The AutSide Podcast

Episode 374: Gestalt Processing—Literacy and Belonging Through Lived Evidence

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode features an essay by Dr. Jaime Hoerricks, a Gestalt Language Processor (GLP), tracing her painful yet transformative path to literac...

Episode 373: Critique, Extremism, and Authoritarian Fragility in NSPM-7

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode strongly critiques the theoretical National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 (NSPM-7) of 2025. The author of the source article, D...

Episode 372: Linguistics Polices Autism—A Critique of Beals on GLP

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode provides a detailed critique, written by Jaime Hoerricks, PhD, of a prior academic article by Katharine Beals that dismissed Gestalt...

Episode 371: Patriotic Education—The Regime's War on Memory

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode provides a critical commentary on the push for “patriotic education” by the U.S. Department of Education, viewing it as a thinly...

Episode 370: Autism, the Obshchina, and the Theatre of Tylenol

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode draws a powerful analogy between the historical struggle of the Russian peasant commune (the obshchina) against capitalist enclosure...

Episode 369: When There's No Map—The Psychoeducational Imperative

28 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode argues for the crucial necessity of psychoeducational reports in special education, asserting that without them, support plans for s...

Episode 368: Reclaiming Depth Beyond the Rubric—On GLPs, Exegesis, and the Hidden Curriculum of Academia

27 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode provides a critical examination of how academic grading practices often disadvantage Gestalt Language Processors (GLPs) by prioritis...

Episode 367: Phonics as Guest, Not Tyrant—A GLP Procedural Guide

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode offers a comprehensive guide on integrating phonics instruction for gestalt language processors (GLPs), advocating for its use as a ...

Episode 366: Against Phonics? A GLP Reclaiming of Literacy

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode argues against the universal imposition of phonics instruction, particularly for Gestalt Language Processors (GLPs), asserting that ...

Episode 365: Enclosure Masquerading as Science—the "No Evidence" Fallacy

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critically examines a systematic review by Bryant et al. concerning Gestalt Language Processing (GLP) and Natural Language Acquisiti...

Episode 364: Portraits in Language—Why Selfies Are Absent Here

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, the author of the source article, Dr. Jaime Hoerricks, explains her intentional choice to omit photographs and selfies from her ...

Episode 363: Beyond the DSM—Reimagining Autism, Care, and Diagnosis

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode argues that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) functions as a restrictive border, limiting who receives...

Episode 362: The Autistic Heroine's Journey into Literacy

21 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the challenges faced by gestalt language processors (GLPs) and non-conforming educators within an educational system that p...

Episode 361: A Letter to Parents of Gestalt Language Processors

20 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode offers guidance to parents of gestalt language processors (GLPs), emphasising that their children’s literacy development may follo...

Episode 360: Beyond Deficit—Thriving with Gestalt and Analytic Learners

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode argues that the current education system primarily supports an analytic pathway to literacy, where language is broken down into segm...

Episode 359: Echoes that Open Doors—GLP Literacy Strategies

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode advocates for a relational and holistic approach to literacy for Gestalt Language Processors (GLPs). The author of the source articl...

Episode 358: Literacy for Sale—The "Science of Reading" Illusion

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critiques the "Science of Reading" (SoR) as a marketing slogan and industry rather than genuine science, asserting it's a corporate-...

Episode 357: Where the Echo Lives—Recognizing Gestalt Language Processing Early

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the concept of gestalt language processing (GLP), a way individuals acquire and use language. The author of the source arti...

Episode 356: The Unseen Language—Gestalt Processing in Education

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the challenges faced by gestalt language processors (GLPs) within an educational system designed for analytic processors. T...

Episode 355: Beyond the Memes—Reclaiming Gestalt Language Processing

14 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critiques the widespread “meme-ification” of autism on social media, arguing that these simplified portrayals collapse the disti...

Episode 354: Building the Non-Sexist City—Housing as a Human Right

13 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the historical and contemporary challenges of housing and urban planning, centring on the concept of a ‘non-sexist city’...

Episode 353: Autism—Context Clarity, Not Blindness

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critiques the prevailing narrative of autism as a deficit, particularly the concept of “context blindness.” It argues that this ...

Episode 352: Beyond Bruises—How BigABA Blocks Autistic Language

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode examines how Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), particularly in its application to speech therapy, systemically harms gestalt language...

Episode 351: When the Script Won't Come: Autistic Voices, Systemic Disbelief

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores a personal narrative and critical analysis by Jaime Hoerricks, PhD, an autistic Gestalt Language Processor (GLP). Dr. Hoerr...

Episode 350: Cartographer of Absence: Rethinking Mathematics Education for GLPs

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the challenges faced by Gestalt Language Processors (GLP) in traditional mathematics education, particularly in Algebra II....

Episode 349: Not Another Forgotten Echo

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critiques the current state of mathematics education, particularly for students with special needs. The author of the source article...

Episode 348b: A Sunday Bonus—Non-Verbal? Autistic Language Acquisition Reimagined

07 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s bonus episode challenges traditional views of language acquisition, particularly for autistic individuals who are often labeled “non-verba...

Episode 348: 'The Cost of Autism'—A Eugenic Echo

07 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critically analyses a 2025 statistical brief from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality concerning the “cost of auti...

Episode 347: Still Not Listening—Autism, Parentese, and Erasure

06 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critiques a new study claiming autistic infants respond to “parentese,” or baby talk, arguing that such research perpetuates a “...

Episode 346: Narrative Sovereignty—Reclaiming Autism Beyond Simon Says

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode argues for narrative sovereignty in defining autism, moving away from deficit scripts perpetuated by figures like Kanner and Baron-C...

Episode 345: The Assimilation of Autism—Baron-Cohen's Deficit Empire

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode criticises Simon Baron-Cohen’s foundational work on autism, particularly his 1994 “accent study,” arguing it frames neurodiver...

Episode 344: Uncontainable—Beyond Their Categories

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the limitations of language, particularly English, in defining complex identities. The author of the source article, Dr. Ja...

Episode 343: Cartographer of Absence—Mapping the Unseen

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores Dr. Jaime Hoerricks’ unique approach to writing, which she terms “cartography of absence.” This methodology focuses o...

Episode 342: When Checklists Become Cages—Autism, ADHD, and the DSM's Blind Spots

01 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critically examines the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), particularly the current DSM-5-TR, arguing that...

Episode 341: Butler's Los Angeles—Prophecy and Reality in the Pavement

31 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores how Octavia E. Butler’s dystopian novels, particularly Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, offer a prophetic...

Episode 340: China's Autism Research—A Shifting Global Center

30 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode examines China’s rising prominence in autism research and the potential global consequences of its prevailing deficit-based unders...

Episode 339: When Headlines Cheer Erasure

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critiques the pervasive "violence of erasure" faced by autistic and transgender individuals, particularly in the context of scientif...

Episode 338: Teaching in a Broken System—Solidarity Against Injustice

28 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode offers a teacher's firsthand account of the challenges within the American public education system, particularly in Los Angeles. The...

Episode 337: Autism as Scapegoat—A UC Davis Case Study

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critiques a UC Davis study that claims parental workplace chemical exposure worsens autism, arguing the study’s methodology is fla...

Episode 336: BigMed's Illusion—Autism, Epic, and Data Sovereignty

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critically examines how corporate entities, specifically Epic Systems, and media outlets like ABC News, collaborate to shape the nar...

Episode 335: The Brush-Lantern Woman—A Yōkai's Tale

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores how a personal anniversary ritual involving manga led to an unconventional test of GPT-5. Dr Jaime Hoerricks, an AuDHD GLP ...

Bonus Episode: Rethinking Learning Disability Identification—Beyond "Wait-to-Fail"

24 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s bonus episode critiques the historical and current methods for identifying specific learning disabilities (SLD), particularly the shift from...

Episode 334: Good Grades, No Help—Special Education Rationing

24 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores how US schools ration special education services despite the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It highlig...

Episode 333: Autistic Justice—Reclaiming the Child the State Forgot

23 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores Dr. Jaime Hoerricks’ personal journey of reclaiming their identity through the lens of autistic justice and retrocausalit...

Episode 332: Autistic Access—Universities' Refusal and the Path to True Inclusion

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode argues that despite research and personal testimonies clearly demonstrating the effective accommodations for autistic college studen...

Episode 331: The GLP Guide to Writing on Our Terms

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode presents a holistic and individualised approach to writing specifically for Gestalt Language Processors (GLPs). It challenges tradit...

Episode 330: Autistic in Public—Rising Risks of Misunderstanding in America

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode examines a new Executive Order aimed at addressing “crime and disorder” in America, specifically focusing on its potential nega...

Episode 329: Erasing 40% of the Room - A Literacy Model Critique

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critiques Kim’s Interactive Dynamic Literacy Model (2020), arguing that it is presented as settled fact in professional developmen...

Episode 328: The Poem Is the Meaning

18 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode argues that traditional AP poetry analysis in the US, focused on metrics and deconstruction, fundamentally misunderstands poetry. Th...

Episode 327: The Ecology of the GLP Classroom—Beyond the Linear Map

17 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the contrasting philosophies of education, particularly as they relate to neurodivergent minds (AuDHD GLP). The author of t...

Episode 326: When the Map Excludes Your Country

16 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode offers a first-person reflection on a professional development (PD) day for educators, focusing on the author’s experiences and fr...

Episode 325: College Accommodations - The Unseen Barriers for Neurodivergent Students

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critiques the challenges neurodivergent students, specifically autistic gestalt language processors, face when seeking accommodation...

Episode 324: The Emotional Cost of Surviving School

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the emotional burden placed upon neurodivergent students, particularly those with ADHD and/or autism, within current educat...

Episode 323: After Stage 6 - Writing Our Own Language

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the challenges faced by gestalt language processors (GLPs), particularly autistic individuals, as they navigate language ac...

Episode 322: Language Made Anyway - A GLP Perspective

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critically examines Noam Chomsky's Language Acquisition Device (LAD) theory, arguing that it fails to accurately describe how many i...

Episode 321: Spaciousness - Healing, Unmasking, and Teaching Toward Enoughness

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the concept of spaciousness, or yutori, as a form of resistance against societal pressures and a path towards personal heal...

Episode 320: The Grift Comes Home - Scams and Systemic Collapse

10 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores how the “scam economy” has become pervasive, shifting from perceived foreign threats to domestic issues, especially imp...

Episode 319: The Neuroscience of Autistic Masking - A Critical Review

09 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critiques a recent Drexel study that purportedly measures “Passing as Non-Autistic” (PAN) in adolescents using neurocognitive ma...

Episode 318: Wyrd Writing - Thinking and Being in Unfolding Meaning

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the concept of “wyrd” in writing, differentiating it from “weird” and connecting it to ancient notions of unfolding...

Episode 317: Still Not Enough - Autistic Student Faces University Gatekeeping

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode examines the challenges an autistic student faces whilst seeking accommodations at Western Governors University (WGU), despite provi...

Episode 316: Beyond Words - Gestalt Voices and Tech Inclusion

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the exclusion and epistemic harm experienced by Gestalt Language Processors (GLPs), particularly autistic individuals, with...

Episode 315: A Survival Guide for a Collapsing Future

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode is a guide for the Class of 2026, originally written by Dr. Jaime Hoerricks. It offers autistic students a “narrative survival kit...

Episode 314: The Long Return to Sacred Femmeness

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the journey of self-discovery and gender identity, particularly the experience as a transfemme individual. It differentiate...

Episode 313 - The Sacred Rhythm of Autistic Love

03 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the lived experience of autistic intimacy and co-regulation, contrasting it with the often clinical and deficit-focused len...

Episode 312: Autistic Survival - Building Beyond the Clearing

02 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode discusses the increasing inaccessibility of higher education and essential care professions for autistic individuals, especially tho...

Episode 311: Why Education Is Being Dismantled

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode argues that public education in the United States is being systematically dismantled, akin to clearing land for development, not due...

Episode 310 - Student Loan Deferment Ends in the US - A Quiet Revolution

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode exposes a significant, underreported change to federal student loan policies in the United States, specifically the elimination of i...

Episode 309: Autistic Resonance - The Power of Being Understood

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the dynamics of autistic social communication, drawing from a review of a 2025 study by Sutherland and colleagues. The auth...

Episode 308: Cruelty or Justice - A Leftist Rebuttal to Empire Theology

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode offers a direct challenge to Allie Beth Stuckey’s views on empathy, sin, and fear, presenting a trans, autistic, Marxist perspecti...

Episode 307: Autism and Emotion - Beyond Deficit to Difference

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode challenges long-held misconceptions about autistic individuals’ emotional intelligence and empathy. The author of the source artic...

Episode 306: We're All Amish Now - The Dismantling of Public Education

27 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode argues that public education in the United States is under a coordinated attack from the far-right. The author of the source article...

Episode 305: Autistic Futures Under Austerity - No Roads, No Rights, No Care

26 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critiques a 2025 study by Zhang et al. comparing healthcare access for autistic youth in rural and urban areas, asserting that its f...

Episode 304: Currency and Collapse - A Reckoning with Randian Ideology

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode presents a critical examination of Ayn Rand’s Objectivist philosophy, particularly her views on money and capitalism, as articulat...

Episode 303: Aspie Supremacy, Eugenics, and the Autism Community Myth

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critiques the prevalent narrative within autism advocacy, arguing that it often perpetuates a eugenics-rooted “Aspie supremacy.”...

Episode 302: You'll Own Nothing - A Business Plan for Control

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode argues that the concept of “you'll own nothing and be happy” is not a threat, but rather a business plan that has been in motion...

Episode 301: Autism Subtypes - Whiteness, Exclusion, and the Politics of Classification

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critically examines a new study claiming to identify four ‘autism subtypes’ through genetic and behavioural data, arguing that t...

Episode 300: Uncountry - Borders, State Violence, and Defiant Love

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode offers a poignant reflection on state violence and its impact, particularly through the lens of immigration enforcement in Los Angel...

Episode 299: Coaching Malpractice - When Support Becomes Harm

20 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode discusses malpractice in neurodivergent coaching, drawing parallels to physical harm in sports to illustrate the subtlety yet profou...

Episode 298: The Siege at Home - Myth, Militarisation, and Resistance

19 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critiques the United States’ foundational myths of freedom and democracy, arguing they serve as conditioning for public compliance...

Episode 297: The AutSide - Beyond Academic Paywalls

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critiques the current academic publishing model, asserting it prioritises extraction and prestige over accessibility and public good...

Episode 296: What the Map Doesn't Show You

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode emphasises how official narratives and “maps” often obscure the devastating human impact of policy changes, particularly on disa...

Episode 296: What the Map Doesn't Show - Unlivable Reality

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode emphasises how official narratives and “maps” often obscure the devastating human impact of policy changes, particularly on disa...

Episode 295: No Roads Forward - Mobility, Climate, and Autistic Futures

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode argues that the new budget bill in the US, termed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” actively dismantles climate action and profoundl...

Episode 294: Optionality and Autistic Support - A Budgetary Betrayal

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode argues that the new budget bill, signed into law in the US, effectively dismantles essential support for autistic individuals by cla...

Episode 293: Sweet Potatoes, Solidarity, and Self-Sustaining Care

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the concept of mutual aid and self-sufficiency in the face of diminishing state-provided support systems like healthcare an...

Episode 293: The Sweet Potato Doctrine of Solidarity and Care

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode focuses on fostering community resilience and self-sufficiency in the face of declining state support for essential services like he...

Episode 292: Decoding Communication - The Truth of Gestalt Language Processing

13 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode argues against the mischaracterization of gestalt language processing (GLP), particularly by online "autism coaches" and even some l...

Episode 291: Thumbs-Up - The Grief of Nonresponse

12 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the concept of “thought-terminating clichés” and the profound impact of non-responsive or dismissive communication, pa...

Episode 290: The Commons We Chose Against

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores a hypothetical alternate history of the United States, beginning in 1945, where the nation chose a path of “commons” ov...

Episode 289: Silencing Autistic Inquiry

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode argues that recent changes to U.S. policy, specifically the elimination of federal loan access for many graduate students, pose a si...

Episode 288: After Mahmoud - The Collapse of Inclusive Public Education

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode examines how the Mahmoud v. Taylor Supreme Court ruling will likely enable a gradual dismantling of Inclusive education in U.S. publ...

Episode 287: Slowed-Down Love

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the profound significance of inanimate objects, specifically plush toys, in the lives of autistic individuals and beyond. T...

Episode 286: Autistic Time - A Rhythmic Sovereignty

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores autistic temporality, arguing that the common perception of autistic individuals as “late” or “delayed” stems from ...

Episode 285: Psychiatry, Empire, and the Myth of Objectivity

06 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode argues that the concept of objectivity, particularly within psychiatry and as embodied by the DSM, is not neutral but rather a colon...

Episode 284: The Silent Symphony of Autistic Embodied Language

05 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the concept of autistic embodied language, challenging the common misconception that non-vocal individuals are also non-ver...

Episode 283: When Resilience Becomes a Cage

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critiques the modern discourse of resilience, arguing that it often functions as a “cage” for multiply marginalised people rathe...

Episode 282: The Market Value of Compliance

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critically examines how “functioning labels,” particularly for autistic individuals, serve as economic assignments within a “C...

Episode 281: From Soviet Sun to Capitalist Lamp - The Politics of Literacy

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode explores the political implications of literacy, particularly contrasting the Soviet Union's approach with that of the Global North....

Episode 280: Sanism and Cis-Heteronormativity in Professional Gatekeeping

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode critically examines “sane-heteroprofessionalism”—a concept asserting how sanism and cis-heteronormativity combine to dictate p...

Episode 279: Autistic Empaths - A Systems View of Chronic Anxiety

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“Today’s episode explores anxiety in autistic empaths, reframing it not merely as an emotion but as a recursive, embodied, and relational system. ...