of Autistic Joy. Then they discuss glimmers, and share 2 field recordings containing stories of Autistic Joy. Autistic Joy and Glimmers Show Notes Autistic Joy Wassell, E. (2026). Experiences of autistic joy. Disability &amp; Society, 41(1), 236\u2013261. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09687599.2025.2498417 Autistic Girls Network Glimmers https:\/\/autisticrealms.com\/glimmers-autistic-joy-and-monotropism\/ Life writings of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61,"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}