How To Navigate Adult Autism

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🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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It’s a family joke that Dave and his 13 year-old son are the same person. So when his son found out he is autistic, Dave realized that he, too, is on the autism spectrum. The label is a comfort—a reassurance that his personality “quirks” have an explanation. But, at the same time, it’s led to all of these questions like should he tell people? What does this change, if anything? And how does he learn to navigate a neurotypical world? On this episode of How To!, Carvell Wallace brings in journalist and podcast host, Lauren Ober. Lauren documented her own autism journey on The Loudest Girl In the World. She has lots of advice for living life as a newly diagnosed neurodivergent person. If you liked this episode, check out: How To Love Your Face Do you have a question we can help you solve? Send us a note at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001 and we might have you on the show. Subscribe for free on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen. Podcast production by Derek John, Rosemary Belson, Kevin Bendis, and Jabari Butler. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on How To!. Sign up now at slate.com/howtoplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:16.8	apply. You know, she just texted me the other day that, you know, she had a
1:23.6	thing happen to her at a conference that was so annoying and I totally
1:28.1	understood and we commiserated about that. And she was like, ugh, neurotypicals.
1:32.0	Am I right? You know? And I'm like, oh, I totally got you. And just having that one
1:36.6	person who gets it is, is helpful.
1:43.0	Welcome to How To. I'm Carva Wallace. One week day morning about three or four
1:48.1	years ago, I found myself in a fluorescent lit conference room at the Kaiser
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