The World's Leading Autism Expert - Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen

TRIGGERnometry

Konstantin Kisin & Francis Foster

News, Politics, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen is a British clinical psychologist and world-renowned expert on autism. Triggernometry is proudly independent. Thanks to the sponsors below for making that possible: - HIMS: Hair loss treatment, go to https://hims.com/trigger - Shopify! Sign up for a £1 per month trial at https://www.shopify.co.uk/trigger/ - Augusta Precious Metals: Protect Your Retirement with Physical Gold. Rated #1. Click to learn more: https://bit.ly/4as3C6J Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Substack! https://triggernometry.substack.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Shop Merch here - https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: [email protected] Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 - Introduction 01:20 - What Is Autism? 07:26 - The Positives Of Autism 17:41 - What Causes Autism? 22:22 - Is There Any Evidence Of Environmental Influence On Autism? 31:58 - How Do You Support Non-Verbal Autistic People? 45:56 - Autism Differences In Males And Females 58:42 - Is Elon Musk's Autism Disabling? 01:02:52 - Gender Dysphoria Issues In Autistic People 01:07:55 - What Should Parents Do If They Suspect There's An Issue? 01:12:30 - What's The One Thing We're Not Talking About That We Really Should Be? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is autism?
0:03.0	So autism for me is a disability and a difference.
0:08.0	You know, and some of those differences are strengths, even talents.
0:12.0	Autistic people have played a key role in human invention.
0:18.0	What should a parent do if they're looking at their child and thinking to themselves,
0:21.8	could they be autistic? What are the classic signs and how should this person get help,
0:27.1	essentially, get more support? How much do we know about where autism comes from? Is there any evidence
0:33.9	for environmental factors or vaccines or anything like that.
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