TPP 237: Dr. Barry Prizant and Dave Finch Talk About Their New Podcast, Uniquely Human
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What inspired the creation of the Uniquely Human podcast?
We met because I called him and said, hello, Dr. Barry Prezant. He said, yeah. I don't even know how I got your phone number, frankly. We have the same publisher. Maybe that was it. But I said, you don't know me. My name's Dave and I love you. And
so apparently that's what I said. So he sat down and was like, I'm listening.
Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Reber. This week, I'm excited to bring you a conversation with Dr. Barry Prezant and Dave Finch about their new podcast, Uniquely Human, titled after Barry's revolutionary book, Uniquely Human, A Different Way of Seeing Autism. Uniquely Human, the podcast, continues the conversation the book started on autism and neurodiversity by amplifying the voices of autistic individuals and thought leaders and provides insightful, cutting-edge, and practical information about the autistic experience. Barry Prezon is one of the world's leading and innovative authorities on autism, who has found a naturally complimentary co-host in writer and creative consultant Dave Finch, who himself was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum as an adult, and is the author of a wonderful book, The Journal of Best Practices, a memoir of marriage, Asperger syndrome, and one man's quest to be a better husband.
Our conversation covers a lot of ground as Barry and Dave tell us about their respective books. Dave provides insight into the key to his relationship with wife Kristen after receiving his Asperger diagnosis a few years after they got married. And then Barry and David tell us all about their unique collaboration, how the Uniquely Human podcast came about, and the vision they have for the show. If you haven't heard my previous conversation with Barry Prezant, please be sure to check out Tilt Parenting episode number 99, where we have a deep conversation about his book, Uniquely Human. All right, and now here is my conversation with Dave and Barry. Hey, Barry and Dave, welcome to the podcast.
Thank you. Thanks, Deb.
So now we're going to do this dance where there's two guests and one host, but we'll work it out. So if you're a longtime listener of this podcast, you've heard Barry talk about his book, Uniquely Human. Dave is a new guest to the show. So I want to spend just a little bit at the head of this conversation talking about each of your books today. So Barry, you wrote the book, Uniquely Human, A Different Way of Seeing Autism, which, you know, you were recently even in my book club for my membership community. I'm a big fan of that book and still consider it to be very breakthrough in terms of the books that are available for parents and caregivers and anyone who wants to better understand autism. So can you just tell us a little bit about that book and why you wrote it and how it's been received in the world?
Sure. It's been more than five years, which is hard to believe since that book has been out. And it's basically a storybook of all the things that I've learned from people on the spectrum, from parents, from children, because I've had the opportunity to work and be in many different situations, everything from a camp counselor to a university professor, to working in a hospital, to a parent retreat weekend we've been doing for 25 years. And the purpose of the book really was, I guess you could say, to challenge a lot of the myths and to challenge a lot of the stereotypes of the experience of autism. I am not a person on the spectrum. So I just pulled from all of the people I've known over the years, and especially the last 10 to 15 years.
And I think this is illustrated in our new Uniquely Human podcast that I so value learning from people on the spectrum. But I really try to always try to be very clear. I wasn't trying to sugarcoat autism. I was definitely trying to present a more positive point of view than most of what you hear and most of what you read. But I was trying to kind of write the playing field to have more of a balance.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What inspired the creation of the Uniquely Human podcast?
0:00–6:33
2
How does Dr. Barry Prizant describe the purpose and impact of his book *Uniquely Human*?
6:33–11:47
3
What key insights does Dave Finch share about his marriage after receiving his Asperger diagnosis?
11:47–17:36
4
How did Barry and Dave’s partnership evolve from a failed nonprofit project to a podcast?
17:36–22:37
5
What is the structure of a typical Uniquely Human episode and how are guest voices incorporated?
22:37–28:38
6
Why do the hosts emphasize amplifying autistic voices rather than just expert perspectives?
28:38–34:17
7
What future guests and topics are on the hosts’ wish list for the podcast?
34:17–39:21
8
Where can listeners find the Uniquely Human podcast and related resources?
39:21–44:44
Speakers
1 identifiedMore from Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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