What is autism? A loaded question, to be sure. However, in short, autism is a culture and community that spans many disciplines, including cultural, medical, and political. However, the problem is that no one focuses on all three aspects at the same time.
Armon Ali Owlia ends his tenure as "Aut Cast" host with special guest Rachel Barcellona.
The season finale with ADHD correspondent, the Butterfly themself, Abigail Gabor. Armon Owlia also reflects on the process of creating two full seasons as he gears up for his final half-season in 2023. Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity, and visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, for more great content!
After months and months of hints, we reveal the person responsible for the upcoming ADHD podcast for Team FTC to be none other than our guest, the Butterfly themself: Abigail Gabor! In Part 1 of our two-part interview, we look into their upbringing and how they eventually became proud of their diagnoses and learned to express themselves. Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity, and visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, for more great content!
Part two of our conversation with "The Ultimate Autlete" and autism educator, Ashley Daniels! Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity, and visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, for more great content.
The first of two) episodes with "The Ultimate Autlete" Ashley Daniels, during which we talk about their upbringing, auspicious beginnings, and how their autism affected their athletic regiment, amongst many topics. Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity, and visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, for more great content.
The second and final part of our interview with multihyphenate talent and activist Riki Faith Quinn. Topics include: Creating "A Simple Date," AutismNow and how it impacted Riki's views on collaboration and accountability, sexual assault and what must be done to combat it, and much more. Warning: episode contains strong langauge. Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity. Visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, read the articles from our Contributing Writers, and visit our online store with three incredible designs readily available.
Season 2 returns with special guest (first of two) Riki Faith Quinn, during which we talk about their upbringing and how it influenced their lives. Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity, and visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, for more great content.
The Season 2 mid-season finale; the second and final part of our interview with "Wired" magazine and "NeuroTribes" writer Steve Silberman. Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity. Visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, read the articles from our Contributing Writers, and visit our online store with three incredible designs readily available.
A few years ago, when researching an autism article, Armon Owlia ran across a very interesting TED Talk on autism and vaccinations. He immediately became interested in the information that the speaker was bringing forward at lightning speed and how this person not only seemed to understand the subject matter, but also was able to communicate it in a way that stressed the urgency of the issues. The speaker was “Wired” magazine writer, and the writer of "NeuroTribes," the best-selling history on autism: Steve Silberman. Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity, and visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, for more great content
On this episode, we speak to the founder, President, and CEO of the popular app Hiki, Jamil Karriem. We talk about, amongst other subjects, the neurotypical perspective, Hiki's riseduring the COVID-19 pandemic, misconceptions and fallacies made about being autistic and in love, what he does to reverse the infamous unemployment issue in the community, and so much more. Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity, and visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, for more great content
In this special one-year anniversary episode, we speak to musician Cory Singer. Amongst many topics, we discuss his early inspirations in Stevie Wonder and Journey, being a part of "The Kandi Shop," his single "Someone," and how he manages to maintain a relationship with someone neurotypical. Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity, and visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, for more great content
As Autism Acceptance Month draws to a close, we sit down with Lyric Holmans, better known as the "Neurodivergent Rebel." We talk about their Texas upbringing, discrimination, the road to the diagnosis, how they come up with their content, the difficulties the neurotypical community seems to face, and how best to manage learning about autism in the early stages of the diagnosis. Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity, and visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, for more great content.
Our interview with educator Megan Juergensen, who sat down and talked with us about her recent diagnosis, the process of getting it, finding her voice, and how she has used this diagnosis to help others. Go to this link to learn more about Megan and her projects: https://linktr.ee/thatspectrumgirl Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity, and visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, for more great content.
Our interview with playwright and actress Cat Burford, who sat down and talked with us about her writing, basing much of her material on her life as an autistic adult, what's wrong with current autistic portrayals (with one startingly painful example), and what her ideal film/television series about autism would look like. Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity, and visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, for more great content.
The final part of our interview with "The Black Autistic King" Tim Boykin, in which we talked about autism representation, the upcoming project with fellow disabled filmmaker Chrissy Marshall, his first comments on how an event from April 2021 made him a stronger person and allowed him to grow, and what his biggest piece of advice to the autistic community is. Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity, and visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, for more great content.
"The Aut Cast" is back for Season 2, and to begin, we sit with "The Black Autistic King," actor/writer/internet personality/activist Tim Boykin. In the first part of his two-part show, we talk about his early years, diagnosis, writing his book, "Timster's World," how he became The Black Autistic King, and whether or not he'll ever stop using the moniker. Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity, and visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, for more great content.
We're back! On February 15, Armon Owlia returns to Move The Needle with new guests, new stories, and new questions.In a world where 85 percent of autistic people are unemployed and ableism goes unchecked, it's crucial to find ways that people on the spectrum make a living and how they thrive. This season, we take a look into that with guests of all ages, backgrounds, and occupations, including "The Black Autistic King" Tim Boykin, playwright Cat Burford, and filmmaker Riki Faith Quinn.Together, we will continue to Move The Needle.
The Season 1 finale and the conclusion of the interview with legendary neurodiversity advocate Temple Grandin.Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity. Visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, read the articles from our Contributing Writers, and visit our online store with three incredible designs readily available.
At age 13, Armon Owlia watched the HBO biopic of pioneering neurodiversity advocate Temple Grandin at the request of his science teacher. At age 23, Owlia got the opportunity to interview Grandin herself. In the first part of a two-part interview, they discuss Grandin's early years, the evolution of therapy, and Grandin's beginnings in the world of animal behavior.Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity. Visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, read the articles from our Contributing Writers, and visit our online store with three incredible designs readily available.
Our interview with the author-illustrator duo of Lindsey Rowe Parker and Rebecca Burgess, who co-created the hit children's book, “Wiggles, Stomps, and Squeezes Calm My Jitters Down.” We'll talk about the making of that book, the representation of autism in children's media, and maybe even some future projects. Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity. Visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, read the articles from our Contributing Writers, and visit our online store with three incredible designs readily available.
Our interview with fellow journalist Eric Garcia, author of the brand new book, "We're Not Broken" (available wherever books are sold). Garcia is also the Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Washington Correspondent for The Independent (who recently fired disgraced journalist Trent Crimm for journalistic malpractice). He and Armon Owlia sat down and discussed the book, the state and evolution of autism in both journalism and misinformation, and how far American politics and society still has to go. Much like Roy Kent, this episode contains some strong language, therefore, listener discretion is advised. Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity. Visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, read the articles from our Contributing Writers, and visit our online store with three incredible designs readily available.
The second half of the interview with Liana DeSousa, also known as @AuthenticallyLiana. They discussed with Armon Owlia, amongst other topics, their climate change advocacy in their native Ontario and their advice to the autistic world at large on the biggest takeaway to being on the spectrum. Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity. Visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, read the articles from our Contributing Writers, including Liana, and visit our online store with three incredible designs readily available.
The first episode of "The Aut Cast," featuring Liana DeSousa, also known as @AuthenticallyLiana. They discussed with Armon Owlia their Ontario upbringing, suspicions prior to their autism diagnosis, how their sister was able to learn from them, and how they navigate a neurotypical relationship. Like what you hear and want to see more? Subscribe to the podcast and follow us on all social media @TheAutCommunity. Visit our website, www.theautcommunity.com, read the articles from our Contributing Writers, including Liana, and visit our online store with three incredible designs readily available.
Hi, I'm Armon Owlia. I'm a journalist and podcaster who was diagnosed with autism at the age of 3. I've spent the last few years as an advocate and activist raising awareness and acceptance about autism, including my current hosting gig on the YouTube series, "For The Community."What is autism? A loaded question, to be sure. However, in short, autism is a culture and community that spans many disciplines, including cultural, medical, and political.However, the problem is that no one focuses on all three aspects at the same time.Each episode, I bring on guests and advocates, both neurotypical and neurodiverse, who are shifting the paradigm of understanding neurodivergent rights. This isn't one aspect of neurodiversity: you'll get the whole spectrum, in a multidisciplinary approach, from the cultural, medical, social, and political aspects, with one goal in mind: to get the best voices possible to the listeners and find ways to show how being autistic in a neurotypical world can be amazing. Now is the perfect time to bridge the gap between the neurotypical and the neurodiverse. Together, we can Move The Needle.See you on October 12!
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