Meet My Autistic Brain

By The Autistic Woman™

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Episodes: 227


 Dec 7, 2023

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What is it like to find out late in life that you are autistic? The Autistic Woman talks about life experiences and how autistic traits affect her as an adult. You'll hear personal stories, opinions about research and the importance of autistic voices. Includes some fun stuff too and interviews of autistic guests! This podcast is primarily for adult autistics and their family and friends. It's one of the top 0.5% most popular shows globally as ranked by Listen Score with more than 1,000,000 downloads.



Episode Date
A Model for Thriving as an Autistic Adult
May 25, 2026
Hear again: Sound Sensitivity
May 18, 2026
Welcome to AuDHD: How to Survive and Thrive as an Adult with Autism and ADHD
May 11, 2026
Special Episode: The Autistic Woman
May 04, 2026
Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults
Apr 27, 2026
Healing Autistic Burnout
Apr 20, 2026
Special Episode: What Could the AI Boom Mean for Neurodivergent People?
Apr 13, 2026
Become Who You Are - Worth Another Listen
Mar 30, 2026
Best of 2025: Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum
Mar 23, 2026
Publishers Rejected This Autistic Detective. Readers Loved Him.
Mar 16, 2026
Replay: An Unmasking Story
Mar 09, 2026
An Autism Diagnosis Rewrites the Story
Mar 02, 2026
Replay: Why Autistics Pick the Wrong Partner
Feb 23, 2026
Unmasking: What We Lose by Pretending and How to Get It Back
Feb 16, 2026
The Autistic Adult's Toolbox: Real Tools for Real Life-Because Just Try Harder Isn't a Strategy
Feb 09, 2026
Do I Tell? A Question We Wrestle With Every Day
Feb 02, 2026
The Genius of How Sensory Processing Regulates the Nervous System
Jan 26, 2026
Allow Me to Interrupt: The Emotional Truth Behind Women's ADHD
Jan 19, 2026
Rerun: Shutdowns
Dec 29, 2025
Listener Favorite: Interoception - Feeling Your Feelings
Dec 22, 2025
Play It Again: Myths About Autism
Dec 18, 2025
Catch this Replay: Foresight
Dec 11, 2025
The Highly Sensitive, Perceptive Autistic Person
Dec 08, 2025
Hear It Again: Why the Autistic Brain Over-responds in Emotional Situations
Dec 01, 2025
Listen Again: Decisions
Nov 27, 2025
Diagnosis and What Needs to Change
Nov 24, 2025
Listener Favorites: Autistic Strengths
Nov 13, 2025
Autism in Entertainment - Is It For You?
Nov 10, 2025
Listener Favorites: Coping As Autistic
Nov 06, 2025
Autism Assessments: Am I Autistic?
Nov 03, 2025
Listener Favorites: Autistic Fatigue
Oct 30, 2025
Why Autistics Must Trust Gut Feelings
Oct 27, 2025
Listener Favorites: Explaining Autism to Family and Friends
Oct 23, 2025
Why Autistics Ignore Gut Feelings
Oct 20, 2025
Listener Favorites Interview: Orion Kelly
Oct 16, 2025
Hot Topic: Straight Talk About Adult Bullying
Oct 13, 2025
Build Lasting Motivation
Oct 08, 2025
The Autistic Nervous System, Horses and Co-Regulation
Sep 30, 2025
Acetaminophen: What Some Say Causes Autism
Sep 24, 2025
Listener Favorites: Autistic Fatigue
Sep 22, 2025
Someone Like Me
Sep 15, 2025
How to Be Autistic: What's Next After Diagnosis?
Sep 08, 2025
The Autism Tax
Sep 03, 2025
Connecting Through Play
Aug 25, 2025
Mindfulness That Actually Works for Autistics
Aug 18, 2025
Listener Favorites: 11 Reasons It's Good to Know You're Autistic
Aug 13, 2025
1,000,000 Downloads and an Epic Thank You!
Aug 05, 2025
Listener Favorites: Common Autistic Experiences
Aug 04, 2025
A Volcanic Reaction to a Special Interest
Jul 28, 2025
Popular Interview: Best-selling author JD Barker
Jul 22, 2025
Why Self-Help Fails Autistic People
Jul 14, 2025
Rebranding Autism - A Guide to Seeing Strength on the Spectrum
Jul 07, 2025
Burnout, Relationships, Resilience and Self-Care for Autistic People
Jun 30, 2025
The Autistic's Guide to Self-Discovery
Jun 23, 2025
The Remarkable Film "Spectrum" with writer-director Rick Stanton
Jun 16, 2025
Listener Favorites: An Autistic Person Is...
Jun 02, 2025
Listener Favorites: Anticipation Fixation
May 26, 2025
An Autistic Story of Struggle
May 19, 2025
Selling Out the Spectrum: How Science Lost the Trust of Autistic People and How It Can Win It Back
May 13, 2025
Workplace Neurodiversity Rising
May 05, 2025
Unstoppable: An Autistic Experience
Apr 21, 2025
Finding Answers After Late Diagnosis
Apr 14, 2025
Is it Autism or Bipolar Disorder?
Apr 08, 2025
Are Autistics Bottom-up Thinkers?
Apr 01, 2025
Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum
Mar 24, 2025
Transforming Verbal Information Into Visual
Mar 11, 2025
Listener Favorites: Misdiagnosis
Mar 04, 2025
Unemployed or Underemployed
Feb 24, 2025
News and Updates: A Podcast and a Surprising Sensory Sensitivity
Feb 17, 2025
Always Bring Your Sunglasses
Feb 11, 2025
System Redesign Handbook for a Humane Era
Jan 20, 2025
What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic
Jan 14, 2025
Being An Autistic Writer
Jan 06, 2025
Best of 2024: Overlooked Autistic Traits
Dec 19, 2024
Set Yourself Free from Childhood PTSD
Dec 09, 2024
News and Updates: New books and a podcast
Dec 06, 2024
Listener Favorites: Autism and Romantic Feelings
Dec 02, 2024
Autism, ADHD or both
Nov 25, 2024
The Right Time to Say You're Autistic
Nov 19, 2024
Popular Interview: So You Think You're Autistic
Nov 14, 2024
Listener Favorites: Stimming
Nov 04, 2024
Misdiagnosis
Oct 29, 2024
Autism and Success: An Interview with NYT best-selling author JD Barker
Oct 21, 2024
Why the Autistic Brain Over-responds in Emotional Situations
Oct 08, 2024
Favorite Repeat: Self-Diagnosis
Oct 03, 2024
What is Autism?
Sep 16, 2024
Demand Avoidance That's Not PDA
Sep 09, 2024
Listener Favorites: Executive and Cognitive Functions
Aug 26, 2024
Listener Favorites: Face Blindness
Aug 19, 2024
Listener Favorites: Pathological Demand Avoidance
Aug 05, 2024
Why Autistics Pick the Wrong Partner
Jul 29, 2024
Listener Favorites: Beyond Diagnostic Criteria
Jul 23, 2024
Best of 2023: The Double Empathy Problem
Jul 15, 2024
Resilience
Jul 08, 2024
Detail oriented? Big picture thinker? Both?
Jul 01, 2024
Autism Feels...An Earthling's Guide
Jun 24, 2024
So You Think You're Autistic
Jun 10, 2024
How AI Benefits Autistics
May 28, 2024
Autistic Fatigue
May 16, 2024
Listener Favorites: Self-diagnosis
May 05, 2024
Listener Favorites: Autistic Perfectionism
Apr 28, 2024
Autistic Strengths
Apr 23, 2024
Decisions
Apr 15, 2024
Sound Sensitivity
Apr 08, 2024
Object Permanence
Mar 26, 2024
What Did I Do Wrong?
Mar 17, 2024
Follow Up to Going to the Hospital
Mar 10, 2024
Going to the Hospital
Mar 05, 2024
Coping as an Autistic Person
Feb 12, 2024
Overlooked Autistic Traits, Pt 2
Feb 09, 2024
Overlooked Autistic Traits
Feb 05, 2024
Become Who You Are
Jan 29, 2024
Calmer: Meet The Creators
Jan 22, 2024
Foresight
Jan 01, 2024
A New Season, A New Year!
Dec 24, 2023
Self-diagnosis
Dec 04, 2023
Aphantasia and Visualization
Nov 27, 2023
Proprioception
Nov 19, 2023
Use Noise to Sleep Better and Reduce Tinnitus
Nov 09, 2023
Myths About Autism
Nov 01, 2023
Interoception: Feeling Your Feelings
Oct 24, 2023
Emotional Sensitivity or RSD?
Oct 16, 2023
Systems
Oct 03, 2023
Persistence or Perseveration
Sep 24, 2023
Autistic Perfectionism
Sep 18, 2023
The Double Empathy Problem
Sep 10, 2023
Shutdowns
Sep 03, 2023
An Unmasking Story
Aug 20, 2023
Stimming
Aug 13, 2023
Common Autistic Experiences
Aug 07, 2023
Theory of Mind: The Milton Paradox
Aug 02, 2023
Beyond Diagnostic Criteria
Jul 18, 2023
Taking Medications
Jul 10, 2023
Autistic Burnout
Jul 03, 2023
Self-esteem
Jun 23, 2023
Pathological Demand Avoidance
May 30, 2023
Connection
May 19, 2023
Autodidacts - Self Learners
May 07, 2023
Why do I...?
Apr 30, 2023
Auditory Processing Disorder
Apr 22, 2023
Short Term and Working Memory
Apr 15, 2023
Logic and Intuition
Apr 02, 2023
What is Hyperfocus?
Mar 17, 2023
Isolation and Loneliness
Mar 11, 2023
Autism: A New Test and A Cure
Mar 04, 2023
Neurotypical Syndrome Disorder
Feb 17, 2023
Autistics are Oblivious?
Feb 10, 2023
Autism and Romantic Feelings
Feb 02, 2023
11 Reasons It's Good to Know You're Autistic
Jan 25, 2023
Does Autism "get better"?
Jan 17, 2023
Autistic Emotion
Jan 08, 2023
What Some Say Causes Autism
Nov 27, 2022
Why Circadian Rhythm Matters
Nov 16, 2022
Awake at 3 a.m.
Nov 08, 2022
Sleep Deprivation
Oct 31, 2022
Executive and Cognitive Function Part 2
Oct 22, 2022
Executive and Cognitive Function
Oct 14, 2022
Comorbidities and Coexisting Disorders
Oct 04, 2022
Context Sensitivity
Sep 26, 2022
How to Manage Energy
Sep 19, 2022
Masking and Imposter Syndrome
Sep 11, 2022
Echolalia and Repeating Words
Sep 04, 2022
Hugs
Aug 15, 2022
Clumsiness
Aug 07, 2022
Explaining Autism to Family and Friends
Aug 01, 2022
The Predictability Hypothesis
Jul 22, 2022
Autistic Inertia
Jul 11, 2022
Being Invisible
Jul 05, 2022
Efficiency
Jun 28, 2022
Routine
Jun 19, 2022
School
Jun 07, 2022
Creativity
May 30, 2022
After the Diagnosis
May 23, 2022
Changing the Narrative
May 16, 2022
Sleep
May 09, 2022
An Autistic Person Is...
May 02, 2022
Face Blindness
Apr 25, 2022
Interrupting
Apr 18, 2022
Steps to Set Boundaries
Apr 12, 2022
Driven to Research
Apr 03, 2022
Little Things
Mar 26, 2022
A Desire for Friends
Mar 15, 2022
The Podcast has a New Name!
Mar 06, 2022
Season 3 Trailer
Mar 06, 2022
Imagination
Mar 06, 2022
Autism and Domestic Violence - Episode 4: Gaslighting
Jan 26, 2022
Autism and Domestic Violence, Episode 3: Triangulation
Jan 11, 2022
Autism and Domestic Violence - Episode 2
Jan 03, 2022
Autism and Domestic Violence - Episode 1
Dec 15, 2021
Unhelpful Self-Help
Nov 29, 2021
Ask Without Apologizing
Nov 15, 2021
Catastrophizing
Nov 06, 2021
Anticipation Fixation
Oct 18, 2021
Saying "I'm Autistic"
Oct 08, 2021
A Fallacy of Autism Research
Oct 01, 2021
Speaking Up
Sep 24, 2021
Music
Sep 02, 2021
Job Interview Questions
Aug 18, 2021
Jobs and Career Part 2
Aug 11, 2021
Jobs and Careers
Aug 04, 2021
Perfection and Rejection
Jul 23, 2021
Rumination
Jul 07, 2021
Season 2 Trailer
Jun 09, 2021
The Myth of the Extreme Male Brain
May 27, 2021
Bullies at Work
May 21, 2021
Systematizing and the Extreme Male Brain
May 18, 2021
Empathy and the Extreme Male Brain
May 10, 2021
The Challenge of Written Communication
Apr 30, 2021
Black and White Thinking
Apr 23, 2021
Special Interests
Apr 14, 2021
Body Language
Apr 06, 2021
Sound Effects
Mar 25, 2021
Wake Up: Stop the Noise!
Mar 19, 2021
Superpower: Thinking in Pictures
Mar 04, 2021
Speaking Literally: Idioms from the Horse's Mouth
Feb 18, 2021
Do You Ever Tell People Who You Are?
Feb 10, 2021
Mind Chatter: 60 seconds in the ASD/ADHD brain
Feb 04, 2021
Easy Boundaries in Relationships
Feb 02, 2021
Small Talk
Jan 25, 2021
High Functioning Autism and Aspergers - A Brief Introduction
Jan 20, 2021
Handling Meltdowns
Jan 20, 2021
What Autism Is and Why It Is Missed
Jan 18, 2021
Communication Complexities
Jan 12, 2021
Sensory Sensitivities
Jan 11, 2021
Going to the Doctor
Jan 07, 2021
Making Eye Contact
Jan 07, 2021
Trailer
Jan 01, 2021