101: Bonus Episode: Autism (actually) Speaks with Kathleen Walker

Struggle Care

KC Davis

Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 750 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

As we continue with our series on autism, I’m joined by Kathleen Walker for today’s bonus episode. We discuss the basic criteria for autism, her experience as a child with an early diagnosis, what it’s like for an autistic person to “play by the rules” of business etiquette in the workplace, and her advice for parents of autistic children. Join us to learn more from Kathleen! Show Highlights: The first criteria for autism: “persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction” Kathleen’s perspective on her social communication and interactions as an early-diagnosed child Examples of how an autistic person might “miss things” in interaction and communication Challenges for the autistic person in a professional career vs. in personal relationships Masking and modified behaviors to be accepted Kathleen’s suggestion for rewriting the DSM criteria based on communication/interaction Helping autistic kids feel comfortable and navigate the world in their own ways Kathleen’s experience with social difficulties around conversations, nonverbal cues, and anxiety For an autistic person, connection in relationships might not be a top priority in life. Kathleen’s experience with “repetitive and restrictive interests, rituals, and schedules Kathleen’s advice for parents of autistic children Resources and Links: Connect with KC: Website, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook Get KC’s book, How to Keep House While Drowning We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: www.strugglecare.com/promo-codes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:41.5	The first criteria for autism is persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction.
1:47.5	So just taking that statement like at face value, do you feel like that applies to you? So I do feel like there are ways that I communicate differently from
1:55.1	holistic people or neurotypical people. And I've always felt that other people have some sort of internal
2:02.4	programming in their head that is kind of telling them what the rules are and what the
2:07.1	boundaries are in these social interactions that I just don't have that programming. But for me,
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