Episode 23: Special Guest, Allie from @alliewrote

21andsensory Podcast

English - August 31, 2020 12:00 - 58 minutes - 80 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 22: Special Guest, Vicky from @actuallyaspling

Next Episode: Episode 24: Special Guests Larrnell and Onikage (from The Autistic Delicatessen Podcast)

In this episode I was joined by the the super lovely Allie. Allie is an autistic creative and advocate who alongside her current postgraduate study (a masters degree in Education Research at the University of Oxford) is also a research consultant for Neuropool which is a start-up for supporting neurodivergent people run by neurodivergent people. Allie has a special interest in creative writing and is a published poet. She is currently writing a novel and also drafting her first ever play script, which features an autistic protagonist.

So here's what we chat about:

All things autism related...her journey to diagnosis and her autism assessment experience

Life throughout secondary school and university and coping in a sensory world

We touch on relationships with friends, family and partners

And...annoying noises we both can't tolerate!

Allie's links:

@alliewrote on Twitter - https://twitter.com/alliewrote

Where Allie Writes Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/wherealliewrites

Allie's interview with We Work with Autism: https://weworkwithautism.com/ask-autistic-advocates-allie-mason/

Sophie's account (who we both mention): @curiosophie | https://www.instagram.com/curiosophie/

My 21andsensory links:

@21andsensory on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/21andsensory/ 21andsensory