Autism Awareness with Jeff Ullrich
At Home with Linda & Drew Scott
Drew Scott
4.6 • 656 Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Our friend, Jeff Ullrich, joins us to answer our questions about autism. April is Autism Awareness Month and we’re excited to understand more from Jeff, who learned that he was autistic in January 2020, at the age of 45.
Jeff is a podcast OG - co-founded Earwolf in 2010, founded Midroll Media in 2013 and Howl in 2015. He then sold all three companies in 2015 for a number of reasons (he’ll explain!).
Now, he has launched Dove Orchids, a 100% autistic owned and operated for-profit company with a mission to work with peers, partners and allies to improve the quality of life for autistic people while also improving workplaces, homes and lives for everyone — because he and the team at Dove Orchids understand that everyone (not just those who are autistic) benefits from including autistic people because they bring unique insights and valuable contributions.
They work to reduce stigma and increase opportunities while creating a world where autistic people are the authorities of their own lives; are understood, accepted, and valued for who they truly are.
Connect with Jeff and Dove Orchids
IG: @JeffUllrich
www.instagram.com/jeffullrich/
IG: @DoveOrchids
www.instagram.com/doveorchids/
TW: @DoveOrchids
Dove Orchids
For an introduction / further reading about autism:
Jeff’s personal essay: about his struggle with autism: medium.com/@jeffullrich/dove-orchids-a-personal-essay-efbd4556959b
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| 0:00.0 | The language that most autistic people prefer is to be called autistic. |
| 0:03.8 | And that's because when you use language like have, that is consistent with things like diseases. |
| 0:10.7 | If you have cancer. |
| 0:12.2 | Okay. |
| 0:13.0 | And if you have something and it's a disease, then you probably don't want it. |
| 0:18.3 | And so when you use language like that, it allows people to kind of, |
| 0:22.5 | without even knowing it, right, give kind of like oxygen to stigma and myths and stereotypes. |
| 0:31.1 | Hello. Welcome to at home. This is a place where we explore all the nooks and crannies of what |
| 0:36.3 | makes us feel at home. |
| 0:39.4 | The good, the meh, and the messy. |
| 0:43.5 | We've been together over 10 years, and we still have a lot to learn about each other. |
| 0:47.9 | I've been with myself for a long time, and I still haven't figured myself out. |
| 0:49.0 | It's the process. |
| 0:50.6 | Well, there will be heated debates. |
| 0:56.1 | Yeah, because Drew has very strong opinions about everything, like leaving the toilet lit up. Well, hey, we'll just |
| 0:57.9 | bring in experts to help us solve those. What about |
| 0:59.9 | you, though, leaving hair dolls in the shower? Ew. |
| 1:02.5 | Those are gifts. |
| 1:04.6 | Yeah, that no one |
| 1:06.0 | wants. This is all a part of our life |
| 1:08.1 | at home. |
| 1:17.8 | Music This is all a part of our life at home. Oh, home time. |
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