Inside an autistic mind
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Science journalist Sue Nelson shares her personal journey to better understand a condition that affects millions worldwide. Inside her autistic inner world is a cacophony of brain chatter, anxiety and sensory issues - recreated within a 360 degree soundscape - that impact her life and interactions with others. Sue, who discovered she had autism last year aged 60, meets other autistic people, researchers and clinicians to try to make sense of her late diagnosis. Those who offer their own stories and experiences include Canadian actor Mickey Rowe, the first autistic actor to play the autistic lead character in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime; award-winning science writer Dr Camilla Pang; and former teacher Pete Wharmby, who left the profession to write about his condition to help others.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Hannah and I'm very excited to be hosting What in the World, a new daily podcast |
| 0:06.7 | from the BBC World Service, where we try to help you make sense of the world around |
| 0:11.5 | you, of the big things that are happening, the small things that are happening and everything |
| 0:15.6 | in between. |
| 0:16.6 | Search for What in the World, wherever you get your BBC podcasts and hit subscribe. |
| 0:24.8 | This is The Documentary. |
| 0:30.5 | Recently I was at a concert in London, as the orchestra tuned up, my attention was everywhere |
| 0:37.3 | at the stage, observing the wires and lighting above, working out the angles radiating from |
| 0:44.6 | patterns on the ceiling, counting the number of theatre boxes and the number of steps |
| 0:52.2 | leading into the storm. |
| 0:57.3 | Welcome to Inside and Autistic Mind, from the BBC World Service. |
| 1:02.2 | I'm Sue Nelson. |
| 1:04.8 | Last year I discovered age 60 that I had autism. |
| 1:09.9 | Basically my brain is wired differently from the norm, which affects how I perceive and |
| 1:15.2 | interact with the world. |
| 1:17.4 | And so together with some other autistic people, I'm going to try and share with you the |
| 1:21.4 | experience of what it's like. |
| 1:24.1 | So listen on headphones if you can to get the full 360 degree experience. |
| 1:30.1 | Be warned, it might not always appear to make sense, but to other people like me, it |
| 1:35.7 | kind of will. |
| 1:37.4 | I for a while exclusively lived on yogurts, but I couldn't have yogurts with the bits |
| 1:41.6 | in them. |
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