Episode 15: Autism Special with John Williams

The Scummy Mummies Podcast

Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn

Kids & Family, Self-improvement, Parenting, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2014

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we talk to John Williams, author of the brilliant blog My Son's Not Rainman. He discusses what it's like to be the parent of a child with autism, plus serious issues like the number of cucumbers you can get for a pound down Lewisham market.

Ellie and John educate Helen about those classic British cultural touchstones, Going for Gold and Fray Bentos pies. Helen reveals her secret recipe for carbonara (spoiler: stock up on Kraft cheese slices). There's some chat about the joys of living in South East London and we round off, as always, with some Scummy Mummy Confessions.

Do check out John's blog, and you can sponsor him in the London Marathon via his Just Giving page.

And if you fancy seeing the Scummy Mummies LIVE, tickets are now on sale for our London show on 27 March and 2...

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0:00.0	This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.
0:11.0	So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.
0:15.0	Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app.
0:22.0	Hello there, this episode is brought to you by the Pokemon Trading Card game
0:26.1	and their brand new product My First Battle. That's right Helen. I love a bit of
0:30.3	Pokemon and My First Battle is a great way to get your family playing together for the first time.
0:35.0	Oh mate, anything that gets the kids off the screens for a bit, hey?
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0:44.8	One deck comes with Bulbersaw and Pikachu and the other one comes with Charmander and Squirtle.
0:49.5	Ooh, I'll take the one with Pikachu, please. What a legend.
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0:57.2	at pukamom.com forward slash my first battle
1:00.4	got to catch them all you talking about you talking about Pokemon or men on tender?
1:03.6	Shh!
1:04.6	Hmm.
1:05.6	This is the Scummy Mummies' hoggart. Hello and welcome to scummy mummies. It's me Helen Thorne again.
1:22.0	Hello, and it's me Gillyorne again. Hello and it's me, Ellie Gibson again.
1:24.0	I really think we should come up with something better.
1:27.0	I need a joke.
1:28.0	I haven't got one.
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