Autistic Flappy Hour Podcast

This is the audio of a talk I gave at the Lancaster Disability Conference in September 2016. We don't have any new episodes of Autistic Flappy Hour to release, but I've been digging through my archive and thought this may interest some. There is a transcript available.

Autistic Flappy Hour's sixth episode is about music! It was recorded in November 2017. Our guest hosts were Sumita and Ragnhild for this episode, which also features Laurine. View the post for this episode on our website Read a transcript of the episode Music featured in this episode is:  Soda Fountain Rag – I sit and wait for what Soda Fountain Rag – Turn left  Sumita Music – Jodie’s spaceship Flappy Things Ragnhild was happy about being in Bristol and being able to see Pablo easily. Sumita

Autistic Flappy Hour's fifth episode is all about autistic identity. We recorded it at Autscape in August 2016, so it's a very long time coming indeed, but, well, life happened a lot. Our guest hosts were Megan and John-James for this episode, which also features Laurine and Nat. Behind the scenes, Fergus worked extremely hard to edit and transcribe the episode, and Maxens helped with the transcription as well. View the post for this episode on our website Read a transcript of the episode Flappy

This episode of Autistic Flappy Hour is a special edition: an interview with Steve Silberman (author of Neurotribes) by Laurine and Megan (guest co-host). Special episode means special music! Sumita is a musician who is autistic, and she kindly agreed to let us use bits of her beautiful music.  They come from the album "Shapes and Ladders" - intro is from Magic Sheepskin Rug, stings are from Mr Dandylion, and the closing bit is from Shapes and Ladders. View the post for this episode on our website

Autistic Flappy Hour's fourth episode is all about sensory issues. We also explain why we disappeared for so long, and discuss things that have made us flappy. View the post for this episode on our website Read a transcript of the episode Flappy Things Cisco was proud of an article he wrote about Autchat, and talked about recent chainmaille orders he has carried out. Laurine spoke about local advocacy she has been doing, and the positive experiences she has had with people who work for her

Autistic Flappy Hour's third episode explores the topic of autistic spaces, with a discussion recorded at Autscape, featuring two guests who presented at the conference. Laurine and Nat also talk about the flappy things making them happy since we last recorded. View the post for this episode on our website Read a transcript of the episode Flappy Things Both Nat and Laurine were happy because of a discussion Nat ran at Autscape focusing on autism comics and visual representation of autism

Welcome to Autistic Flappy Hour, a podcast with an autistic angle! For our second episode we share the 'flappy things' making us happy since we last recorded and discuss the concept of passing as it relates to autism. In short, 'passing' is the ability to appear as being neurotypical or non-autistic in some contexts. View the post for this episode on our website Read a transcript of the episode Flappy Things Laurine's flappy thing was the release of the schedule for Autscape, the UK autistic-run

Welcome to Autistic Flappy Hour, a podcast with an autistic angle! For our first episode we introduce ourselves and the podcast, share the 'flappy things' making us happy this week and tell our autism stories; describing how autism has affected our lives and we've come to be a part of the autistic community. View the post for this episode on our website Read a transcript of this episode Introduction We explain our motivations for the podcast. Nat mentions their previous podcast Bridging the Rift