26: Hunter Hansen | The Life Autistic
Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration
Corinna Bellizzi
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2021
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, you meet Hunter Hansen, a tech professional who put his writing skills and charisma to use as a blogger, YouTuber and Instagrammer -- to be a champion for the autistic and neurodivergent community to which he belongs. By the end of today’s show, you will think differently about autism and how you relate to other neurodivergent people “on the spectrum”. It may just cause you to question whether you are one of the many undiagnosed autistic adults wandering the world today. You’ll learn through Hunter’s story that some of your mannerisms may even be the hallmark of The Life Autistic.
About Our Guest, Hunter Hansen:
Hunter is an autistic content creator on YouTube and Instagram and a blogger on thelifeautistic.com. After discovering his autism in his late teens, Hunter tried to outgrow and suppress his autistic traits for years, until coming to terms and embracing his identity as an autistic adult. He has since turned that suppression into passion, advocating for greater understanding and appreciation of autism and autistic people. Hunter works for a major tech company as a business analyst and lives in the Denver area with his wife and three daughters.
The Life Autistic Blog: https://thelifeautistic.com/
The Life Autistic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_life_autistic/
The Life Autistic YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxyGdIDgSyXnhKlnrC88S0A
Time Stamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:45 Growing up as an undiagnosed autistic child; diagnosed at 16 years old
13:00 Recommendations for parents of autistic kids
18:13 Language of autism: ASD, asperger’s syndrome, neurodivergent, neuro-typical
28:50 Autism in the workplace
35:18 Am I autistic? Are you?
41:30 Understanding & supporting neurodivergent communities
48:45 Raising authentic autistic voices – not just those of allies & advocates
A very special thanks to Carolyn Kiel of Beyond 6 Seconds (https://www.beyond6seconds.net/) for introducing me to Hunter Hansen.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes. |
| 0:09.7 | Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain. |
| 0:15.2 | You'll learn how you can make a difference, vote with your dollars, and get involved today. |
| 0:20.1 | Here's your host, Karina Belizzi. |
| 0:24.5 | Hello fellow do-goaters and friends. I'm your host, Karina Belizzi, an activist and cause marketer |
| 0:30.5 | who's passionate about social good and sustainability. Today we're going to learn about what it |
| 0:36.2 | means to be on the spectrum with autism. |
| 0:39.2 | You'll hear terms like neurodivergent and neurotypical and why Asperger's syndrome may be falling out |
| 0:45.4 | of favor as a diagnosis. Before we meet our guest, I'd like to invite you to visit care more |
| 0:51.1 | be better.com. You can sign up for our newsletter to be the first to gain |
| 0:55.4 | access to new episodes. You'll also find an action page for things you can do to make a difference. |
| 1:01.9 | Today, I am joined by Hunter Hansen, an autistic content creator on YouTube and Instagram, |
| 1:08.0 | and a blogger on the life autistic.com. After discovering his autism and his |
| 1:13.5 | late teens, Hunter tried to outgrow and suppress his autistic traits for years until he came to |
| 1:19.4 | terms with and embraced his identity as an autistic adult. He has since turned that suppression |
| 1:24.5 | into passion, advocating for a greater understanding and appreciation of autism and autistic people. |
| 1:31.1 | Hunter works for a major tech company that all of you know. He lives in Denver area with his wife and his three daughters. |
| 1:38.2 | Hunter, welcome to the show. Hey, thank you for having me. |
| 1:41.1 | Listen, growing up with autism without a diagnosis must have posed unique challenges to both you and your parents. |
| 1:48.2 | So I'm really curious to learn what that was like for you. |
| 1:51.4 | It was interesting. |
| 1:52.6 | The long story is, I mean, I was, the way I like to tee it up is when my, you know, my parents had me, I was, I was their firstborn. And I don't know |
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