Kate McNulty
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first heard Jun 2021
last heard Jun 2021
Kate McNulty’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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We've got a lot of catching up to do with the general population in that sense.
So just using the resources that are out there and getting on social media is my very best advice for first steps and educating yourself because many autistic people are so
urgent about wanting to get the message out about the potential for your child and how they've figured things out along the way as they've become adults.
And a lot of us are hyperverbal or hyperlexic.
There are a lot of writers who are autistic.
There are a lot of prolific tweeters who are autistic.
So there are many, many people who want to share their information with you and want to help you kind of join the community and
jump on the bandwagon because there are a lot of us.
I think there are probably remarkable numbers of people who call themselves autism moms or autism dads who they don't realize they're actually autistic too, just like their child.
So, you know, just using the resources that are out there in the popular media and listening to autistic people who are already way down the road and can really share a lot of useful information with you
about what your child might be experiencing or needing.
I think those are really your best resources.
Certainly there are a lot more good books coming out all the time, but it's never going to be at the speed of light like the posts on social media.
I think there are a lot of people who self-identified or got diagnosed around the time I did or a few years before who identified with Asperger's because that was the correct term at the time.
And the book title came about because of the publisher's choice.
Their recommendation was based on search terms that people use and
it's just kind of a funny split that when we talk about children, we use the term autism, but many people who think of adults are still using the term Asperger's.
just a kind of chronological catch-up that we're doing as a society to recognize that autistic children do grow up to become autistic adults.
And so it's okay to continue using that term.
But I do recognize, I think a lot of people have a sense of collectivity or
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