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Autastic: A Comedians Guide to Autism

246 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 406 ratings

Graham Kay and Kirk Smith are two comedians living in Los Angeles. Kirk has a teenaged son with Autism and Graham has an autistic adult brother. Together they talk about the lighter side of living with and coping with autism.

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Episodes

Alan Brown stops by to talk science

September 19, 2019 01:40 - 26 minutes - 30 MB

Jill is back to interview Alan Brown, MD, MPH, Professor of Psychiatry and Epidemiology at Columbia University   He returns to provide some of his highlights of the conference.

Traveling with Autism

September 06, 2019 15:47 - 31 minutes - 35.7 MB

Your own personal speech therapist on a plane?  It happened.

Pete is writing letter and JJ riding horses bareback

August 30, 2019 08:22 - 32 minutes - 37.6 MB

Pete is writing letter and JJ riding horses bareback 

Does elevated estrogen have a connection to Autism?

August 19, 2019 12:55 - 32 minutes - 36.7 MB

Does elevated estrogen have a connection to Autism?

Truce in the Autism wars?

August 01, 2019 06:00 - 37 minutes - 43.3 MB

Truce in the Autism wars?  Can people with Autism understand severley autistic people?    

New autism dating app!

July 29, 2019 18:06 - 26 minutes - 29.9 MB

New autism dating app!  Also poop emergencies.

Masturbation and changing medication for JJ from Olanzapine to Aripiprazole.

July 05, 2019 17:17 - 33 minutes - 38.7 MB

We discuss masturbation and changing medication for JJ from Olanzapine to Aripiprazole.

What the prevalence with Dr. Walter Zaharodny

June 25, 2019 19:00 - 28 minutes - 32.3 MB

Jill Escher interviews Dr Walter Zaharodny from Rutgers 

Yale Physician Researcher Abha Gupta talks CDD

June 21, 2019 19:00 - 23 minutes - 27 MB

Jill is back at INSAR and she interviews Yale Physician Researcher Abha Gupta and Childhood disintegrative disorder. CDD

Exercise alleviates symptoms of Autism?

June 17, 2019 21:11 - 30 minutes - 34.5 MB

Exercise alleviates symptoms of Autism? Also Peter knows were he wants to eat.

Autism vs Highly sensitive people

June 04, 2019 19:00 - 30 minutes - 34.9 MB

Stanford Psychologist Jennifer Phillips talks diagnosis

May 27, 2019 19:00 - 32 minutes - 37.6 MB

Stanford Psychologist Jennifer Phillips talks diagnosis

How Autistic? There is a scale?

May 21, 2019 08:00 - 27 minutes - 31.5 MB

JJ is taking to ripping his pants off, buying pants again.

Another Nobel Peace Prize for a person with Autism?

May 14, 2019 20:12 - 26 minutes - 30.8 MB

Another Nobel Peace for a person with Autism? Also Mothers day can be hard.

Science about the development of brains in utero

May 09, 2019 06:35 - 31 minutes - 36.6 MB

Scientist Manuel Casanova talks about the development of the brain

A letter changes Kirk's mind and Graham is on the mend

May 01, 2019 04:09 - 26 minutes - 30.5 MB

A letter changes Kirk's mind and Graham is on the mend

Is Peter a fan of Graham's comedy?

April 29, 2019 22:15 - 24 minutes - 27.7 MB

Is Peter a fan of Grahams comedy?  We find out.

The spectrum is not linear

April 18, 2019 23:30 - 31 minutes - 35.6 MB

Graham is broken again.

Peter tries to live on his own

April 15, 2019 00:48 - 33 minutes - 38.8 MB

Graham break his foot, Peter spends two months on his own, Letters letters, lots and lot so letters.

Detecting Autism through hearing?

April 07, 2019 00:10 - 27 minutes - 32 MB

Can autism be detected through a hearing test?  Also a letter from Peter.  Peter likes following the rules.    

New vaccine study

March 26, 2019 01:42 - 23 minutes - 27.4 MB

Ep. 173: New danish study released.

Depression is a real challenge for people on the spectrum.

March 11, 2019 23:49 - 25 minutes - 29 MB

Depression is a real challenge for people on the spectrum. Suicide rates are higher than average.  And Kirk gets robbed.  

Interview with Epidemiologists Dr. Alan Brown

February 28, 2019 22:29 - 15 minutes - 17.3 MB

Interview with Epidemiologists Dr. Alan Brown talks about risk factors.

Connection between Autism and OCD. Also Take your vitamins!

February 28, 2019 21:41 - 34 minutes - 39.7 MB

Connection between Autism and OCD. Also Take your vitamins! 

A small victory is getting services for our loved ones!

February 18, 2019 17:39 - 34 minutes - 39.2 MB

  A small victory in the battle to get our loved ones services. Yahoo!  We have to make sure that we raise our voices (the battle continues ).   One of JJ’s caregivers came back.   Graham likes looking through IG when on the phone.  

Should you control your autism if you can?

February 10, 2019 21:34 - 33 minutes - 38 MB

Today we discuss an article in the NY Times.  Should you control the symptoms of your autism if you have the ability?     What are your thoughts?

New Happiness nasal spray (delivering Oxytocin ) from Japan

January 30, 2019 19:40 - 29 minutes - 33.7 MB

New Happiness nasal spray from Japan

The poor with Autism are underserved.

January 21, 2019 20:00 - 32 minutes - 37.5 MB

The poor with Autism are underserved.   Also Peter starts his new job.   Kirk gets hit on his bike.

Jill Escher interviews Jonah Zimiles from Words books store  and interview NY Times columnist Judith Newman who wrote To Siri with Love.

January 18, 2019 21:19 - 29 minutes - 33.9 MB

This week Jill Escher interviews Jonah Zimiles from Words books store  and interview NY Times columnist Judith Newman who wrote To Siri with Love.  

Poop smearing. Also Peter has a secret and Graham is concerned

January 15, 2019 04:29 - 30 minutes - 34.6 MB

Poop smearing. Also Peter has a secret and Graham is concerned    

Peter movie reviews, and JJ watches Dad wrestle

January 01, 2019 01:18 - 16 minutes - 19.2 MB

Peter movie reviews, he reviews Bumblebee the movie.   And JJ watches videos of Dad wrestling him.

Update on JJ: He is using Google Images

December 27, 2018 21:24 - 25 minutes - 29.1 MB

JJ is using Google Images 

Peter has a seizure

December 23, 2018 16:49 - 23 minutes - 27.2 MB

Peter has a seizure and A young man becomes a hero by helping the homeless.  

Pete's shoulder is hurt

December 16, 2018 09:23 - 32 minutes - 36.7 MB

Hell gig in Florida?  Yes.  

Benjamins Hope: so cool

November 28, 2018 00:17 - 19 minutes - 22 MB

This week we highlight http://www.benjaminshope.net

Male brain autism theory?

November 27, 2018 08:21 - 27 minutes - 31.6 MB

Also letters

Meditation work?

November 14, 2018 22:04 - 27 minutes - 31.7 MB

Does meditation work ?  Also we discuss Graham Kay's modeling career. What??    

JJ has a epileptic seizure and we talk about it

November 09, 2018 09:40 - 22 minutes - 26.3 MB

JJ has a seizure and we talk about it.

Today we talk JOBS!

November 01, 2018 09:43 - 29 minutes - 33.9 MB

Today we talk jobs 

Interview with Alycia Halladay, PhD, chief science officer, Autism Science Foundation

October 23, 2018 19:00 - 29 minutes - 34.2 MB

This week we interview Alycia Halladay, PhD, chief science officer, Autism Science Foundation.

New pill for autism behavior ?

October 19, 2018 18:52 - 27 minutes - 31.2 MB

new pill for autism behavior is being tested on mice.  

How does Autism affect sibling?

October 15, 2018 01:33 - 33 minutes - 37.8 MB

How does Autism affect sibling?

MDMA clarification, Peter has a secret and LETTERS!

October 05, 2018 19:47 - 25 minutes - 29 MB

We have a clarification from the study of the "MDMA for Autistic people " study.   Also Peter has a secret and we read your letters.

Study with Molly for Autism? MDMA

September 28, 2018 19:54 - 31 minutes - 35.6 MB

warning: discussion about drugs.  New Study talks about MDMA for people with Autism.    

Protein organization to blame? Also identifying woman with autism.

September 27, 2018 02:35 - 27 minutes - 31.9 MB

Protein organization to blame for autism?  Identifying woman with autism. Also discussing Micro Seizures, Colbert report, and if time is an artificial construct.  

Graham is on Colbert!

September 12, 2018 22:56 - 28 minutes - 32.6 MB

Big News! Graham is on Colbert!

Siblings lack of autism? Why?

September 01, 2018 17:19 - 36 minutes - 41.5 MB

New science into why some siblings not develop autis. 

Can the song itsy bitsy spider detect Autism?

August 31, 2018 21:59 - 29 minutes - 33.8 MB

WHAT?   Can the song itsy bitsy spider detect Autism?

JJ goes on a cruise and Peter stops drinking!

August 29, 2018 23:11 - 30 minutes - 35.3 MB

JJ goes on a cruise and Peter stops drinking! Also Kirk is in Edinburgh at the Fringe festival.

Building a house for a boy with Autism and Movie going options?

July 28, 2018 14:53 - 28 minutes - 32.2 MB

Kirk is building a house in Ecuador for a boy with Autism. Shout put Chris Franklin the bloke from Australia.  Peter is going to a family reunion.