I recently was invited to participate in an interview on a podcast, Today’s Autistic Moment, to talk about Autistic Adults and Gaslighting – a form of manipulation and abuse by which the abuser makes the individual being abused doubt their own reality.

Autistic Women Thriving in Healthcare Equities – Today’s Autistic Moment: A Podcast for Autistic Adults by An Autistic Adult

Go to todaysautisticmoment.com for the transcripts.LaToya Hinton and Philip discuss the healthcare equities that Autistic Women need, but are not getting because they are not available. LaToya will share how she discovered what healthcare equities were needed as part of her self-discovery. LaToya will talk about the healthcare equity panels she has been doing to hear what Autistic Women in various points of their lives mention what they are missing, and the community supports LaToya and others are developing so that Autistic women can talk about finding resources to have those needs met.

1. Autistic Women Thriving in Healthcare Equities 01:13:05
2. Autistic Women Thriving 01:05:37
3. Black Autistics: Stop the Whitewashing 53:23
4. Black Autistics Thriving in Urban Settings 01:08:12
5. Autistics Thriving Through Crises 56:57

A Program Script and Interview Transcript for this show can be found on todaysautisticmoment.com/podcast-episodes/ein/.

Gaslighting is a form of manipulation and abuse by which the abuser makes the individual being abused doubt their own reality. Gaslighting occurs by lies and cover ups designed to suggest that the person experiencing the abuse has no understanding of themselves, who they are, what they need and how to manage relationships and their everyday lives.

Autistic Adults experience gaslighting with regards to their sensory processing, questioning whether they are Autistic at all, and spoken to as if they are incompetent at living their lives.

Lyric Holmans, the Neurodivergent Rebel joins Philip to talk about what gaslighting is, and how to self advocate to do some self healing and protect themselves.