Before we start this episode, I wanted to let you know that I will be in conversation with the

brilliant author and broadcaster Candice Brathwaite at the lyric in Soho on the 1st of November,

talking all about the themes of this podcast and more. You can book tickets at feign.co.uk

UK forward slash Pandora. It's funny because when neurotypical people describe autistic people, one of the things that

annoys me the most is when they say we lack empathy, we lack theory of mind, we lack the ability

to imagine how others are feeling.

When it's actually that it's difficult for anyone with any given neurotype to imagine

themselves into the head of someone with a very different one.

You're listening to doing it right with me, Pandora Sykes, a podcast that I talk to experts

about the myths, anxieties and trends of modern life. There's no such thing as the right life,

but what might we be getting wrong? In this series, I'll be exploring the ins and outs of sex, self-care and sadness,

and lobbing big questions at my guests like, could a four-day work week ever really take off?

Why is society getting lonelier? And what would a fair justice system look like? This is a

podcast that asks what can we do to live life better?

Not just for ourselves, but for everyone.

What do you know about autism?

Nisha Dolan is the author of the best-selling novel Exciting Times,

one of my favourite debuts of last year and long listed for multiple

prizes including the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Dylan Thomas Prize.

Nisha is autistic and has ADHD and in her journalism for titles including The Sunday Times,

the Irish Times and the Irish Independent, where she has a weekly column, she regularly explores

what it means to be neurodiverse

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