The Other Autism is the leading Canadian long-form podcast about late-diagnosed autism — written, hosted, and produced by Kristen Hovet. Featuring guests fro…
43:48110 views · 1w ago · 43:48
Guest: Kari Burroughs Kraakevik
When you're diagnosed autistic, the past doesn't change. But the story you tell yourself does. In this episode, I sit down with Kari Burroughs Kraakevik, an autistic writer, composer, educator, and performing arts business owner. Together, we unpack what it means to re-examine childhood memories through a neurodivergent lens.
42:56140 views · 1w ago · 42:56
The healthcare system consistently fails neurodivergent people. What happens when they decide to build something better? I explore that question with Dr. Mel Houser, a board-certified family physician, founder and executive director of All Brains Belong VT, and author of A Failure of Imagination: How the Healthcare System Fails Neurodivergent People, and What We're Doing Instead.
43:503.4K views · 2w ago · 43:50
Guest: Kari Burroughs Kraakevik
When you're diagnosed autistic, the past doesn't change. But the story you tell yourself does. In this episode, I sit down with Kari Burroughs Kraakevik, an autistic writer, composer, educator, and performing arts business owner. Together, we unpack what it means to re-examine childhood memories through a neurodivergent lens.
42:561.7K views · 1mo ago · 42:56
The healthcare system consistently fails neurodivergent people. What happens when they decide to build something better? I explore that question with Dr. Mel Houser, a board-certified family physician, founder and executive director of All Brains Belong VT, and author of A Failure of Imagination: How the Healthcare System Fails Neurodivergent People, and What We're Doing Instead.
51:243.3K views · 1mo ago · 51:24
I sat down with clinical psychologist and energy healing coach Nicole Parkes to talk about how her own autism and ADHD diagnoses changed the way she works with clients. We get into what it feels like when pathological demand avoidance (PDA) takes over, why talk therapy alone wasn't enough to help her heal from trauma, and the particular exhaustion of chronic illness layered on top of neurodivergence.
52:05183 views · 1mo ago · 52:05
I sat down with clinical psychologist and energy healing coach Nicole Parkes to talk about how her own autism and ADHD diagnoses changed the way she works with clients. We get into what it feels like when pathological demand avoidance (PDA) takes over, why talk therapy alone wasn't enough to help her heal from trauma, and the particular exhaustion of chronic illness layered on top of neurodivergence.
24:28144 views · 3mo ago · 24:28
Most autism research still isn't about autistic adults. It's about children, and causes, and where autism comes from. But every so often, research surfaces that's actually about us — our health as we age, our burnout, our bodies in midlife, and even the question of why autism has been part of the human story all along. This is the first of my roundup episodes, where I bring you several of the most interesting recent findings in autism research, all in one place.
40:2751 views · 3mo ago · 40:27
Guest: Julie M. Green
Julie M. Green's son was diagnosed autistic at three. She wasn't diagnosed until 44 — almost a decade of advocating fiercely for her child's needs while missing her own. In this episode, we talk about why that gap is so common, and what finally closed it for her.
23:4836K views · 3mo ago · 23:48
Most autism research still isn't about autistic adults. It's about children, and causes, and where autism comes from. But every so often, research surfaces that's actually about us — our health as we age, our burnout, our bodies in midlife, and even the question of why autism has been part of the human story all along. This is the first of my roundup episodes, where I bring you several of the most interesting recent findings in autism research, all in one place.
39:4617K views · 4mo ago · 39:46
Guest: Julie M. Green
Julie M. Green's son was diagnosed autistic at three. She wasn't diagnosed until 44 — almost a decade of advocating fiercely for her child's needs while missing her own. In this episode, we talk about why that gap is so common, and what finally closed it for her.
29:27169 views · 5mo ago · 29:27
And the evidence is catching up! For most of autism's diagnostic history, clinicians have repeated some version of the same number: autism is about four times more common in boys than in girls. That number has shaped which children get screened, which symptoms get recognized, and which ones get explained away as anxiety or shyness or a hormonal thing. Generations of autistic women and girls have been missed because the people doing the looking were taught to look for boys.
27:5845K views · 5mo ago · 27:58
And the evidence is catching up! For most of autism's diagnostic history, clinicians have repeated some version of the same number: autism is about four times more common in boys than in girls. That number has shaped which children get screened, which symptoms get recognized, and which ones get explained away as anxiety or shyness or a hormonal thing. Generations of autistic women and girls have been missed because the people doing the looking were taught to look for boys.
6:57209 views · 5mo ago · 6:57
Guest: Personal Note
A short, audio-only episode. No research breakdown this time — just a few honest things I wanted to say before getting back into the swing of things. Some of you noticed the gaps in the feed over the last couple of years. This is a brief check-in about why, what I'm bringing back with me, and what's coming up next. It's also for the autistic listeners who have been through hard things at the hands of people who were supposed to love you.
35:22140 views · 6mo ago · 35:22
Every few months, a headline lands that makes autistic people brace for impact. A young man does something terrible. Somewhere in the story, the word "autistic" appears. And the public conversation drifts, again, toward the idea that there's something inherently dangerous about how our brains work.
33:5239K views · 6mo ago · 33:52
Every few months, a headline lands that makes autistic people brace for impact. A young man does something terrible. Somewhere in the story, the word "autistic" appears. And the public conversation drifts, again, toward the idea that there's something inherently dangerous about how our brains work.
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