Dr. Scott R. Frasard
Adult Identified Autistic and full of questions Scott made it his quest to make a difference out there in autism land. He poses questions every day as his routine of Advocacy.
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About somebody who has had anotherlife, and came to their diagnosis
late, and then decided to do something.
(00:51):
And that person is Scott.
Hi Scott, where are you speaking
Scott-Frasard (00:55):
Hey Jules, I am in
Houston, Texas in the United States.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com:
Wow, that's a long way away. (01:00):
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We've got some people in Edinburgh,we've got some people down in England,
and I'm here in India at the moment.
So, this is the autisticworld, we're everywhere.
Absolutely.
Can I start somewhere easy?
How did this come about,this autism diagnosis?
Scott-Frasard (01:22):
So great question.
My wife and I, I like six years ago,about a year before I was formally
identified, we're watching TV andwe were watching this reality show
called the employables that's.
Followed neurodivergent people as theyattempted to find work and whenever they
(01:50):
highlighted an autistic person somethingabout that person just resonated with me
and after we watched a couple episodesI started wondering am I autistic so I
started doing some , reading online, didsome of those, uh, online tests, which
(02:13):
may or may not be really, , reliable.
And I even asked, I shared thatwith my wife and I asked her to
take one of these tests througha, my lens, because she knows me
oftentimes better than I know myself.
And I scored really high,indicating that I could be autistic.
(02:34):
She scored it even higher, andso then the seed was planted, and
at that point I needed to know.
Having grown up in the medical field,all I knew about autism was the
pathologized, , medical model view of it.
So my curiosity was really up there.
(02:55):
I finally found somebody who specializedin evaluating adults , that affirmed
my suspicion that I was autistic.
And it was actually, it was an emotionalrollercoaster, but it was actually quite,
quite a positive experience.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com (03:16):
Yeah.
So it's life affirming.
That's cool.
Very.
I'm really glad to hear that.
And, you know, it's a story we hearon Artistic Radio again and again.
When people finally do get thatrealization, that self diagnosis,
(03:38):
and then possibly even a formaldiagnosis afterwards, it just seems
to make life work out, doesn't it?
Scott-Frasard (03:49):
It does, and like I
tell people, Learning that I'm autistic
provides me with an explanationof my life, my life experiences,
and things make a lot more sense,especially the sensory issues.
And having that knowledge opened up.
(04:10):
A community that I did not realizeexisted, and it allowed me to interact
with, with others who are also autistic,and learn from them, and that was
probably the, the greatest part of it.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com (04:27):
I'm already
getting the impression from you from
what you're saying there, you'redescribing yourself as an autistic person.
You're not a person with autism.
You're straight into theneurodiversity paradigm.
Scott-Frasard (04:38):
That is absolutely
Jules-AutisticRadio.com (04:39):
correct.
What?
What is it now?
Wow,
Scott-Frasard (04:51):
that's a,
that's a really good question.
The things that make sense are thingslike, I'll start off with sensory,
whereas , any other person most likelywould see a tree and it's blowing in
the wind they don't even notice it.
For me, when I, when I see that,I see every single leaf moving,
(05:14):
which is extremely distracting.
So that is.
Knowing that I know that when I am in ameeting or talking to somebody, I've got
to close out all of the distractions.
Another example the stimming I would do.
One of the things I would do when I'mnervous, for example, is I would twist my
(05:37):
beard and that would drive my wife crazy.
And she would repetitivelytell me to stop doing that.
And I don't even know that I'm doing it.
After I learned I'm autistic and learnedabout stimming and she and I both
explored that together, she realizedwhat it was , she would deal with it
differently, and she would ask me whatis stressing me versus stop doing that.
(06:01):
Same thing with, , going to the dentist.
For many, many years, Idid not go to the dentist.
I hated it because of the sensory issues.
And we worked, we figured outwhat was most troubling to me.
And now, when we go to the dentist, weactually put me under general sedation
(06:23):
so that I, Don't have those issues.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com (06:28):
So, the
knowledge of your autism is giving
you simple shortcuts in your lifethat just makes life easier again.
Scott-Frasard (06:39):
Yes, having that
explanation as to why those things
occur absolutely gives me directionto to manage those sensory issues
Jules-AutisticRadio.com (06:50):
does it also mean
that you're really enjoying the sensory?
Experience that you're embracingit and looking for ways of
enjoying your enhanced sensitivity.
Scott-Frasard (07:03):
Absolutely.
So there are definitely thingsthat I really enjoy doing things
that I didn't know why I enjoyed,I can now seek those things out.
One of my other outlets iswriting and I'm doing a lot more
writing these days to put my.
Thoughts into a more concrete format, thatallows me to go back and look at those and
(07:29):
flesh my thoughts out a little bit more,I've really enjoyed that part of it,
which has also helped my advocacy work.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com (07:38):
Scott, does
your sensory thing mean you can become
more immersive now in the environment?
Scott-Frasard (07:46):
Ooh, I think
I think the answer is yes.
If nothing else, I'm more aware ofwhat's going on and why I enjoy things.
Like, I really enjoy being out in nature.
And now when I go out into nature,it's more than just being out there.
(08:06):
It's being out there torecharge my batteries.
So I, I think I'm moreaware of those things in my
environment that bring me joy.
Without knowing why theybrought me joy, uh, previously.
Ray-AutisticRadio.com (08:23):
Yeah, I try
to get that total experience in the
environment, but of course I'm trying.
And, you know, I know why I say it's agift for you to have that capability,
because I can understand that itmight be distressing if you're getting
far too much coming in at once.
Especially in maybe highly stressedbusiness meetings or stuff like that.
Scott-Frasard (08:41):
I also think
for me, anyhow, it gives me
the agency to extract myself.
From environments that don't work forme and, and do things to help reduce
the stimuli that causes me a lot of.
(09:01):
Stress, like we were at a restaurantjust the other night, restaurants
have this tendency of doing thisreally loud, obnoxious birthday
celebration for guests that have abirthday, and two of them happened
back to back on either side of me.
And both times, I had to stop theconversation with my wife, close my eyes.
(09:24):
I cover my ears and waitfor it to go and go away.
And, you know, prior tolearning, I'm autistic.
That would've been seen as a bigsocial faux pa and people would
be upset if I just stopped theconversation and, and plug my ears.
But knowing that I'm autistic andknowing what's going on allowed
(09:44):
me to extricate myself fromthe environment the best I can.
So that I don't
Jules-AutisticRadio.com:
get too stressed out. (09:50):
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Ray-AutisticRadio.com (09:54):
Yeah, without
total avoidance, which is the
case, , the more extreme end wouldbe you just totally avoid any social
situation because you expect thesethings to happen, you know, which
is, uh, the thing that I went throughthat led to me getting my diagnosis.
Scott-Frasard (10:10):
Absolutely.
Which I guess has its pluses and minuses.
There may be less thingsthat I'm willing to go do.
Whereas maybe before I'm maybe morewilling to go try, but it definitely
gives me the forethought of.
I'm looking at where I am at the momentand do I have the spoons, as they say,
(10:34):
to go endure this additional stress.
, I'm able to readjust, but also evaluate.
, some days I do want external interaction.
Other days I don't.
So having this knowledgeabout myself, I can evaluate.
Okay, you want to go to a game?
(10:57):
I don't have the spoons for that.
I don't have the energy for that.
Whereas another day, I go, Okay,that sounds like a great idea.
So I'm able to evaluate where I stand,and make it the best decision, and
decide do I want to engage or do I not.
And not feel bad about it, either way.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com (11:18):
So you've
got a sense of control over things,
and you can avoid yourself gettinginto overtiredness, overstressed.
You're aware now, and that means youmanage your life in a way that you didn't
before, you just pushed on through?
Scott-Frasard (11:34):
Absolutely.
And it was interesting, my wife andI were talking about that very thing
while we're at dinner with the noise,and one of the things that she noticed
about me is since I learned I'mautistic and have learned this stuff
about sensory in particular, that I'mless angry and it makes perfect sense.
(11:58):
If I didn't know whatwas causing the sensory.
Challenges for me.
I had no way to, I handle them,but now that I do, it's reduced
my stress and I'm less angry.
Knowing why I feel this angst with theexternal environment, before learning
(12:21):
I'm autistic, I was more angry.
Now that I know it and canmanage the stressors better.
I'm less angry now than I was before.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com (12:33):
So in
the text, Scott, we're being
asked, you're describing yourselfas easier to live with you.
Scott-Frasard (12:38):
Yes, it, it actually
really helped my relationships,
especially with my wife and wehave learned how to navigate,
ways that I interact, absolutely.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com:
And you said that. (12:50):
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You've been interactingmore since your diagnosis.
Do you mean online or socializingphysically in the real world?
Scott-Frasard (13:04):
Probably less in
the real world, mostly because I
shifted from working in an officeto working remotely from home.
But I do, uh, interact quite a bit.
Through my advocacy work with autisticsand non autistics alike globally.
From that standpoint, I'm interactingwith others a lot more than I ever have.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com:
This word advocacy. (13:27):
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Yes.
Right.
You know, we start with the ideaof advocating for somebody who
can't advocate for themselves.
You know, a child needs an advocateor somebody who maybe doesn't speak.
Uses alternative communication, mightneed an advocate in some circumstances.
(13:52):
Your word advocate, thatmeans something different.
What does this word advocate mean for you?
Scott-Frasard (13:59):
I do see that what you
describe and a great deal of overlap.
It's really about helping shareperspectives of the community as
a whole, but especially myselfand I frequently am asked.
From others who maybe are not comfortableenough asking for themselves or
(14:23):
asking for advice and helping, , raisetheir voice, elevate their voice.
I do advocate I'm active every single day.
I am raising questions about theautistic experience through a
multitude of different contexts.
(14:44):
And lenses to foster a dialoguethat otherwise would not happen.
It helps, helps people see otheraspects of this autistic experience
and what it means to be autistic.
Through lenses that they maybenever have thought of before, and
(15:07):
it has brought about countless,really deep conversations.
And part of the point of it is to seeothers perspectives, especially on
controversial or taboo topics, so thatwe can find common ground and build
Jules-AutisticRadio.com (15:26):
from there.
You said the word taboo subject then.
Yes.
What, what are these taboo subjects?
Scott-Frasard (15:38):
Putting it generally,
these are the topics that people,
society in general, say are notappropriate for polite conversation.
So things around identity, especiallygender identity, things around
sexuality, politics, religion, talkingabout it in a way that brings about
(16:06):
curiosity versus any sort of, taboodirection, if that makes sense.
. Jules-AutisticRadio.com (16:12):
You haven't
mentioned a taboo subject yet.
Politics, that's not taboo.
Religion, that's not taboo.
What's taboo?
Scott-Frasard (16:22):
So, one of the questions
I asked not long ago had to do with
somebody who is a high support meansautistic person and whether or not
they should be taught about sexuality.
Things around sexual arousal,attraction to same gendered or different
(16:45):
gendered people, that sort of stuff.
And the conversation was interesting.
And some even said, you know, Iwouldn't even bring this up with
that particular autistic person.
And I really questioned why not?
They're a person.
These things happen to everybody else.
(17:05):
Why are they excluded?
Jules-AutisticRadio.com:
Now I'm getting it. (17:08):
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So.
You're trying to overcome people'sprejudices about how autistic
people are pathologized, yeah?
Scott-Frasard (17:22):
Absolutely, absolutely.
Helping to really break downthose stigmas and stereotypes.
So that autistic people, regardless ofhow much support they need, are seen first
and foremost as human beings, and thatthey are just as human as anybody else.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com (17:45):
That we
are just as human as anybody else.
Absolutely.
Ha ha ha ha ha.
Okay.
Great, great call out.
There's a No, no, no, no, I'mplaying with you, you know,
you seem such a confident guy.
I feel confident to play with youa bit, you know, and interesting
(18:09):
thing is just by speaking in thisconfident way on this station here
so that other people can hear you.
That's advocacy in itsown right, isn't it?
Scott-Frasard (18:22):
Yes.
And I think if people see that.
That can even have a spillover effect towhere maybe they are willing to speak,
even if it's just to their family.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com:
Amen to that, brother. (18:38):
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Amen to that.
Let me go back, because you did say,right at the head of the program there,
that you came from a medical background.
I think that was paramedic?
Yes, that is correct.
Okay.
(18:59):
And for you, the medical modelhad actually been a A stumbling
block for you to realize your ownautism because, you had seen autism
as this kind of dysfunctional.
Human.
And it hadn't even occurred to youthat you came under its umbrella, yeah?
(19:23):
Absolutely.
Scott-Frasard (19:24):
You know, I was trained
and, you know, for 20 plus years taught
and assumed that it was a defect of sortsand that it was a abnormal presentation
to the normal human experience.
And that actually was partof the transition that I took
(19:47):
along my learning journey.
Okay.
And I had to break down my ownbiases there to really see things
from a different perspective, whichhelped me take the, uh, Socratic
approach to advocacy that I, I do.
It's because I questioned my ownupbringing, if you will, and it
(20:09):
brought me to a different realization.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com (20:14):
Scott,
you've used a big word, Socrates.
Socratic approach.
Can you give us some kind of, you know,back of the envelope definition on that?
Scott-Frasard (20:26):
Yes.
So Socrates was known for , askingquestions because he felt he
actually did not know anything.
And so his role was to askquestions of others and in doing
so he's able to learn from them.
And so for me, advocating throughquestions is in an, in and of itself,
(20:52):
an intervention of sorts whereI'm helping to Take people on a
journey of discovery by asking themwhy they believe certain things.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com (21:06):
Let's
take that from you, , Scott,
let's steal that from you.
Autistic Radio is out there.
We're using a Socratic approach followingSocrates, because what we do here is ask
questions instead of pushing out answers.
Is that okay?
(21:26):
Absolutely.
Absolutely it is.
Ray-AutisticRadio.com (21:30):
To be
midwives to our own understanding.
Scott-Frasard (21:34):
It does, actually.
And not only that, a mutualunderstanding of Multiple perspectives.
Ray-AutisticRadio.com (21:43):
Exactly.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com (21:43):
To be midwives
to our own understanding, to bring forth
our own understanding into the world.
Scott-Frasard (21:52):
Yes, because I don't think
any of us have the capital T truth answer.
Because I believe that there are multiplerealities, and what's right for me isn't
necessarily right for anybody else, orwhat I believe to be true isn't true
for other people, so instead of tryingto argue for my perspective being
(22:17):
the truth, why not meet somewhere andlearn what other people's truths are,
and to dig into why they believe that.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com:
Okay, well before we go down (22:31):
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I'm going to read what Raymondis saying over here in the text.
He's saying, Theinappropriate is our motto.
And, for him, it's more aboutmisunderstanding or disconnection than
(22:52):
taboo because majority normativityis insecure, so it denies whole
conversations and perspectives becausethey're too risky to entertain.
They're too risky, I'm saying,I'm thinking is what he's saying.
Because they, they form people toquestion and they don't want to question.
(23:18):
Are we in the sameballpark with Raymond here?
Scott-Frasard (23:22):
Absolutely.
You know, the cognitive dissonancethat happens when you ask a provocative
question is very unsettling for people.
And I think part of it is learningThrough this approach, people learn
to become uncomfortable with thingsthat either A, they don't know, or B,
maybe they thought they knew, and nowthere's a new reality that is different.
(23:47):
So, absolutely.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com:
You're a personable chap. (23:50):
undefined
You come across as socially confident.
Easy speaking.
You've got a voice that goes up and downand everybody is happy to listen to you.
Are you masking that right now?
Scott-Frasard (24:08):
Actually, no.
That's, that's me in a nutshell.
I think there are times that I domask, but since learning I'm autistic,
I think I have dropped 90 percent ofmy masking and I'm definitely a what
you see is what you get, or in thiscase, what you hear is what you get.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com (24:31):
That's a
lovely thing you're saying, Raymond.
Raymond has pointed out that in thisspace, here, we come out of ourselves.
Yes, and to me that's so empowering.
And you're being thanked.
Has anybody denied yourautism when you tell them?
(24:54):
Has anybody said, You can't beautistic because, or, you're not
autistic because you do this.
Any experiences like that?
Scott-Frasard (25:07):
Oh, absolutely.
When I first learned, as I startedsharing with folks, there was one
person that I worked with that, andthat person's first response to me,
but I always thought you were so smart,
another friend of minesaid, you can be autistic.
(25:28):
And Even my own mother, which Idid not share until a few weeks
afterwards, just because I didn'tknow how to explain it to her.
Even she was in denial, like, ohno, you're not, because if you
are, that means I might be as well.
So, I, and even to this day, I still geta little bit of that, but mostly when I'm
(25:52):
interacting with healthcare professionals.
And not to pick on them,but to pick on them.
Lucy-Dawson-Autie-Unmasked (25:59):
Yeah,
I'll chip in here a little bit
actually, because I felt, I had thesame thing when I came out to my,
came out, I, when I, when I told myfamily about my autism diagnosis, I
did have one of my close relativestell me that I don't look like I do.
Like, what she would expect anautistic person to actually look
(26:20):
like, to which I said, well, youknow, really, what are you expecting?
You know, it's this perception thatwe should be displaying some way our
autism on the outside all the time.
When I've gone through years andyears of being able to mask it.
You know, when I actually finally toldpeople, I did find that I was getting a
few people who were questioning me almostlike I had to prove myself, and I don't
(26:42):
know if you felt that that was somethingthat happened to you as well, Scott.
Scott-Frasard (26:46):
Absolutely, and I
remember when I shared that I'm autistic.
People would, I've had, I've hada couple of people say, well,
we're all a little autistic andyou know, I, I deal with that too.
And it was, it was definitely an affrontto, to my experience and invalidating
(27:11):
that, though, I will say, and I thinkbecause of my previous career and
I didn't have a choice, but to beforthright, I just got to a point
where, okay, that's your perspective.
It's true for you, whatever works, works,
and, you know, take it for whatit is, but yes, I'm autistic.
Lucy-Dawson-Autie-Unmasked (27:37):
Yeah,
and absolutely, I think that
once you've got a kind of a,
a self acceptance, perhaps, thatmakes it much easier for you to go
forward and be able to advocate andtalk about it, because You're now
accepting, you know, what you've beentold and looking at your life before
the diagnosis and maybe forgivingyourself for some of your behaviors
(28:00):
beforehand when you were masking.
Cause I mean, that'ssomething I went through.
I don't know if that's somethingyou went through as well.
Scott-Frasard (28:06):
Yeah.
Especially in the workplace, you know, Idon't know about your work setting, but.
Where I've been the last decade and a halfor almost, , the social gatherings after
work was expected, although it was alwaysvoluntary, there was an undertone of
(28:26):
social expectation and it always made mereally uncomfortable looking back at that
now I know why, I've got no problem sayingyes or no, depending on how I feel and
I don't have to justify my decision,that was really liberating.
Lucy-Dawson-Autie-Unmasked:
Totally get that. (28:45):
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Absolutely.
And I'm, I'm tended, I tendedbefore to tell people that.
If I was going to a social thing,now I probably won't be doing chat
or whatever , now I'm trying tobe really overt about how I feel.
And I'll say, you can have me for anhour, you'll get a good hour out of me.
And then after that, I'llstart to feel like I, I can't
do the social thing anymore.
(29:06):
So, you know, it's being able tosay to somebody, not a space I feel
comfortable with, and I'm going tokind of excuse myself from this,
is, is, feels really liberating.
Scott-Frasard (29:16):
Yes.
Yes, it does.
I think that's,, at least a professionalstandpoint, one of the greatest things is
being able to say, you know, whether it'sa meeting or a social event or something
to be able to say, I'm not going to beable to attend and not have to justify it.
As my colleagues and my friendsget to get them to know me.
(29:40):
It's just become a normal thing, andthey don't try to push it, they don't
try to convince me otherwise, they justaccept it, and , what a great world
it could be if we could just be honestabout our feelings and people don't take
it personally and get upset about it.
Lucy-Dawson-Autie-Unmasked (29:58):
Absolutely.
It's about giving somebody the spaceto be themselves, and it's, it's
lovely when you do get a sense thatpeople are, are now understanding
where you're at, and knowing that thereare certain things that they won't.
Get from you and certain things thatthey can get for you or that some days
you will and some days you won't butYou know, it gives you a nice freedom
and that's something to be thankful for
Scott-Frasard (30:21):
Yes, definitely.
To be able to, and having the rightboss at work, for example, and being
able to message them to say, I, Ican't today, I am just overwhelmed.
I don't have executivefunctioning worth a damn.
I can't today.
You know, I might be able tocome back in the afternoon, but
(30:43):
it's likely going to be tomorrow.
And that'd be okay.
That has been incredible.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com (30:50):
At this moment
in time, there's Scott on screen.
There's Lucy on screen.
There's Raymond on screen,and there's Jules on screen.
Just the names, no faces, all in audio.
Is this a normal situation for you?
(31:11):
Four different autistic peoplehaving a chat together, sharing
experience live like this?
Scott-Frasard (31:23):
I think before
I learned I'm autistic.
I, never would have thought of thatas being something that happens.
It's only been in the last couple ofyears that I realized, Hey, you know what?
This happens and it's nodifferent than anyone else.
And for us to be able to come togetherand share our experiences and share
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them in a way that others can seeit as well helps to normalize us as
autistic people versus pathologizing us.
Thanks.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com (32:03):
What's
the future for your advocacy?
You've been doing it for a whilenow, you've built up something.
How, well, first of all, tell mewhere we are with it now, and then
tell me what the future is for it.
Scott-Frasard (32:17):
For a few years now,
I have been doing what I call a
reflective question to ponder, Ipost something every single day that
led to my first book published lastyear by the same name, a reflective
question of ponder, it contains.
My work through the Socraticquestioning, as well as my other
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perspectives, I now have a second bookabout the Socratic, , approach to.
Advocating, it takes the reader througha Socratic dialogue between Socrates
and a bunch of other characters toaddress those issues that need advocates
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and do so in a way that's entertainingas well as informative, that's to help
bring about social justice throughthis different approach to advocating.
I hope to have thatout in a couple months.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com (33:18):
Excellent.
So, what I want us to do, I wantus to make sure that in the program
notes here, we've got some links tofind your books at the moment.
And then I want you to comeback, and I want you to just
talk only about your book.
The book you've already published.
And then after that, I want you tocome back and talk about the new book.
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Are you up for that?
Scott-Frasard (33:44):
That
would be lovely, Jules.
I would sincerely appreciate that.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com:
Let's do it, friend. (33:50):
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Let's do it.
Because we're part of a revolution.
We're part of a paradigm shift.
We're part of the people who have beenmanaging for years, have their skills,
and have something to offer that we'regonna take advantage of, aren't we?
We're comrades in arms here.
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Yes,
Scott-Frasard (34:13):
you know, I think,
we're Taking hold of this momentum
and taking it to that next place ispart of this, this neurodivergent
movement, and really bringing abouttrue, meaningful, sustainable change.
Jules-AutisticRadio.com (34:32):
That's the last
word, meaningful, sustainable change.
Thank you, Scott.
We'll be back with you.
We'll read your book.
Thank you.
Autistic radio is about us,it's for us, and it's from us.
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Autistic radio is about you, it'sfor you, and it can be from you.
We have, every single Sunday, drop in, 4.
44pm every Sunday.
That's not live, that's us gettingtogether, us talking, community.
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Every Sunday, Harry leads a 5 5 5 p.
m.
A discussion around theFacebook page that he creates.
Involve yourself by suggestingwhat we should talk about next.
Share it with Harry.
And then, the bigger picture.
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Advocate.
Use us.
Speak to the world.
Your project, your idea, your enthusiasm.
We have a whole range of differentprograms that will fit what you want.
As far as listening goes, there'ssome challenging stuff out there.
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Because amongst the identity, theentertainment, and the community,
we also make serious programs withautism professionals, challenging
their ideas, and bringing whatyou say in other spaces to them.
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A lot of those are difficult listens,but it's a holistic gathering.
It comes all together.
Autistic radio is very varied.
We need a favour.
To encourage us, we need you to share us.
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When you share us, yougive autistic people power.
When you share us, you makeus impossible to ignore.
When you repost on LinkedIn and Facebookand anywhere else, you're advocating
for everybody in the autistic community.
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So pick the things that you'rehappy with and get them out there.
So thank you.
Thank you, thank you.
Thank you, from all of us.