Black, Grown, and Autistic
The Stoop
Hana Baba and Leila Day
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
We explore what it’s like to be a Black autistic adult with the story of artist, author, and illustrator Ayanna Davis, AKA ‘Phenomenally Autistic.’ We also hear from advocate and autism media consultant Diane Wright, plus special education professor Dr. Jamie Pearson breaks down why Black autistic people are diagnosed so late in life.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Hannah, hey Lila. |
| 0:06.2 | So when we think about autism, we think about kids. |
| 0:09.8 | But when you're black, a lot of the time, you won't know your autistic until you're all |
| 0:15.3 | grown up. |
| 0:16.3 | And if you're black and a woman, things can be even more complicated. |
| 0:21.5 | Today, being black, grown, and autistic, let's do this out. |
| 0:29.5 | The stupid. |
| 0:30.5 | The stupid. |
| 0:31.5 | The stupid. |
| 0:32.5 | The stupid. |
| 0:33.5 | The stupid. |
| 0:34.5 | The stupid. |
| 0:35.5 | The stupid. |
| 0:36.5 | The stupid. |
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| 0:38.5 | The stupid. |
| 0:39.5 | The stupid. |
| 0:40.5 | Stories coming across the black diaspora. |
| 0:41.5 | That we need to talk about. |
| 0:43.5 | My cousins were water and grease girls, and I couldn't be a water and grease girl. |
| 0:48.1 | That's what I'm talking about, about a reen in the hood. |
| 0:50.0 | We be, gotta get ya 90 people. |
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